Opening Night 2018 wasn’t often pretty, and against a team picked ninth in the Summit League, it was far closer than anyone expected it to be. They had no answer for Western Illinois’ Kobe Webster, who was exactly as advertised — a volume shooter that took a third of his team’s shots en route to 24 points, and an aggressive player who led his team in rebounding with 10 despite standing just six feet tall. He scored his team’s first seven points, as CU’s defense committed the cardinal sin of allowing an opponent’s best shooter to get in a rhythm early.
Creighton Has More Peaks than Valleys in Uneven Debut, Holds Off Western Illinois 78-67
