Marquette Golden Eagles at Creighton Bluejays
· NCAA Men's Basketball
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
66 - 61
66 - 61
Marquette holds off Creighton 66-61
Jajuan Johnson added 15 points and nine rebounds, Duane Wilson had 14 points and Marquette (18-10, 7-8 Big East) made 10 of 12 free throws.
Trailing by 10 at halftime, Creighton rallied from a 15-point deficit to within 53-52 on Isaiah Zierden's free throw while Marquette went over nine minutes without hitting a field goal.
The Golden Eagles stayed ahead 56-53 on free throws by Wilson, but Zierden's 3 tied it at 56 with 4:17 left.
Ellenson's jumper put Marquette up 62-58 with 41 seconds left, then Creighton's Maurice Watson Jr. hit a 3 to pull the Bluejays with 64-61 with 7 seconds to go. Ellenson, a freshman, iced it for Marquette with two free throws.
Watson scored 14 points and Cole Huff added 12 for Creighton (17-11, 8-7).
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Statistics
MARQ |
CREI |
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|---|---|---|
| 25-54 | FG | 26-59 |
| 46 | Field Goal % | 44 |
| 6-17 | 3PT | 3-21 |
| 35 | Three Point % | 14 |
| 10-12 | FT | 6-11 |
| 83 | Free Throw % | 55 |
| 32 | Rebounds | 33 |
| 6 | Offensive Rebounds | 10 |
| 26 | Defensive Rebounds | 23 |
| 13 | Assists | 13 |
| 9 | Steals | 10 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 1 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 13 | Total Turnovers | 14 |
| 1 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 1 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Points Off Turnovers | 0 |
| 0 | Fast Break Points | 0 |
| 0 | Points in Paint | 0 |
| 16 | Fouls | 17 |
Game Information
CHI Health Center Omaha
Location: Omaha, NE
Attendance: 17,412 | Capacity:
2025-26 Big East Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's | 18-2 | - | 30-7 |
| UConn | 17-3 | 1 | 34-6 |
| Villanova | 15-5 | 3 | 24-9 |
| Seton Hall | 10-10 | 8 | 21-12 |
| Creighton | 9-11 | 9 | 16-18 |
| DePaul | 8-12 | 10 | 16-16 |
| Butler | 7-13 | 11 | 16-16 |
| Providence | 7-13 | 11 | 15-18 |
| Marquette | 7-13 | 11 | 12-20 |
| Georgetown | 6-14 | 12 | 16-18 |
| Xavier | 6-14 | 12 | 15-18 |


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