Aztecs outlast Bluejays following tense final minutes, will face Florida Atlantic in Saturday's national semifinal game
That ended a harrowing second half, with the Aztecs trailing, taking the lead, falling behind again and then leading again. Over the final seven minutes, the game was tied six times.
The Aztecs shot just 37.7 percent, below Creighton’s 40 percent, but they compensated with 13 offensive rebounds that they converted into 13 second-chance points. They also held the Bluejays to 2 of 17 behind the 3-point arc. Five times in the first half alone, the Bluejays drove the paint to stress the defense and then flipped up lobs to the rolling Kalkbrenner. That didn’t include a play where Nembhard drove, had a bad angle but shot it anyway — almost intentionally missing to the far side of the basket — because he knew Kalkbrenner would clean it up, which he did.
The Aztecs regrouped at intermission and responded by scoring the first six points of the second half to take their first lead since 5-4. They finally figured out how to stop the Bluejays, which opened the half 4 of 21 overall and 0 of 8 behind the arc. The problem, though, was scoring themselves.
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