Marquette vs. Creighton score, takeaways: Golden Eagles use late rally to win 19th straight at home

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No. 10 Marquette rallied from a double-digit deficit to knock off No. 22 Creighton 72-67 Saturday. The Golden Eagles trailed at home by as many as 11 points in the opening 20 minutes of action before a big second half propelled them to one of their biggest wins of the season.

Marquette (11-3, 2-1 Big East) outscored the Bluejays 44-37 in the second half behind big shots from Sean Jones, David Joplin and Tyler Kolek. The Golden Eagles Improved to 4-1 against Top 25 teams and have wins on their resume over Illinois, Kansas, Texas and now Creighton heading into the new year.

The month of December has not been kind to Creighton (9-4, 0-2). The Bluejays started the season 8-1, but have since lost three of their last four games heading into the meat of conference play. Creighton suffered a nonconference loss to UNLV earlier this month and Villanova in a Big East opener last week for both teams. 

Creighton started the season ranked No. 8 in both the AP Top 25 and Coaches Poll and now are in danger of dropping out of both rankings entirely to start 2024.

Marquette took its first lead with 12:46 remaining in the second half on a layup by Kolek and never trailed after Jones knocked down a 3-pointer with 9:47 left.The Golden Eagles came into this game 5-0 when they recorded eight or more offensive rebounds. They had 10 in the first half, which led to 12 points.Creighton star Baylor Scheierman scored a game-high 23 points for his sixth 20+ point performance of the season.Sean Jones and Tyler Kolek each scored 15 points for Marquette. Kam Jones (12) and Joplin (10) also scored in double figures.

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Author : Cameron Salerno

Publish date : 2023-12-30 21:57:25

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