Ryan Kalkbrenner saved the Blue Jays in their season ope Kalkbrenner dropped a career-high 49 points to lift No. 15 Creighton past UT-Rio Grande Valley 99-86 at the CHI Health Center in Omaha. He finished just two points shy of Creighton’s single-game scoring record,

Kalkbrenner's 49 points is the most by any Division I player on 90 percent shooting in a game in the last 40 years.

Big East preseason player of the year Ryan Kalkbrenner scored a career-high 49 points in a season-opening win against UT-Rio Grande Valley, the fifth-most scored in a game in Big East history.

Ryan Kalkbrenner single-handedly saved the Bluejays in their season opener on Wednesday night. Kalkbrenner dropped a career-high 49 points to lift No. 15 Creighton past UT-Rio Grande Valley 99-86 at the CHI Health Center in Omaha.

Ryan Kalkbrenner had the best scoring night by a Creighton player in nearly 60 years on Wednesday night as he totaled 49 points on 20 of 22 shooting while leading the No. 15 Bluejays to a 99-86 win over Texas-Rio Grande Valley.

Big East preseason player of the year Ryan Kalkbrenner scored a career-high 49 points and 15th-ranked Creighton needed just about every one of them in a season-opening 99-86 win over UT-Rio Grande Valley on Wednesday night.

Ryan Kalkbrenner turned in the performance of the young college basketball season Wednesday night, scoring 49 points in No. 15 Creighton's 99-86 victory over UT-Rio Grande Valley. He made a school-record 20 field goals on 22 attempts to help the Bluejays hang on in their opener.

Ryan Kalkbrenner dropped a career-high 49 points against UTRGV, the most from a Creighton player in an opener since Bob Harstad in 1990. He’s the first Bluejay to score 40,