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Sources: Creighton's Pop Isaacs to have hip surgery, miss season

Creighton guard Pop Isaacs is expected to undergo hip surgery and miss the rest of the season, sources told ESPN.

Isaacs underwent hip surgery last spring, but it has continued to be an issue. He was held out of the season opener against UTRGV.

The 6-foot-2 Las Vegas native had returned to playing some of the best basketball of his career, scoring at least 25 points in three of his last five games -- including a 27-point, 7-rebound, 4-assist performance in Creighton's win over No. 1 Kansas on Wednesday.

Isaacs was averaging 16.