Jim Flanery has won nearly 350 games in his 18 years as the head coach of the Creighton women’s basketball program, plus another 201 in 13 seasons as an assistant. In all of those victories over the span of five different decades, he struggled to think of one that seemed more improbable than Friday night’s 63-61 win at No. 11 DePaul.
The Bluejays were playing without the services of senior superstar Jaylyn Agnew and sophomore reserve Payton Brotzki. On top of that, sophomore guard Rachael Saunders was on a workload restriction after sustaining a bone bruise in her knee in the first half of last weekend’s home win over Xavier.