Those who enjoy a good wager every now and then probably could have listed off eight or nine players they thought would come away as the points leader in Tuesday night’s Top 25 showdown between 20th-ranked Creighton and 22nd-ranked Nebraska. Jays junior point guard Molly Mogensen probably would have been eighth or ninth name listed during that exercise, but that didn’t stop her from picking apart the Huskers’ ball screen defense over and over again on her to way to a career-high 22 points on 9-of-14 shooting in a 77-51 rout to help CU improve to 3-0 on the season and earn their second win over a ranked team.
The Bluejays drew 2,306 fans for their home-opener against the Huskers — a D.J. Sokol Arena record for a women’s basketball game — and put on a show for the roughly 80/20 blue split to earn their sixth win over their in-state rivals in the last seven seasons. Mogensen scored 19 of 22 points in the first half as the Bluejays never trailed the entire night and led by 20 or more for over 13 minutes of game time.
“I’m thinking we should break out the blue uniforms every home game,” Creighton head coach Jim Flanery said. “I’m really proud of our team. I thought we defended pretty…
