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Creighton’s Fredrick King during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Marquette Friday, Dec. 16, 2022, in Milwaukee. Marquette won 69-58. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
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Wisconsin’s AJ Storr (2) against Iowa during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Andy Manis)
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Conference play is underway for National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I basketball, and several Bahamians were in action.
AJ Storr keeps proving that he is a spark plug for the nationally number 21 ranked Wisconsin University Badgers as he helped his team get a third straight victory on Tuesday. They now sport a 10-3 win/loss record on the season.
The Bahamian provided 16 points in 31 minutes for his team as he went 7-for-13 from the field to give them their second Big Ten win of the season. Storr made one shot from deep and had two rebounds to go with one assist. He was able to get a block as well.
The game was a competitive one as expected with five lead changes and seven ties. It was an even first half as the teams were tied at 32 at the mid-point mark.
There was a back-and-forth flow in the second half before Wisconsin took the lead for good at the 15:32 mark, going up 46-44.
Storr showed his athleticism and flair when he threw down an alley-oop slam dunk off an off-the-glass set-up from guard Chucky Hepburn with 8:40 left in the second half. The Badgers bench cleared as they celebrated the high-flying dunk.
Hepburn put the Badgers up 65-55 for their first double-digit lead at the 8:26 mark.
The Badgers went up by 13 points for their largest lead of the game and stayed in control.
The Badgers return to action against the Nebraska University Cornhuskers (11-2) in another home game on Saturday. That game starts at 1:15 p.m.
Fredrick King Jr. and the Creighton University Bluejays ended a two-game losing streak when they took care of the Georgetown University Hoyas (7-7), 77-60, for their first Big East Conference victory. They are now 10-4 on the season.
The sophomore scored four points for his team as they played on the road at the Capital One Arena in Washington D.C. on Tuesday. He made use of his six minutes on the floor as he went 2-for-2 from the field. He was able to grab three rebounds and dished out an assist in the win.
It was a close game in the first half but Creighton turned it up in the second half. They went up 42-31 with 15:35 left and never looked back.
King got his first field goal of the game, a slam dunk, at the 8:36 mark of the second half of the game. The Bluejays led 60-39 at that point.
The Bluejays return home to the CHI Health Center in Omaha, Nebraska, to take on the nationally number 23 ranked Providence College (11-2) Friars on Saturday. That game gets underway at 1 p.m.