National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Creighton 93, Georgia St. 68
When: 7:30 PM ET, Tuesday, November 20, 2018
Where: John Gray Gymnasium, George Town
Officials: # Matt Potter, # Doug Shows, # Jeffrey Anderson
Attendance: 1558

After falling short in one bid to get a win over a Power 5 school, Creighton will get another opportunity.

Mitch Ballock had a stellar all-around game, finishing with 23 points, seven rebounds and six assists to lead Creighton to an easy 93-68 win over Georgia State in the semifinals of the Cayman Islands Classic on Tuesday.

The Bluejays advanced to the championship game, where they will meet No. 16 Clemson at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday.

Creighton fell to Ohio State 69-60 last week in its first attempt to beat a school from a Power 5 conference.

D'Marcus Simonds scored 21 points to lead Georgia State, which will play in-state rival Georgia in the 5 p.m. consolation game on Wednesday.

Creighton started to pull away late in the first half, going on an 8-0 run to take a 26-12 lead with 10:38 remaining in the first half.

Creighton kept growing its lead, using a 15-2 run to take a 45-22 lead with 1:53 left until halftime.

The Bluejays ultimately led 52-24 at halftime.

The second half offered little drama, as a Ballock 3-pointer made it 75-42 with 11:38 left, spawning playing time for the reserves.

Damien Jefferson had 20 points and six rebounds, Marcus Zegarowski scored 14 points, and Ty-Shon Alexander added 13 points for Creighton.

The Bluejays shot 54.5 percent from the floor (36 of 66) and made 43.8 percent of their shots from 3-point range (14 of 32).

Kane Williams added 20 points for Georgia State, which shot 39.3 percent from the field overall (24 of 61) and just 21.1 percent from 3-point range (4 of 19).

Creighton had 22 assists to Georgia State's eight, although Georgia State held a 40-38 rebounding edge.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Georgia St.   Creighton
D'Marcus Simonds 21 Scoring Mitch Ballock 23
Jeff Thomas 2 Assists Mitch Ballock 6
Malik Benlevi 6 Rebounds Mitch Ballock 7
D'Marcus Simonds 8 Free Throws Made Mitch Ballock 3
D'Marcus Simonds 2 Steals Mitch Ballock 2
Chris Clerkley 1 Blocks Samson Froling 2
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Georgia St. 68 39.3 4-19 16-27 8 34 3 6 18
Creighton 93 54.5 14-32 7-13 22 35 6 6 15