The number 25 was on the minds of people who follow the Creighton women’s basketball program on Tuesday night as the Bluejays opened the 2019-20 regular season at Baxter Arena against their cross-town rivals Nebraska-Omaha. Before the game, it was a question — how would the Jays go about replacing 25.2% of the scoring that Audrey Faber provided last season. Two hours later, it was an answer in the form of the career-high 25 points that junior guard Temi Carda dropped on the Mavericks in a 67-54 win for CU.
“Tonight was her night,” head coach Jim Flanery said.