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Year/Season:
1988-1989
Date:
3/7/1989
League/Sport:
NCAA Men`s Basketball
Event:
Missouri Valley Championship
Visitors:
Southern Illinois Salukis
Home:
Creighton Blue Jays
Location:
Levitt Arena
Network:
ESPN
Length:
Commercials:
All
Pregame:
None
Halftime:
Complete
Postgame:
None
Type:
Master
Comments:
This is an excellent Championship game. It goes down to the final shot. With Creighton leading 77-75 Salukis point guard Sterling Mahan makes a short shot in the lane to tie the game at 77-77 with 12 seconds left. With 2 Seconds left Bluejays guard James Farr give Creighton the lead back at 79-77. After 2 timeouts Southern Illinois throws a long pass down court to Jerry Jones who misses a short shot at the buzzer. Creighton is led by Chad Gallagher who has 25 points and 8 rebounds. Matt Roggenburk adds 20 points. For Southern Illinois they are led by Kai Nürnberger who has a career high 8 3 point field goals ( 8-11 ) totaling 28 points. Winning their 3rd MVC tournament championship Creighton will face Missouri in the 1st Round. Southern Illinois goes to the NIT where they will face Saint Louis.