KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Mitch Ballock could have played just down the road at Kansas, close to where he grew up in the small town of Eudora, but he spurned the college hoops powerhouse to sign with Creighton.
He got a chance to put on a show for his boyhood fans anyway.
The freshman guard hit four 3-pointers and finished with 22 points, Marcus Foster overcame an early shooting slump to score 23, and the Bluejays beat No. 23 UCLA 100-89 on Monday night in the semifinals of the Hall of Fame Classic.
"It's great that he did that tonight in Kansas City in front of his family and friends," Bluejays coach Greg McDermott said, "but this is what we talked about when we recruited him, nights like this.