Scheierman Named BIG EAST Player of the Week

OMAHA, Neb. -- Senior guard Baylor Scheierman has been named BIG EAST Player of the Week after helping Creighton to a pair of double-digit home wins last week.

Scheierman averaged 23.0 points, 13.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 2.5 steals per game as Creighton posted wins over Seton Hall (85-64) and No. 5 Marquette (89-75). Scheierman made 14-of-28 shots from the floor, including 12-of-22 three-pointers, and was also perfect in six free throw attempts.
 
Scheierman had 20 points, 11 rebounds, three assists and three steals in Wednesday's 85-64 win over Seton Hall. During the contest he became the 11th men's player in history to surpass 1,000 career points at multiple Division I schools, and also surpassed Kenneth Faried's mark for most career defensive rebounds by any player in the country since 1999-2000.
 
In Saturday's win over Marquette, Scheierman had 26 points and a season-high 16 rebounds to go with four rebounds, two steals and a blocked shot in his final home game. The performance made him the first Power 6 player with a game of 16 rebounds and six three-pointers since Marquette's Steve Novak in January of 2006. Scheierman is the nation's first Power 6 men's player since Texas' Kevin Durant in 2007 with at least 25 rebounds and 10 three-pointers made over any two-game stretch. He's also the first Creighton player ever to make six three-pointers in consecutive games.

This is the second time this season that Scheierman has been named BIG EAST Player of the Week, having also been recognized on December 4th.

CU's victory gave it multiple Top 5 wins in the same season for the first time, and his 14th double-double of the season are the most by a Bluejay since 1984-85.

The No. 12 Bluejays (22-8, 13-6 BIG EAST) close the regular-season on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. Central when it visits Villanova for a game that will be nationally-televised on FOX.