OMAHA, Neb. — Pop Isaacs helped unranked Creighton upset No. 1 Kansas 76-63 on Wednesday night time, scoring a season-high 27 factors and matching his profession excessive with six 3-pointers.
Kansas lower a 13-point deficit to at least one early within the second half, however Isaacs hit back-to-back 3s to rebuild the lead because the Bluejays (6-3) pulled away for his or her second ever win over a top-ranked opponent. They knocked off Connecticut 85-66 in Omaha in February.
The Jayhawks (7-1) misplaced a regular-season sport towards an unranked nonconference opponent for the primary time in three years. Creighton had been in 16 straight Associated Press polls earlier than dropping out this week following losses in three of its earlier 4 video games.
Students rushed the courtroom on the remaining buzzer as flames shot out of the highest of the objective requirements.
Isaacs’ taking pictures show overshadowed what was purported to be the featured matchup between two of the nation’s finest huge males, the 7-foot-1 Ryan Kalkbrenner and the Jayhawks’ 7-2 Hunter Dickinson.
Isaacs was 10 of 15 from the sector, together with 6 of 9 on 3s, and added seven rebounds and 4 assists in his finest efficiency since he transferred from Texas Tech within the offseason.
Kalkbrenner, who had missed the Bluejays’ earlier sport due to a lower-body harm, and Steven Ashworth, nonetheless feeling the consequences of an ankle sprain from two weeks in the past, every scored 17 factors.
The Jayhawks struggled offensively and by no means led. Dajuan Harris had 15 factors and AJ Storr and Zeke Mayo added 12 apiece for Kansas, which shot 36%.
The sport marked Kansas’s one hundred and fifth all time towards an unranked opponent because the AP No. 1 staff. Only two different instances earlier than Wednesday had the Jayhawks misplaced by double digits in such circumstances.
Information from ESPN Research and The Associated Press was used on this report.
