The No. 11 Creighton Bluejays face the Akron Zips in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The teams meet Thursday for the first time this season. Creighton is 14-7 against the Big East, and Akron is 16-5 against the MAC.
The Bluejays’ record in Big East play is 14-7, and their record is 9-2 against non-conference opponents. Creighton is ninth in the Big East with 7.1 offensive rebounds per game led by Ryan Kalkbrenner averaging 2.5.
Creighton makes 48.6% of its shots from the field this season, which is 5.9 percentage points higher than Akron has allowed to its opponents . Akron averages 74.0 points per game, 4.3 more than the 69.7 Creighton gives up to opponents. Ali Ali is averaging 15.6 points for the Zips. Enrique Freeman is averaging 19.0 points over the last 10 games.Grambling State rallies to win its first NCAA Tournament game, beating Montana State in OT
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