OMAHA – The Creighton women's basketball team closed the game on a 12-0 run and picked up a 57-54 win over UNI Sunday afternoon at the D.J. Sokol Arena in Omaha.
The two teams battled back and forth on the day, after a quick early Panther lead, Creighton controlled most of the first half, leading by as much as eight and took a 32-28 advantage into halftime.
UNI stepped up the defense in the third quarter. The Panthers held Creighton without a field goal for the final eight minutes of the third quarter and continued onto the fourth where UNI led by nine points with 3:07 to play, but Creighton closed the game with the big run to pick up the three-point win.