North Florida deployed a zone and then adjusted it, melding it from a 2-3 to a 1-3-1 to a matchup, in the first ten minutes of this ballgame. Needless to say, it gave Creighton fits. Creighton’s offense becomes an unwatchable, frustrating mess when they’re up against a zone, passing up good shots for contested shots, seemingly overthinking the simplicity of it, and eventually allowed North Florida’s bombers to grow their lead to 9 at 17-8 at the 11 minute mark.
Creighton would get the ballgame to within one at 32-31, but North Florida led for almost the entire half.