Indiana Basketball: Mo Creek has big game, hits game winner in TBT

Former Indiana basketball guard Maurice Creek paced Team Sideline Cancer in their win in The Basketball Tournament on Thursday night.

While injuries may have derailed his potential NBA career, Maurice Creek is back in the limelight and shined on Thursday night in The Basketball Tournament (TBT). The former Indiana star is playing for Team Sideline Cancer in the Wichita Region.

As the No. 6 seed in the region, Sideline Cancer took down the No. 3 seed Self Made, 87-63 in their opening round game. Mo Creek scored 23 points including five three’s and the game winner for Sideline Cancer.

With different rules than your normal basketball game, the end of the game can happen in a couple of ways. The following is from TBT official website.

"At the first stoppage at or under 4:00 of the 4th quarter, the game clock stops and timed play ends. At this juncture, a target score shall be set, equal to the leading team’s score plus eight (8). After returning from the media timeout, play shall resume without a game clock but with the shot clock, until one team matches or exceeds the target score.i. Example: Team A leads Team B 70-63 at the first stoppage under 4:00. The game clock is turned off while the shot clock remains on. The target score is set to 78. The first team that reaches 78 wins the game."

On Creek’s team is another former Hoosier, Remy Abell. Before transferring to Xavier, Abell spent two seasons with the Hoosiers. For TSC, he scored 12 points and had five rebounds in the win.

Sideline Cancer will take on the No. 2 seed AfterShocks, made up of Wichita State alumni, on Saturday at 4:00 pm EST on ESPN.

The full bracket can be found here.