OMAHA, Neb.- Despite 18 points from senior Demetric Williams, Wichita State fell 91-79 in the final game of the regular season on Saturday afternoon at the CenturyLink Center.

Williams was 6-for-14 from the field and dished out six assists. Carl Hall and Tekele Cotton added 15 points apiece for the Shockers.

Doug McDermott led Creighton with 41 points, shooting 15-for-18 from the field and 5-for-8 from behind the arc. Austin Chatman and Grant Gibbs each had 12 points.

McDermott had a hot hand early, making his first five attempts and scoring 12 points as the Jays bolted to a 15-8 lead. Wichita State would use an 8-0 run to take its first lead at 20-19 on a three-pointer by Cotton with 7:17 left in the first half. Creighton got scores from McDermott and Will Artino inside to go ahead 23-20, but the Shockers once again responded with a 7-0 run.

Creighton would close the first half on a 9-2 run to take a 36-31 margin into the intermission. Wichita State was paced by eight points and six rebounds from Carl Hall in the first half.

Cotton answered a McDermott 3-pointer at the beginning of the second half to jump-start a 7-0 run for the Shockers.

Creighton iced the game with an 11-2 run that was fueled by back-to-back three-pointers by Ethan Wragge, followed by an Austin Chatman trey forced a Shocker timeout with Creighton leading, 66-54.

The Shockers responded with their fourth run of the game, this one a 9-0 flurry to trim Creighton's lead to seven, but were unable to get any closer.

Wichita State will head to the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament March 7-10 as the No. 2 seed.

-WICHITA STATE-