"To go to work like he did in the offseason and then the first time you're under the lights for real to do something superhuman, it's pretty special," Bluejays coach Greg McDermott said. "And he deserves it. There's not a person on the planet that deserves success more than Ryan Kalkbrenner because of the way he's approached everything on a daily basis."
"We kind of went into this game trying to make a concerted effort to establish me in the post," Kalkbrenner told Fox Sports 1 after the game. "I saw a few go in, and it just kept going from there."
His 49 points put him at or toward the top of a number of records, including the fifth-most points ever in a game in Big East history and the second-most points in Creighton history, only behind Bob Portman's 51 against UW-Milwaukee in 1967.
The 91% shooting from the floor was the highest field goal percentage in a 45-point game by any Division 1 player in the last 25 seasons and the highest by a player to attempt 20 or more shots in a game over the last 25 years.
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