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Message: [QUOTE="Hey Adrien!, post: 5190469, member: 5787"] Only five teams (Akron, St. John's, Drake, Towson and Southern) have a longer winning streak than Creighton, who have surprisingly been playing their best basketball despite starting point guard Pop Isaacs out for the season. [ATTACH type="full"]106873[/ATTACH] With Isaacs out, Creighton's offensive attack has mostly been shouldered by the one/two combo of Kalkbrenner and Ashworth, while Jamiya Neal -- who achieved a career high w/ 24 points last matchup -- has been a solid third scoring option. Like many Creighton teams under McDermott, the team moves the ball freely and shoots a ton of threes, but their biggest bugaboo is w/ Isaacs out, the team gives up a ton of turnovers. On the flip side, a bigger lineup with less true guards has made Creighton into a much better defensive team, especially in their ability to make life miserable inside the arc, clogging up passing lanes and defending well near the basket. They are also an excellent defensive rebounding team. In terms of personal, the biggest change has been the growing role for prized Montenegro import Fedor Zugic, a 6'6 215 guard that earned the attention of NBA scouts last season playing professionally in Germany. At Creighton, he hasn't been scoring a lot, but he's got a diverse offensive profile and he's comfortable to score in a variety of ways, thanks to his combination of size and skill. He backs up Neal at the 2 and Green at the 3. [/QUOTE]