Friday, January 3
Milwaukee, Wis.
8:00 PM
Creighton University
9-6,2-2Big East
71
at
79
Marquette
13-2,4-0Big East
1
2
F
Creighton
35
36
71
Marquette
39
40
79
Ryan Kalkbrenner surpassed 2,000 career points.
Photo by: Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images
Men's Basketball Falls at No. 8 Marquette, 79-71
1/3/2025 10:05:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Kalkbrenner and Ashworth post double-doubles.
MILWAUKEE, Wis. -- A 21-2 run spanning halftime by No. 8 Marquette was too much to overcome for visiting Creighton men's basketball on Friday evening before 17,756 fans at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, as the Golden Eagles remained unbeaten at home with a 79-71 victory.
Marquette (13-2) is now 4-0 in BIG EAST play for the first time since 2012-13, while Creighton fell to 9-6 and evened its record to 2-2 in league action.
Freshman Jackson McAndrew helped Creighton to an early lead, draining a corner three-pointer on the first possession before an inside hoop to make it 5-0. Jamiya Neal followed with a pair at the line as Creighton's lead stretched to 7-0. Marquette answered with the next seven points to tie it three minutes later and took their first lead at 10-9 on a three-ball by Ben Gold.
The teams traded the lead seven times in the first 16 minutes before Creighton used a 10-0 run to take its largest lead at 35-27. The spurt began with a dunk from Fredrick King before three-pointers by McAndrew and Steven Ashworth bookended a lay-up by Mason Miller. The lead was short-lived, as Marquette used an 12-0 run of its own to take a 39-35 lead into the half and never trailed again.
McAndrew had 10 points and five rebounds in the first half for CU, and the Bluejay bench supplied 11 points. Marquette got 14 points from Stevie Mitchell to help offset just five points from Kam Jones after the senior All-America candidate missed his first seven shots.
Marquette scored the first four points of the second half before a mid-range jumper by Ashworth snapped MU's 16-0 run. By that point CU had fallen behind 43-35. The Jays dropped behind by as much as 15 points at both 53-38 and 56-41 before a 12-0 surge brought the visitors within three points at 56-53 with 12:30 remaining.
The Bluejays had multiple chances to get within a basket down the stretch but could not break through against the tenacious MU defense.
Neal led Creighton 15 points, while Ashworth had 13 points and a team-high 10 assists. Ryan Kalkbrenner had 16 points and 12 rebounds for his fourth double-double of the year. CU won the rebound battle 41-38.
Jones (22) and Mitchell (18) led the Golden Eagles in scoring. MU converted 12 Bluejay turnovers into 21 points.
Creighton returns to the court on Jan. 11 with an 11 a.m. Central tip at Butler.
NOTES: Ryan Kalkbrenner joined Doug McDermott, Rodney Buford and Bob Harstad as the only players to score 2,000 career points at Creighton ... Kalkbrenner is the 11th man in NCAA history with at least 2,000 points and 340 blocked shots in a career ... Tonight was Greg McDermott's 500th game on the Creighton sideline. He owns a program-record 334 victories ... Tonight was the 100th all-time meeting between Creighton and Marquette, tied for the second-most played series in program history. Creighton has won 40 of those games ... Steven Ashworth made a three-pointer for the 32nd straight game ... Fedor Zugic scored his first basket as a Bluejay, connecting on a three-pointer midway through the first half ... Creighton had 22 fast break points ... Eighteen of the last 22 meetings between the schools have been decided by eight points or less, including tonight ... Ryan Kalkbrenner's streak of 27 straight games with a blocked shot was snapped. It was the longest by a Bluejay since Benoit Benjamin had a 28-game streak in 1984-85 ... Steven Ashworth's streak of 16 straight games with multiple three-pointers was snapped ... Steven Ashworth has made 33 straight free throws, the fifth-longest streak in program history ... Creighton is now 39-56 against Top 25 teams under Greg McDermott, including a 15-27 mark against Top 10 foes.
Marquette (13-2) is now 4-0 in BIG EAST play for the first time since 2012-13, while Creighton fell to 9-6 and evened its record to 2-2 in league action.
Freshman Jackson McAndrew helped Creighton to an early lead, draining a corner three-pointer on the first possession before an inside hoop to make it 5-0. Jamiya Neal followed with a pair at the line as Creighton's lead stretched to 7-0. Marquette answered with the next seven points to tie it three minutes later and took their first lead at 10-9 on a three-ball by Ben Gold.
The teams traded the lead seven times in the first 16 minutes before Creighton used a 10-0 run to take its largest lead at 35-27. The spurt began with a dunk from Fredrick King before three-pointers by McAndrew and Steven Ashworth bookended a lay-up by Mason Miller. The lead was short-lived, as Marquette used an 12-0 run of its own to take a 39-35 lead into the half and never trailed again.
McAndrew had 10 points and five rebounds in the first half for CU, and the Bluejay bench supplied 11 points. Marquette got 14 points from Stevie Mitchell to help offset just five points from Kam Jones after the senior All-America candidate missed his first seven shots.
Marquette scored the first four points of the second half before a mid-range jumper by Ashworth snapped MU's 16-0 run. By that point CU had fallen behind 43-35. The Jays dropped behind by as much as 15 points at both 53-38 and 56-41 before a 12-0 surge brought the visitors within three points at 56-53 with 12:30 remaining.
The Bluejays had multiple chances to get within a basket down the stretch but could not break through against the tenacious MU defense.
Neal led Creighton 15 points, while Ashworth had 13 points and a team-high 10 assists. Ryan Kalkbrenner had 16 points and 12 rebounds for his fourth double-double of the year. CU won the rebound battle 41-38.
Jones (22) and Mitchell (18) led the Golden Eagles in scoring. MU converted 12 Bluejay turnovers into 21 points.
Creighton returns to the court on Jan. 11 with an 11 a.m. Central tip at Butler.
NOTES: Ryan Kalkbrenner joined Doug McDermott, Rodney Buford and Bob Harstad as the only players to score 2,000 career points at Creighton ... Kalkbrenner is the 11th man in NCAA history with at least 2,000 points and 340 blocked shots in a career ... Tonight was Greg McDermott's 500th game on the Creighton sideline. He owns a program-record 334 victories ... Tonight was the 100th all-time meeting between Creighton and Marquette, tied for the second-most played series in program history. Creighton has won 40 of those games ... Steven Ashworth made a three-pointer for the 32nd straight game ... Fedor Zugic scored his first basket as a Bluejay, connecting on a three-pointer midway through the first half ... Creighton had 22 fast break points ... Eighteen of the last 22 meetings between the schools have been decided by eight points or less, including tonight ... Ryan Kalkbrenner's streak of 27 straight games with a blocked shot was snapped. It was the longest by a Bluejay since Benoit Benjamin had a 28-game streak in 1984-85 ... Steven Ashworth's streak of 16 straight games with multiple three-pointers was snapped ... Steven Ashworth has made 33 straight free throws, the fifth-longest streak in program history ... Creighton is now 39-56 against Top 25 teams under Greg McDermott, including a 15-27 mark against Top 10 foes.
Team Stats
CU
Marq
FG%
.400
.414
3FG%
.226
.324
FT%
.727
.909
RB
41
38
TO
12
7
STL
4
7
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
16
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
8
Pts
15
FGM
5
3FGM
2
FTM
3
Pts
13
FGM
4
3FGM
1
FTM
4
Pts
10
FGM
4
3FGM
2
FTM
0
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