Women's Basketball Faces Green Bay on Saturday

Omaha, Neb. — In the midst of a six-game win streak, the Creighton Women’s Basketball team faces Green Bay on Saturday, December 14. It will be the Bluejays’ sixth consecutive contest away from home.

Series with Green Bay  (Series tied 4-4)
Home: 3-1 Away: 1-2 Neutral: 0-1
The Bluejays and Phoenix have met eight times, with each collecting four wins. The two teams have met three times in Green Bay where Creighton has won once.

Date    Opponent    Score
11/28/82    @ vs. Green Bay    L, 85-89
1/5/87    at Green Bay    L, 55-61
2/20/87    Green Bay    W, 72-65
1/23/88    Green Bay    W, 79-58
1/12/89    at Green Bay    L, 64-77
12/17/94    Green Bay    W, 63-57
12/16/95    at Green Bay    W, 63-61
11/16/23    Green Bay    L, 53-65
@ = played in St. Louis, Mo.

About Green Bay

• Located in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
• Last season, the Phoenix closed 2023-24 with a 27-7 record, falling to Tennessee in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament.
• Green Bay picked to finish second in the Horizon League Preseason poll.
• After coaching two seasons at South Dakota, Kayla Karius took the reigns at Green Bay this year.
• She played for the Phoenix from 2007-11 and played professionally overseas from 2011-15.

Scouting Green Bay (7-4)
After playing its first three games of Horizon League action, Green Bay closes out its non-conference schedule with three home games against Creighton, Ripon and Parkside.

The Phoenix have won four of their last five and are 2-1 in home games. Green Bay has a balanced scoring attack with a pair of players averaging double figures. Maddy Schreiber leads the way with 13.6 ppg, while Natalie McNeal averages 12.6 ppg. Jasmine Kondrakiewicz leads the team in rebounding with 6.9 per game and 8.2 ppg.

Green Bay is stout defensively, allowing just 64.5 ppg. The Phoenix however average just 31.1 rebounds per game.

Scouting Creighton (7-2)
The Bluejays have won six straight, including five consecutive away from home.

Lauren Jensen and Morgan Maly have guided the Creighton offense, averaging a combined 37.0 ppg.

After holding four consecutive opponents to 63 points or less, the Bluejays battled Northern Iowa to a 75-71 win on Saturday, December 7.

Jensen Delivers Double-Double to Boost Bluejays to Win at Northern Iowa
Senior Lauren Jensen delivered 17 points and 10 assists for her second career double-double to help Creighton defeat Northern Iowa 75-71 on December 7. Her 10 assists marked the first time since February 18, 2022 that a Bluejay dished out double-digit assists in a single game. In that game Tatum Rembao delivered 10 assists in a 107-59 win at St. John’s.

Bluejays Post Victory Despite 20 Turnover Game
While dishing out 22 assists in their win at Northern Iowa (75-71), Creighton also committed 20 turnovers. It marked the first time since March 19, 2021 the Bluejays had 20 turnovers or more. In that game Creighton defeated Bowling Green in the opening round of the WNIT, 72-65.

Homegrown Opponents
For the second consecutive game Creighton is facing a starting lineup purely grown in the opponents home area. Northern Iowa starting five all hailed from Iowa, while the projected starting group for Green Bay all come from Wisconsin.

Bluejays Stack Up Nationally
Creighton ranks amongst the Top-25 in the NCAA in six categories and 26th in another. The Bluejays top category is Assist-to-Turnover Ratio, sitting in sixth at 1.65. Individually Lauren Jensen is 18th in scoring at 20.4 ppg.