Halftime Report

Creighton is on the road but looking no worse for wear. They have jumped out to a quick 40-30 lead against Notre Dame.

Creighton entered the matchup with three straight defeats and they're well on their way to making it four. Can they turn things around, or will Notre Dame hand them another loss? Only time will tell.

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Notre Dame Fighting Irish @ Creighton Bluejays

Current Records: Notre Dame 4-3, Creighton 4-3

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The Notre Dame Fighting Irish's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Creighton Bluejays at 1:00 p.m. ET on Saturday at MGM Grand Garden Arena. The Fighting Irish are strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 78.4 points per game this season.

Notre Dame is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 84 points on Tuesday, they were much more limited against Houston on Thursday. They took a 65-54 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Cougars. The matchup marked the Fighting Irish's lowest-scoring game so far this season.

Meanwhile, Creighton's recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Wednesday after their third straight loss. They fell to Texas A&M 77-73.

Pop Isaacs put forth a good effort for the losing side as he earned 25 points along with six assists. That was a full 34.2% of Creighton's points, marking the third time in a row he's had more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Ryan Kalkbrenner, who almost dropped a double-double on nine points and ten rebounds.

Notre Dame's defeat dropped their record down to 4-3. As for Creighton, their loss dropped their record down to an identical 4-3.

Keep an eye on the arc in Saturday's match: Notre Dame has made nailing deep shots look easy this year this season, having averaged 8.7 threes per game. However, it's not like Creighton struggles in that department as they've been averaging 9.4. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.

Looking forward, Notre Dame is the favorite in this one, as the experts expect to see them win by 5.5 points.

Odds

Notre Dame is a solid 5.5-point favorite against Creighton, according to the latest college basketball odds.

The oddsmakers were right in line with the betting community on this one, as the game opened as a 5.5-point spread, and stayed right there.


The over/under is 145 points.

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