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OMAHA, Neb. -- November college basketball games typically dont mean much in the big picture of a season.As far as Greg McDermott was concerned, No. 22 Creightons 79-67 victory over No. 9 Wisconsin on Tuesday night meant a whole lot.You could argue it might be the best win weve had since Ive been here when you consider where were trying to get the program back to, where the Wisconsin program is today, and in the manner that we did it, the Bluejays seventh-year coach said.Khyri Thomas scored 15 of his 18 points in the second half, breaking open a close game with a three-point play and 3-pointer on consecutive possessions, as the Bluejays beat a Wisconsin team reached the Sweet 16 and returned all five starters.Maurice Watson Jr. had 17 points and 10 assists and Marcus Foster added 15 points for the Bluejays (2-0).I think new can go super far, especially in conference play and in the (NCAA) Tournament, Thomas said. We have so many athletic guys.The game was part of the Gavitt Tipoff Games matching Big East and Big Ten teams the first week of the season.Coming in here, I knew it would be a heck of a challenge, Badgers coach Greg Gard said. Gregs got a very good team; hes kind of earmarked this year as being their year. Congratulate his team on playing very well. We showed at times some very uncharacteristic Wisconsin-like handlings of possessions where we got a little disheveled at times.Bronson Koenig scored 21 points and Nigel Hayes had 16 points to lead the Badgers (1-1). But Wisconsin made only 3 of 26 3-pointers after starting 8 of 13 from beyond the arc. The Badgers also committed 16 turnovers, 12 of them by starters.Nobody forces Wisconsin into 16 turnovers, nobody keeps Wisconsin off the free-throw line, McDermott said. For us to beat a veteran team like they are, that plays the right way, and the success theyve had in their careers, is really a feather in the cap for our team.Hayes, the Big Ten preseason player of the year, scored 11 points in the first 12 minutes and was held scoreless until there were 11 minutes left in the game.Thats when Creighton started its decisive run. Cole Huffs jumper from in front of the Creighton bench put the Bluejays up 52-50. After Toby Hegner hit a 3, Thomas stripped the ball from Koenig, drove for a layup and converted a three-point play. Happ missed on the other end, and then Thomas drilled a 3 to make it 63-52.BIG PICTUREWisconsin: Typical November game. The Badgers glut of turnovers and impatience on offense, especially in the first half, will provide plenty of fodder for film study. Weve got to be able to touch the post more and try to play more inside-out, Gard said.Creighton: The Bluejays have one of the best home-court advantages in the nation, and they were fueled by it.The Bluejays got out to a quick lead, never let the Badgers go on a big run and got big-time defensive performances from 7-foot redshirt freshman Justin Patton and the 6-8 Huff.POLL IMPLICATIONSCreighton will merit a promotion in the Top 25 if it goes unbeaten this weekend in a tournament in the Virgin Islands. Wisconsin probably will drop, but not much.THOMAS RISEThomas went from struggling through conference play last season to becoming a major contributor in the NIT, averaging 12.3 points and 4.7 rebounds in three games.All of a sudden, his frame of mind changed going into the offseason, McDermott said. His motivation was better, his confidence is in a different place, hes eager to get into the gym because he tasted a little success in postseason basketball. That has carried over.ANTHEM PROTESTHayes and Jordan Hill, as they did in Wisconsins exhibition game and opener, stood a couple feet behind teammates during the national anthem. Hayes has said he doesnt take a knee on the court because it would be painful, so he chooses to stand back.UP NEXTWisconsin hosts Chicago State on Thursday.Creighton plays Washington State on Friday at the Paradise Jam in the Virgin Islands.---More AP college basketball: http://collegebasketball.ap.org Germaine Pratt Youth Jersey . Both players have lower body injuries that will keep them out of the lineup until at least January 31, which is the first game they can be activated from IR. Michael Jordan Youth Jersey . 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The Indiana Fever have struggled since the WNBA returned from a monthlong break for the Rio Summer Olympics and pull into the Alamo City for a game against the San Antonio Stars on Tuesday sorely in need of a win to right the ship and help them secure a playoff spot.The Fever (13-15) cant afford to falter against the WNBAs worst team. Indiana has now lost three of its last four, including an 88-81 road defeat at the hands of league-co-leader Los Angeles on Sunday.Indiana has landed a spot in the playoffs for a record 11 consecutive postseasons and holds the sixth spot in the new-look WNBA playoffs, in which the top eight teams, regardless of conference, qualify for the postseason. But Phoenix is just a half-game back.Indiana, usually so strong at the end of the season, has not been mentally sharp in its three post-Olympic losses, including in Los Angeles, where it was down by 20 in the fourth quarter before rallying to make things respectable. Erica Wheeler scored a career-hiigh 20 points for the Fever in the loss.ddddddddddddI was proud of how hard we worked, proud of how we fought, Fever coach Stephanie White said. But in this league, you cant have breakdowns. We had a lot of mental breakdowns on defense, and L.A. didnt let us get anything clean on the offensive end.The two teams have split their games this season, with Indiana winning 84-75 on June 17 in San Antonio and the Stars posting an 87-85 victory on July 1 in Indianapolis.San Antonio comes into the game with a 6-22 record and is the only team in the league so far that has been eliminated from the playoffs.The Stars have lost three straight and nine of their last 10 games, including a 97-73 home loss to Chicago on Sunday. San Antonio still has not won back-to-back games this season. It has six games left on the schedule to make something of a lost campaign. ' ' '