Key Stats:
Creighton shoots a ghastly 26-65 from the floor — including 7-23 from three-point range and 6-17 on LAYUPS, many of them WIDE OPEN — obscuring any and all other stats that might have been relevant.
Which is too bad, because the Jays (mostly Khyri Thomas) held Rhode Island’s leading scorer E.C. Matthews to just 3-12 shooting and 0-4 from outside; he got one more than his season average of 15 points by virtue of going 10-10 from the line.
The biggest key isn’t anything found on the stat sheet, however.