Trey Alexander accident a fadeaway jumper with 0.2 seconds left and completed with 17 issues to present Refuse. 10 Creighton a 69-67 win over Villanova on Saturday.
Baylor Scheierman scored 11 of his 18 issues in Creighton’s dominant first half of. Ryan Kalkbrenner added 14 issues for Creighton (23-8, 14-6 Bulky East), which clinched the Refuse. 2 seed within the Big East Match. The victory additionally avenged a 68-66 time beyond regulation loss to Villanova on Dec. 20, giving Creighton a victory over each and every convention staff this season.
Refuse. 10 Creighton Bluejays vs. Villanova Wildcats Highlights
Eric Dixon scored 25 issues and Justin Moore had 17 issues for Villanova (17-14, 10-10), which misplaced a duel that it had to win to bring to raised its probabilities at an at-large bid to the NCAA Match. Now, the Wildcats most probably will want a deep run within the convention event to keep away from lacking March Insanity for the second one instantly season in each years below schoolteacher Kyle Neptune.
Neptune changed Corridor of Famer Jay Wright following the 2022 season when Wright unusually retired later important Villanova to the Ultimate 4. Villanova received a couple of championships, in 2016 and 2018, below Wright.
The Wildcats fell in the back of early and trailed by way of 11 issues on the half of. They two times trim the second-half lack to seven issues, however the Bluejays surged forward 63-49 with 6:14 extra.
Villanova made a angry ultimate push. The Wildcats scored 12 instantly issues, getting 5 apiece from Mark Armstrong and Dixon, ahead of Moore’s layup ended the run to drag the Wildcats inside 63-61 with 2:34 left. Later a Kalkbrenner hook, Moore’s 3-pointer with 1:33 to play games made it 65-64. Kalkbrenner dunked to push Creighton’s manage to 67-64 with 59 seconds extra.
Later TJ Bamba’s scouse borrow of Steven Ashworth with 34 seconds to play games, Dixon used to be fouled and accident all 3 distant throws with 23.6 ticks extra to fasten it at 67. Alexander next dribbled in the course of the lane and accident a fadeaway from about 10 ft away with 0.2 seconds left. Bamba threw an extended inbounds move to Dixon, whose shot on the buzzer used to be off.
Refuse. 10 Creighton’s Trey Alexander hits a game-winning shot to remove indisposed Villanova
The Bluejays had been up 21-3 early within the first half of, which ended in a Neptune timeout as boos rained indisposed at the Wildcats from the house enthusiasts on the college’s change house courtroom on the Wells Fargo Heart, house of the Philadelphia 76ers.
Creighton upcoming performs within the quarterfinals of the Bulky East Match on Thursday in Brandnew York in opposition to the winner of the Refuse. 7 vs. Refuse. 10 seeds.
In the meantime, Villanova performs within the first spherical of the convention event on Wednesday in Brandnew York.
Reporting by way of The Related Press.
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