OMAHA—Wichita State found out what happens when you play against Doug McDermott when he is shooting lights out.

You lose.

McDermott scored 41 points on 15 of 18 shooting in Creighton’s 91-79 win over Wichita State on Saturday in Omaha in both team’s regular-season finale.

“He got loose. And once he got loose it was hard to get him back under control,” WSU coach Gregg Marshall said. “He’s a great player. What’s not to like about the way he plays the game?”

The win clinched the regular-season Missouri Valley Conference championship for Creighton (24-7, 13-5 MVC), a title the Shockers would have had if the score had been reversed.

WSU (24-7, 12-6 MVC) had no regrets about its play. The Shockers shot 64 percent in the second half, made seven 3-pointers and had nine more assists than turnovers.

The defense wasn’t bad either, getting 11 steals and limiting the easy buckets for Creighton. The problem was that the Bluejays—and especially McDermott—made the more difficult shots look routine.

“Offensively, they were so good today. Not sure that I’ve ever as a coach given up 90 points in a regular 40-minute game,” Marshall said. “They were the better team. We did not play poorly, except finding a way to stop Doug McDermott. He was special.”

McDermott did not waste any time, scoring Creighton’s first nine points en route to a 17-8 Bluejay lead at the 11:11 mark of the first half.

That’s when WSU made its first major run, highlighted by a Cleanthony Early fast-break dunk that cut the lead to two. Tekele Cotton followed with a 3-pointer moments later to give WSU its first lead at 20-19.

“We never stopped fighting,” Marshall said. “Just keep playing. I thought my guys did a good job of that.”

WSU’s lead reached as many as four before Creighton ended the first half on a 13-4 run to take a 36-31 lead into the locker room.

McDermott had 18 points at halftime.

The closest WSU got in the second half was 42-41 just a few minutes in. After that it was more McDermott, and the Shockers eventually found themselves down by as many as 16 points.

“(McDermott) just got in rhythm early and we couldn’t stop him,” WSU senior Demetric Williams said. “The whole time we were out there I believed we were going to get the right stops and make our run, but they just kept making shots.”

Williams led WSU with 18 points.

The loss means that WSU finishes second in the MVC with the conference tournament looming later this week in St. Louis.

As the No. 2 seed, WSU will play the winner of Missouri State and Southern Illinois on Friday at 6:05 p.m.

“They picked us fourth in the Valley and we came up second,” Williams said. “Didn’t get to our ultimate goal—first—but we still got another goal and that’s winning in St. Louis.”