Basketball season is officially underway in Omaha as Jim Flanery’s squad had its first official practice of the 2023-2024 season on Monday, while Greg McDermott’s got started on Tuesday. Each team returns their top three scorers and several more key contributors from a season that saw them both finish third in the Big East and earn a No. 6 seed in the 2023 NCAA Tournament.
The Bluejay women bring back four starters in forwards Emma Ronsiek (13.2 ppg) and Morgan Maly (14.6 ppg) as well as guards Molly Mogensen (7.0 ppg) and Lauren Jensen (16.1 ppg) from a team that went 22-9 overall and 15-5 in Big East play against the 17th-toughest schedule in the country. The Creighton men returns three starters from last season’s historic run to the Elite Eight in leading scorer and two-time reigning Big East Defensive Player of the Year senior center Ryan Kalkbrenner (15.9 ppg, 2.1 bpg), junior combo guard Trey Alexander (13.6 ppg), and fifth-year senior sharpshooter Baylor Scheierman (12.8 ppg).
Creighton Women’s Basketball Practice Notes:
- Practice was designed to begin with a 5-on-0 refresher course on specific offensive sets, but senior guard Molly Mogensen led the blue squad out onto the floor and…
