Creighton junior Ty-Shon Alexander held Markus Howard scoreless in the first half, leading the 15th ranked Blue Jays to a 73-65 win over the Marquette Golden Eagles on Tuesday night at Fiserv Forum.
The 19th ranked Golden Eagles (17-8, 7-6 Big East) have now dropped back-to-back Big East games against ranked opponents (Villanova – Creighton).
The Blue Jays (21-6, 10-4) have won eight of their last nine games and swept the Golden Eagles in the season series.
Howard entered the game as the nation’s leading scorer at 27.3 points a game. But the smothering [Read more…]