Overview
- Creighton beat Marquette 84-63 in Omaha, led by reserve guard Nik Graves with 17 points after the Bluejays seized control with a first-half surge.
- The Bluejays opened league play by routing Xavier 98-57, powered by Austin Swartz’s 27 points and seven made 3-pointers.
- The combined margins set a Big East record for the largest aggregate spread over a team’s first two conference games of a season.
- Xavier responded three days later with an 80-77 road win at Georgetown, as Tre Carroll scored 22 and Filip Borovicanin added 11 points and 13 rebounds.
- Georgetown missed 18 free throws in the loss and took its first home defeat this season, while Marquette fell to 0-2 in Big East play.