Born and raised in Omaha, Jacob has been writing about local sports in Nebraska since he joined Creighton's student newspaper as a freshman in 2011. He's covered prep sports as well as Creighton and Nebraska athletics (including football, basketball and volleyball) for Hail Varsity and Hurrdat Sports since 2015.
His love of basketball can best be described as an obsession and if you need to find him, he’s probably in a gym somewhere watching, coaching or playing hoops.
Creighton men's basketball scored its biggest win of the season at Villanova on Wednesday thanks to a second half that saw the Bluejays shoot a blistering 66.7% from the field in the second half. Creighton scored 46 points in the final 20 minutes despite hitting just...
Creighton men’s basketball bounced back in a big way Wednesday night, taking down a Villanova team ranked in the top 25 in KenPom 76-72 at the Finneran Pavilion. It is Creighton’s first Quad 1 win of the season, and the Bluejays return to Omaha with a split of its...
Creighton men’s basketball blew a 16-point second-half lead at Seton Hall Sunday, falling 56-54 on a last-second put-back. Creighton scored nine points in the last 12 minutes of the game and made just three field goals in the last 14 as the Pirates rallied to snap...
No. 2 Omaha Westside 63, No. 5 Creighton Prep 61 An 11-0 run in the fourth quarter gave the Omaha Westside boys basketball team just enough of a cushion to survive a furious rally late from Creighton Prep and claim the 2025-26 Metro Holiday Tournament championship...
GBB: No. 4 Omaha North 56, No. 3 Omaha Westview 43 As the Vikings dribbled the final seconds off the clock at the Heider Center Saturday night, a deafening roar of applause erupted from the packed gym, celebrating what the girls on the court had just accomplished. The...
The streaking Bluejays added another win to their record Tuesday night as Creighton men’s basketball took down Butler 89-85 at CHI Health Center Omaha. The Jays (9-5, 3-0 Big East) used a 12-0 run early in the game to surge ahead and never trailed again, though Butler...
On Nov. 27, Austin Swartz watched from the bench as the Creighton men’s basketball beat Oregon in the team’s final game at the Players Era Men’s Championship in Las Vegas. It was the first — and to this point, only — DNP the sophomore transfer from Miami has logged...
Thanks to a three-game winning streak, the members of the Creighton men’s basketball team went into the Christmas break in high spirits, especially considering where the team was two weeks ago. After beating Utah Tech on Monday, the Jays got a few days off to head...
Following an 83-76 loss to Kansas State on Dec. 13, Coach Greg McDermott said his Creighton men’s basketball team had some soul searching to do. The Bluejays gave up 51 points in the first half and trailed by 18 at the break, which McDermott called unacceptable....