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Photo by: Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports
No. 22 Men's Basketball Loses Nailbiter at No. 10 Marquette
12/30/2023 2:59:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Bluejays move to 9-4 on the season.
MILWAUKEE, Wis. -- After making just 3-of-20 three-pointers in the first half, No. 10 Marquette made six triples and outrebounded CU 22-9 after the break to post a 72-67 win over No. 22 Creighton in a battle of two teams picked atop the BIG EAST preseason poll. The game was played in front of a Fiserv Forum record for a Marquette contest of 18,086.
Creighton (9-4, 0-2 BIG EAST) suffered its second consecutive BIG EAST loss to open league play, while Marquette improved to 11-3 (2-1 BIG EAST) and tied a BIG EAST record with its 20th straight home win in league play.
The Bluejays got off to an electric start. A Baylor Scheierman three-pointer on the opening possession, followed by a pair of Trey Alexander free throws helped CU move in front 5-2. The lead grew to 14-3 after two more Scheierman three-pointers bookended a Kalkbrenner free throw. The Golden Eagles fed off the energy from its partisan crowd to compile a 12-2 run and knot the score at 26-all. Alexander would score CU's final three baskets of the first half as the Jays took a 30-28 lead into the break.
Scheierman (12) and Alexander (10) led CU in scoring at the break, while Mason Miller led all players with seven rebounds. Creighton led throughout the half despite committing 12 turnovers, which MU turned into 12 points. Marquette shot just 3-of-20 from three-point range before the break and 10-of-36 overall, with eight points from Kam Jones leading the Golden Eagles.
CU maintained its lead until a Tyler Kolek lay-up with 12:45 left game MU its first advantage of the game at 42-41. The teams exchanged the lead seven times before back-to-back triples from reserve Sean Jones just ahead of the shot clock gave MU a 52-48 lead and led to a Bluejay timeout with 8:40 to play.
Marquette would build a lead as large as 58-51 before three-pointers by Scheierman and Mason Miller and a Ryan Kalkbrenner lay-up trimmed the deficit to two (61-59) with just under three minutes left. David Joplin answered with his second three-pointer in as many minutes to return MU's lead to five.
The Bluejays came up empty on back-to-back possessions and Joplin threw down a dunk with 38.3 left to give MU a seven-point edge. Francisco Farabello scored a layup in traffic with 31 seconds left and Alexander converted a three-point play with 16.5 left to get CU within four. But Kolek sank two at the line with 14.1 left to make it a six-point contest. A Miller trifecta with 5.1 seconds left gave CU one last chance, but Kolek iced the win with two foul shots with 2.9 left.
Sean Jones led MU with 15 points in just 12 minutes of action, while Kam Jones had 12 and Preseason BIG EAST Player of the Year Tyler Kolek added 15 points and eight assists. Oso Ighodaro finished with 16 rebounds for MU, which won the rebound battle 42-32. The Golden Eagles finished the contest 9-for-31 from three-point range and outscored CU 18-2 in second-chance points.
Creighton was paced by 23 points Scheierman and 18 more from Alexander, as both men played the full 40 minutes. CU made 12-of-32 three-pointers, including 7-of-13 marksmanship from Scheierman. The Bluejays committed a season-high 18 turnovers, which led to 24 points by the Golden Eagles.
Creighton opens the 2024 calendar year on Tuesday, Jan. 2, with a 6 p.m. Central game at Georgetown that will air on CBS Sports Network.
NOTES: Creighton and Marquette are two of just seven schools nationally that are ranked in both the men's and women's basketball Associated Press polls this week, and two of 15 teams to have been in the Top 25 of every Associated Press poll to date this season ... Creighton made a three-pointer for the 998th game in a row on a Baylor Scheierman three-pointer on the opening possession ... Scheierman has now made a three-pointer in 59 of his last 60 games ... Scheierman owns 100 career games in which he's scored 10 or more points. No Creighton player has finished their career with more than 100 games in double-digits since Ryan Hawkins in 2022, though 90 of his 116 games with 10 or more points came at Northwest Missouri State ... Scheierman had his sixth 20-point effort of the season, and 23rd of his career ... Scheierman remains one of two BIG EAST players to score 10 or more points in every team game this season ... Seventeen of the last 20 meetings between Creighton and Marquette have been decided by eight points or less ... Ryan Kalkbrenner (1,366) moved past Duan Cole (1,362) for 16th on Creighton's all-time scoring list ... Steven Ashworth tied his season-high with five assists ... Marquette became the first Bluejay opponent to reach the double-bonus this season, doing so late in the second half ... Creighton dropped to 4-2 all-time inside Fiserv Forum, but its four wins in the venue are twice as many as any other visiting program ... Creighton has lost its first two BIG EAST games for the first time since 2014-15 ... Creighton fell to 16-21 all-time in games involving Top 25 teams, including a 15-17 mark under Greg McDermott ... Creighton, which has beaten a Top 25 foe each of the previous eight seasons, was playing its first game of the season against a Top 25 opponent ... Creighton has not played back-to-back overtime games since 2014.
