Overview
- Austin Swartz missed a potential tying free throw with four seconds left, grabbed the rebound, and hit a short jumper to win it, finishing with 16 points.
- Creighton moves to 12-8 overall and 6-3 in the Big East, while Xavier falls to 3-5 after entering on a two-game upswing.
- Josh Dix led the Bluejays with 19 points and Nik Graves added 16 as Creighton spread the scoring load.
- Xavier’s Tre Carroll scored 29 points, with Filip Borovicanin adding 16 and Jovan Milicevic 15.
- The one-point finish in Omaha stood in sharp contrast to Creighton’s 98-57 road blowout of Xavier on Dec. 17, with leads changing hands late before the Bluejays prevailed.