#MUBB Falls 77-67 at Creighton Saturday Afternoon

The No. 11/11 Marquette University men’s basketball team (18-6, 9-4 BIG EAST) concluded a two-game BIG EAST road swing Saturday afternoon with a 77-67 loss at Creighton (18-6, 11-2 BIG EAST) at the CHI Health Center Omaha.

Senior guard Kam Jones led the way offensively with 27 points and senior forward David Joplin chipped in 22 points and eight rebounds.

Marquette trailed by as many as 11 points in the second half before eventually taking the lead with just over 10 minutes left. The game remained tight the rest of the way and was a one-point game with 3:58 left until Creighton knocked down back-to-back treys to move ahead by two possessions. A driving layup by Jones closed the gap to 70-67 with just under two minutes remaining, but Creighton’s effort from behind the 3-point line down the stretch allowed it to pull away for the victory.

The Golden Eagles trailed 43-36 at the intermission after shooting just 36.1 percent from the floor in the opening 20 minutes. Guard Chase Ross was limited to just 10 minutes because of foul trouble and picked up his third in the closing minutes. Creighton, meanwhile, knocked down 55.6 percent of its shots in the first half.

Notables:

• Marquette has dropped three-straight BIG EAST games for the first time since the start of the 2021-22 league campaign.
• Jones’ 27 points were his most since scoring 23 against Butler on Dec. 18
• 19 of Stevie Mitchell‘s 57 3-point attempts have come against Creighton this year
• Marquette is one of four teams (St. Mary’s, Manhattan, UC-San Diego) that has started the same starting lineup all season long entering play on Saturday
• Marquette has trailed at the half in seven of the team’s 13 BIG EAST games

UP NEXT:
Marquette returns to action on Tuesday, Feb. 11 at 7:30 p.m. CT when the team hosts DePaul at Fiserv Forum.

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