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Creighton (9-4, 0-2 BIG EAST) suffered its second consecutive BIG EAST loss to open league play, while Marquette improved to 11-3 (2-1 BIG EAST) and tied a BIG EAST record with its 20th straight home win in league play.
The Bluejays got off to an electric start. A Baylor Scheierman three-pointer on the opening possession, followed by a pair of Trey Alexander free throws helped CU move in front 5-2. The lead grew to 14-3 after two more Scheierman three-pointers bookended a Kalkbrenner free throw. The Golden Eagles fed off the energy from its partisan crowd to compile a 12-2 run and knot the score at 26-all. Alexander would score CU's final three baskets of the first half as the Jays took a 30-28 lead into the break.
Scheierman (12) and Alexander (10) led CU in scoring at the break, while Mason Miller led all players with seven rebounds. Creighton led throughout the half despite committing 12 turnovers, which MU turned into 12 points. Marquette shot just 3-of-20 from three-point range before the break and 10-of-36 overall, with eight points from Kam Jones leading the Golden Eagles.
CU maintained its lead until a Tyler Kolek lay-up with 12:45 left game MU its first advantage of the game at 42-41. The teams exchanged the lead seven times before back-to-back triples from reserve Sean Jones just ahead of the shot clock gave MU a 52-48 lead and led to a Bluejay timeout with 8:40 to play.
Marquette would build a lead as large as 58-51 before three-pointers by Scheierman and Mason Miller and a Ryan Kalkbrenner lay-up trimmed the deficit to two (61-59) with just under three minutes left. David Joplin answered with his second three-pointer in as many minutes to return MU's lead to five.
The Bluejays came up empty on back-to-back possessions and Joplin threw down a dunk with 38.3 left to give MU a seven-point edge. Francisco Farabello scored a layup in traffic with 31 seconds left and Alexander converted a three-point play with 16.5 left to get CU within four. But Kolek sank two at the line with 14.1 left to make it a six-point contest. A Miller trifecta with 5.1 seconds left gave CU one last chance, but Kolek iced the win with two foul shots with 2.9 left.
Sean Jones led MU with 15 points in just 12 minutes of action, while Kam Jones had 12 and Preseason BIG EAST Player of the Year Tyler Kolek added 15 points and eight assists. Oso Ighodaro finished with 16 rebounds for MU, which won the rebound battle 42-32. The Golden Eagles finished the contest 9-for-31 from three-point range and outscored CU 18-2 in second-chance points.
Creighton was paced by 23 points Scheierman and 18 more from Alexander, as both men played the full 40 minutes. CU made 12-of-32 three-pointers, including 7-of-13 marksmanship from Scheierman. The Bluejays committed a season-high 18 turnovers, which led to 24 points by the Golden Eagles.
Creighton opens the 2024 calendar year on Tuesday, Jan. 2, with a 6 p.m. Central game at Georgetown that will air on CBS Sports Network.
NOTES: Creighton and Marquette are two of just seven schools nationally that are ranked in both the men's and women's basketball Associated Press polls this week, and two of 15 teams to have been in the Top 25 of every Associated Press poll to date this season ... Creighton made a three-pointer for the 998th game in a row on a Baylor Scheierman three-pointer on the opening possession ... Scheierman has now made a three-pointer in 59 of his last 60 games ... Scheierman owns 100 career games in which he's scored 10 or more points. No Creighton player has finished their career with more than 100 games in double-digits since Ryan Hawkins in 2022, though 90 of his 116 games with 10 or more points came at Northwest Missouri State ... Scheierman had his sixth 20-point effort of the season, and 23rd of his career ... Scheierman remains one of two BIG EAST players to score 10 or more points in every team game this season ... Seventeen of the last 20 meetings between Creighton and Marquette have been decided by eight points or less ... Ryan Kalkbrenner (1,366) moved past Duan Cole (1,362) for 16th on Creighton's all-time scoring list ... Steven Ashworth tied his season-high with five assists ... Marquette became the first Bluejay opponent to reach the double-bonus this season, doing so late in the second half ... Creighton dropped to 4-2 all-time inside Fiserv Forum, but its four wins in the venue are twice as many as any other visiting program ... Creighton has lost its first two BIG EAST games for the first time since 2014-15 ... Creighton fell to 16-21 all-time in games involving Top 25 teams, including a 15-17 mark under Greg McDermott ... Creighton, which has beaten a Top 25 foe each of the previous eight seasons, was playing its first game of the season against a Top 25 opponent ... Creighton has not played back-to-back overtime games since 2014.
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Team Stats
CU
Marq
FG%
.455
.368
3FG%
.375
.290
FT%
.833
.813
RB
32
42
TO
18
13
STL
5
10
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
23
FGM
8
3FGM
7
FTM
0
Pts
18
FGM
7
3FGM
1
FTM
3
Pts
8
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Pts
8
FGM
3
3FGM
2
FTM
0
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