Creighton Bluejays (6-1) at Texas Longhorns (5-0)
Austin, Texas; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: No. 7 Creighton plays the No. 2 Texas Longhorns after Ryan Nembhard scored 20 points in Creighton's 81-79 loss to the Arizona Wildcats.
The Longhorns are 4-0 on their home court. Texas scores 82.2 points and has outscored opponents by 29.4 points per game.
The Bluejays play their first true road game after going 6-1 with a 2-1 record in neutral-site games to begin the season. Creighton is 5-0 in games decided by at least 10 points.
TOP PERFORMERS: Tyrese Hunter is scoring 16.2 points per game with 3.8 rebounds and 1.8 assists for the Longhorns. Marcus Carr is averaging 14.8 points and 2.2 rebounds while shooting 47.2% for Texas.
Ryan Kalkbrenner is averaging 16.1 points, 6.4 rebounds and 1.6 blocks for the Bluejays. Nembhard is averaging 12.7 points and 5.7 assists for Creighton.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
