The Creighton Bluejays (5-3) play the Nebraska Cornhuskers (6-3) at CenturyLink Center Omaha. The game begins at 8:00 pm ET on Wednesday, Dec. 9 and can be seen on CCS.
The Bluejays are hoping to rebound after their 68-65 loss to Loyola Chicago on Saturday. Khyri Thomas finished with 22 points to lead the game. The Cornhuskers are coming off a 73-63 win against Abilene Christian on Saturday. Andrew White III was the game’s top scorer, recording 30 points on 6-for-15 shooting.
Creighton, a five-point favorite, will look to capitalize at home against Nebraska. The Over/Under (O/U) for the matchup is sitting at 147 points. The Bluejays enter the game with records of 5-3 Straight Up (SU) and 3-4 Against The Spread (ATS). Few teams in the nation have a higher assist-to-turnover ratio than Creighton, which ranks 28th at 1.50.
Across the court, the Cornhuskers have 6-3 SU and 4-1 ATS records.
This is the first meeting of the season for these two. The last time they played, Creighton came out on top, bringing its SU record to 7-3 over the Cornhuskers. Additionally, Creighton holds the advantage ATS with a record of 9-1.
Predictions: SU Winner – Neb, ATS Winner – Neb, O/U – Over
Notes
Creighton is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Creighton’s last 5 games.
Creighton is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home.
Creighton is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Nebraska.
Creighton is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Nebraska.
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Creighton’s last 6 games when playing at home against Nebraska.
The Creighton Bluejays average 72.6 possessions and 1.174 points per possession in games this season. The Nebraska Cornhuskers average fewer possessions with 69.2, as well as fewer points per possession with 1.095.
Nebraska has an average effective field goal percentage of 50.3% this season. Creighton is 3-2 when opponents have a similar or higher effective field goal percentage.
Creighton ranks 34th in assists, registering 17.2 per game. Nebraska performs worse at 242nd with 12.4 assists per game.
Nebraska, the 78th-ranked team in rebounding, registers an average of 40.3 rebounds per game. Creighton does worse, ranked 143rd with 38.0.
On average, Creighton makes 6.1 steals per game. Nebraska has a tremendous 6-1 record when it gives up at least 6 steals.
