No. 17 Creighton Overcomes Xavier in 85-78 Victory

Trey Alexander's season-high 27 points lead Creighton to victory, snapping Xavier's three-game Big East winning streak.

No. 17 Creighton defeated Xavier 85-78, with Trey Alexander scoring a season-high 27 points and Baylor Scheierman contributing 20, 15 of which were in the second half.
Ryan Kalkbrenner added 16 points for Creighton, which now stands at 15-5, 6-3 in the Big East.
Desmond Claude and Dayvion McKnight led Xavier with 20 points each, but the team's three-game Big East winning streak was snapped.
Creighton managed to overcome Xavier's 58-51 lead midway through the second half, with key rebounds and successful 3-pointers.
Xavier, now 10-9, 4-4 in the Big East, will next face No. 1 UConn, while Creighton will host DePaul.