{"id":123098,"date":"2024-11-07T13:17:58","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T06:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=123098"},"modified":"2024-11-07T13:17:58","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T06:17:58","slug":"ryan-kalkbrenner-wows-with-49-in-opening-win-for-creighton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=123098","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Kalkbrenner wows with 49 in opening win for Creighton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>OMAHA, Neb. &#8212; Big East Conference preseason player of the year <a data-player-guid=\"167ccc34-1748-3306-ba35-3e2afaa71b2d\" href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mens-college-basketball\/player\/_\/id\/4576060\/ryan-kalkbrenner\">Ryan Kalkbrenner<\/a> scored a career-high 49 points, and 15th-ranked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mens-college-basketball\/team\/_\/id\/156\/creighton-bluejays\">Creighton<\/a> needed just about every one of them in a season-opening 99-86 win over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mens-college-basketball\/team\/_\/id\/292\/ut-rio-grande-valley-vaqueros\">UT-Rio Grande Valley<\/a> on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>The 7-foot-1 Kalkbrenner, a fifth-year center, was 20-of-22 from the field, including 2-for-2 on 3-pointers, and he made 7 of 8 free throws. He also grabbed 11 rebounds and blocked three shots.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We kind of went into the game with a plan to establish me in the post and we went with that,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I kept working and wasn&#8217;t really thinking about what happened the previous play. I was just trying to make the next one.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-with-table float-r\">\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" data-text-contract=\"-\" data-text-expand=\"+\" data-fix-cols=\"0\" data-behavior=\"responsive_table\" class=\"inline-table\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Year, Player, Team<\/th>\n<th>Pts.<\/th>\n<th>Opp<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"last\">\n<td>2019 M. Howard, Marq.<\/td>\n<td>53<\/td>\n<td>Creighton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"last\">\n<td>2018 M Howard, Marq.<\/td>\n<td>52<\/td>\n<td>Providence<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"last\">\n<td>2011 M. Brooks, Prov.<\/td>\n<td>52<\/td>\n<td>N. Dame<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"last\">\n<td>2019 M. Howard, Marq.<\/td>\n<td>51<\/td>\n<td>USC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"last\">\n<td>Wed. R. Kalkbrenner, Crei.<\/td>\n<td>49<\/td>\n<td>UT Rio Grande<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tfoot>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\">&#8212; ESPN Research<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The eye-opening stat line put him at or toward the top of a number of records, including:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 It was the fifth-most points in a game in Big East history<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 It was the second-most points in Creighton history behind Bob Portman&#8217;s 51 against UW-Milwaukee in 1967<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 It was the second-most points by a player in a season opener in the past 25 years (Arkansas&#8217; Rotnei Clarke had 51 in a win over Alcorn State in 2009)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The 20 made field goals tied the single-game Big East record (Providence&#8217;s MarShon Brooks against Notre Dame in 2011)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The 91% shooting from the field was the highest field goal percentage in a 45-point game by any Division I player in the past 25 seasons and the highest by a player to attempt 20 or more shots in a game over the past 25 years<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mens-college-basketball\/story\/_\/id\/42238453\/pop-isaacs-misses-opener-no-15-creighton-due-injury\" class=\"img-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=\/photo\/2021\/0622\/r870875_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&amp;w=130&amp;h=130&amp;scale=crop&amp;location=center\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n<p>&#8220;To go to work like he did in the offseason and then the first time you&#8217;re under the lights for real to do something superhuman, it&#8217;s pretty special,&#8221; Bluejays coach Greg McDermott said. &#8220;And he deserves it. There&#8217;s not a person on the planet that deserves success more than Ryan Kalkbrenner because of the way he&#8217;s approached everything on a daily basis.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The crowd began chanting encouragement late in the game, imploring Kalkbrenner to shoot so he could hit the 50-point mark. Kalkbrenner, not knowing he was one point away, decided to pass the ball to a guard and let the clock run down.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Having a good first game is awesome,&#8221; Kalkbrenner said, &#8220;but we have thirty-something games left, and hopefully games that mean a lot more.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As he walked off the court and through the tunnel after the buzzer, fans nearby chanted &#8220;MVP! MVP!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Even with Kalkbrenner&#8217;s effort, Creighton, a Sweet 16 team three of the past four seasons, couldn&#8217;t shake off the Vaqueros of the Southland Conference until the final two minutes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mens-college-basketball\/player\/_\/id\/5176660\/hasan-abdul-hakim\">Hasan Abdul Hakim <\/a>had 24 points and <a data-player-guid=\"5515cb7c-2bbd-3157-889d-ff9fa0bb076b\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mens-college-basketball\/player\/_\/id\/5176669\/cliff-davis\">Cliff Davis<\/a> and <a data-player-guid=\"206aa07a-1fa9-3836-992d-060a3d36ca57\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mens-college-basketball\/player\/_\/id\/4594033\/dk-thorn\">DK Thorn<\/a> added 17 apiece for the Vaqueros (0-2), who were within 87-82 when <a data-player-guid=\"c3495002-3d22-3f5e-bf74-8470aa157cba\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mens-college-basketball\/player\/_\/id\/4703899\/howie-fleming-jr\">Howie Fleming Jr<\/a>. made a fifth-chance basket with 2:37 left.<\/p>\n<p>Kalkbrenner, who averages 14 points per game for his career, considered leaving Creighton after last season to enter the NBA draft. He decided to return to the school for a fifth season so he could polish his game.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is my 15th year and five are with him,&#8221; McDermott said. &#8220;It&#8217;s been a blessing to coach him and watch him. He&#8217;s as hungry to learn as he was when he walked on campus as a freshman. He approaches film and his work the exact same way. He decided to come back because he thought he could make strides and prepare himself for the next level. 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