Creighton playbook: Shooting Jays
Coach's Edge
The Creighton Blue Jays won the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament with good shooting. The Blue Jays scored 27 of their 57 points on 3-pointers against Southwest Missouri State in the tournament championship game, earning their second straight trip to the NCAA Tournament.
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|  | (A) Ryan Sears (5), the MVC Tournament MVP, initiates the action with a pass to Alan Huss (12) in the high post.
(B) Sears gets the ball back and passes to Ben Walker (4), the team's leading scorer and a 47% 3-point shooter. Walker makes a big v-cut to get away from his defender in the corner.
|  | (C) Matt West (3), a 45% 3-point shooter, starts on the weak side and cuts hard toward the ball.
(D) West gets the pass from Walker (4) in the deep corner, and casts away from long range. The Blue Jays set an MVC record this season with 277 threes, and they can all knock it down. If they get hot, they might shoot down an unsuspecting foe.
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