No. 15 Creighton Strikes Gold with 85-66 Win Over No. 1 UConn On Tuesday evening at Mizzou Arena in Columbia, No. 15 Creighton recorded its inaugural win ever against an unranked team – UConn was previously unbeaten at winning all 10 top-ranked conference tournament titles during its 19 year-run. Jasen Green led all scorers with 22 points as No. 15 Creighton secured an 85-66 triumph led by Ryan Kalkbrenner with 16 points as Creighton made 14 of 28 three-point attempts and 13 of 17 free throw attempts during their 14 three-point attempts during their run at UConn’s 13-17 performance on Tuesday.
Students began gathering for the 7:40 tip-off, creating an electric atmosphere from the start. Creighton quickly took control early as Steven Ashworth (who would finish with 20 points) took advantage of Huskies turnovers to score on a baseline cut and hit two three-pointers within 15 seconds to build an 11-point advantage before halftime.
Francisco Farabello and Green gave Creighton an energy boost off of the bench in the second half, hitting three-pointers to narrow Creighton’s lead down to single digits at halftime (43-29). UConn closed within 17 at first media timeout of second half when Tristen Newton made back-to-back layups that cut it to 13, prompting Baylor Scheierman to quickly respond with three of his own to make things interesting again – though that would be as close as they got in this game.
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