Then came the matchup against the Brisbane Bullets, who also compete in the top-flight NBL in Australia — although they did not suit up their best players against Creighton.

Brisbane still had a considerable height advantage inside, but the speed and agility of the Jays’ guards caused all sorts of problems for the Bullets.

Creighton was credited with 18 steals. It finished with a 41-9 edge in points off turnovers. All 11 of the available CU players scored.

“We’ve got more depth, so we can extend (on defense) more than we have in the past,” Creighton assistant to the head coach Steve Merfeld said during a postgame interview on the webcast. “When we defend like that and get a lot of easy opportunities in transition, it opens up the floor for our shooters, and we did a good job of making the extra pass.”

Below are five additional observations from Creighton’s final game in Australia:

The 6-foot-7 Bishop, often able to use his quickness to find routes to the bucket against bigger defenders, was a constant threat Monday. He beat his man down the floor to score in transition. He converted on the block. He caught a lob on an in-bounds pass and finished with a two-handed dunk just before the first-quarter buzzer. He scored a team-high 25 points.