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OMAHA, Neb. -- Creighton has three days to get ready for No. 9 Wisconsin, and judging by how the 22nd-ranked Bluejays looked in the second half of their season opener against UMKC, theyll need to make the most out of every one of them.The Bluejays won 89-82 on Friday night, but not before sweating out a comeback attempt that saw the Kangaroos cut a 28-point deficit with 13 minutes left to single digits.If were the team that scored 76 points in about 28 minutes, well be fine, Creighton coach Greg McDermott said, looking ahead to Tuesdays home game against the Badgers. If were the team that scored 13 in the last 12 minutes, were in trouble.Marcus Foster had 19 points and Maurice Watson Jr. added 17 for the Bluejays, who won their 19th opener in 20 years.UMKC, picked sixth in the eight-team Western Athletic Conference, missed nine of its first 10 shots but found some rhythm on offense as it turned up the defensive pressure in the second half. Martez Harrisons 3-pointer cut Creightons lead to 85-74, and Xavier Bishops 3 finished a 29-10 Kangaroos run that made it 86-77 with 2:08 left.Harrison, the WACs active career scoring leader, scored 15 of his 17 points in the second half. Darnell Tillman had 10 points and seven rebounds, and Duane Clark added 10 points for UMKC.Creighton is 22 in the country for a reason, Kangaroos coach Kareem Richardson said. They punched us in the mouth there in the first half, really knocked us off-kilter. To our guys credit, they did a good job sticking with it in the second half, climbing back in and making it interesting.Khyri Thomas added 16 points for Creighton, and 7-foot redshirt freshman Justin Patton finished with 12 points and eight rebounds.The Bluejays shot 59 percent in the first half but only 40 percent in the second, and they committed 17 turnovers to the Kangaroos 13.Its college basketball in November. Its not going to be as pretty as we all would like, McDermott said. I would have liked to have slammed the door on them when it was 76-48, but it didnt happen. The positive is we found a way to win the game.BIG PICTUREUMKC: The Kangaroos brought back six seniors from last seasons 12-win team. Clark is a promising freshman who made five of his first six shots, and the 6-8, 250-pound Tillman was 5 for 5. Rest assured, this is the toughest opponent theyll face until visiting No. 3 Kansas on Dec. 6Creighton: McDermott wasnt happy with the way his team played in the second half, but the Bluejays can build off this. They have capable scorers all over the floor, a point guard in Watson who can find them and perhaps a budding star in Patton.POLL IMPLICATIONSCreighton probably wont earn a promotion from No. 22 because of the way it played in the second half, but neither should the Bluejays drop out of the Top 25.HIGHLIGHT REELPatton had three dunks in his first college game, with two on lob passes on back-to-back possessions in the first half. He also tried a behind-the-back pass to Foster in the paint in the second half, but Foster couldnt convert it into a basket.TURNOVER BUGThe Bluejays committed 17 turnovers, with seven by Watson. He was one of only three Big East players to turn over the ball more than 100 times last season, and reducing turnovers was his priority coming into this season.Having seven, regardless of how many minutes I played or whatever the scenario, is unacceptable, he said. I didnt give us a chance to get shots up. When I turned it over, they would go on a run, a 3-on-1 or a 3-on-2. Thats where I need to get better.UP NEXTUMKC plays its home opener against Drake on Tuesday.Creighton hosts No. 9 Wisconsin on Tuesday.---More AP college basketball at http://collegebasketball.ap.org Billy Williams Jersey Large . 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Weve had a tough time scoring.With our pitching, when you score six runs you should win the game. We let them get ahead, and we couldnt stop them.Arizona rookie right-hander Braden Shipley (2-1) finished off the sweep in New York last week with seven scoreless innings in a 9-0 victory in his fourth major league start. He will make his fifth Tuesday.Shipley has given up two runs in 19 innings in his last three starts, all quality starts, and against the Mets became the second pitcher in franchise history with an RBI and a stolen base in the same game.Right-hander Noah Syndergard (9-7) will oppose Shipley, the same matchup as last Wednesday.The Diamondbacks scored three runs and had four stolen bases in five innings off Syndergaard in the last meetiing.dddddddddddd They had 13 stolen bases in 15 attempts in the three-game series, and they had two more stolen bases Monday. Syndergaard has given up a major league-high 36 stolen bases. Opponents have been thrown out four times.Arizona had nine extra-base hits -- seven doubles, a triple and a home run -- in their outburst against Bartolo Colon on Monday, turning things around after being outscored 31-9 while losing a three-game series at Boston over the weekend.Offense was outstanding, Arizona manager Chip Hale said. They kept coming. Its something we talked about in spring training and it was great to see.Welington Castillo provided some needed pop in his return, tying a career high with four hits and getting two doubles after missing six games last week when his wife delivered their second child. Because of some since-resolved complications, Castillo stayed with his family instead of going to Boston last weekend.My mind felt free, Castillo said. I have the baby at home, my wife too. Theyre both healthy so Im just here to do what I love to do. You worry about your wife, is anything bad going to happen? The baby was too big. Now Im (good) and Im going to do everything I can do to help my team win.Arizona manager Chip Hale called Castillos performance pretty impressive.Its tough to miss a whole road trip and have all the stress you have with the wife and the baby and to come back and get those hits was great, he added. ' ' '