University of Northern Iowa
Creighton
Panthers Defeat Creighton 73-57 for Sixth Straight Win
2/21/2010 7:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Feb. 21, 2010
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – University of Northern Iowa junior Lizzie Boeck scored a career-high 24 points and grabbed a season-high nine rebounds to help the UNI women's basketball team earn a 73-57 win over Creighton in Missouri Valley Conference action Sunday night in the McLeod Center. The win is the sixth straight for the Panthers (13-12, 9-5 MVC).
Boeck finished 10-of-16 from the floor and 4-of-5 from the free-throw line on the way to her career high. K.K. Armstrong finished with nine. Erin Brocka finished with nine rebounds, and Boeck, Kalin and Armstrong each finished with four assists.
Leading 14-13, UNI went on a 9-2 run to open a 23-15 advantage. The Jays cut UNI's lead to six, 27-21, but the Panthers scored seven straight points to extend their lead to 34-21 with 4:31 left in the first half.
Creighton answered with six straight points, cutting UNI's lead to 34-27 with 58 seconds left in the half. Kalin and Boeck each scored to bring the score to 38-27. Chevelle Herring hit a short jumper with one second left to send to send the teams into the break with UNI leading 38-29.
Boeck led the Panthers with 17 points in the first half, and Kalin added 12. The pair combined to shoot 12-of-16 through the first 20 minutes.
The UNI lead stayed between seven and nine points until Herring hit a layup at 12:54 to bring the score to 42-36 in favor of the Panthers. UNI used an 8-1 run to stretch their lead to 50-37 with 10:09 remaining.
The Panthers maintained a double-digit lead the rest of the way.
UNI shot 47.1 percent (24-of-51) from the floor, including 5-of-14 (35.7 percent) from behind the arc. The Panthers were 20-of-21 (95.2 percent) from the free-throw line.
The Panthers held Creighton to 30.2 percent shooting (16-of-53), including 5-of-15 (33.3 percent) from three-point range. The Bluejays finished 20-of-28 (71.4 percent) from the free-throw line.
UNI held a 42-26 rebounding advantage, and the Panthers turned seven offensive rebounds into nine second-chance points. The Jays used six offensive rebounds to score five second-chance points.
The Panthers committed 15 turnovers, resulting in 19 points for Creighton. UNI converted CU's nine turnovers into seven points.
The win snaps a five-game losing streak to Creighton, and it is the first win over CU for third-year head coach Tanya Warren, a Creighton alumna. UNI's six-game win streak is the longest since the Panthers won seven straight in 2006-07.
UNI will return to action on Friday when it plays at Indiana State.
