After they celebrated New Yr’s Eve with victories, two of the highest groups within the Large East will go at it in Milwaukee when No. 8 Marquette hosts Creighton on Friday night time.
Marquette (12-2, 3-0 Large East) took care of Windfall on the highway on Tuesday, dominating 78-50. It was the Golden Eagles’ first win at Windfall in six seasons.
Kam Jones led the way in which with 18 factors and 10 assists along with his former backcourt mate and now New York Knicks rookie Tyler Kolek watching from the stands.
“He is a prepared passer, that is an important factor,” Marquette coach Shaka Sensible stated. “You noticed Tyler sitting there, anytime you’ve an elite passer like him, it is contagious. Kam is passing the ball just like the way in which he did however it’s vital he stays aggressive along with his scoring.”
Creighton (9-5, 2-1) needed to sweat it out towards St. John’s at dwelling on Tuesday, claiming the 57-56 victory in a defensive battle.
The Bluejays received regardless of committing 19 turnovers, together with 10 alone from Steven Ashworth, who additionally led the workforce in scoring with 18 on 6-for-18 capturing from the ground.
“Some days you simply do not have your stuff and need to discover a means,” Creighton coach Greg McDermott stated. “We went on a 10-12-minute stretch the place we did not flip it over and had been in a position to settle in.”
Ryan Kalkbrenner and Ashworth lead Creighton with 17.2 and 17.1 factors per sport, respectively. Ashworth dishes 6.2 assists and Kalkbrenner grabs 7.8 rebounds per sport.
Jones leads Marquette and is second within the Large East in each factors (20.1) and assists (6.6) per sport.
Offensively these groups are comparable, with Marquette averaging 80.5 and Creighton averaging 75.4 factors per sport. Nevertheless, Creighton has been a lot much less constant.
After scoring not less than 73 in 5 straight video games, the Bluejays have scored 57 in two of their final three. Additionally they scored simply 53 in a loss to San Diego State in late November.
The first situation for Creighton is turnovers, because the Bluejays common simply shy of 14 and have dedicated fewer than 10 solely as soon as this yr, after they beat Villanova on Dec. 21 (seven).
Marquette, however, forces a mean of 16.4 turnovers defensively and commits simply 8.9, averaging 20.1 factors off turnovers as nicely.
The place Creighton could discover a bonus is down low, the place they persistently outrebound opponents whereas Marquette is correct about even, with no true huge man to match up with Kalkbrenner.
The all-time matchup between these groups dates again to 1923, with Marquette main 59-40.
The sequence has swung forwards and backwards as of late. Marquette had received three in a row previous to the final matchup in March, when Creighton received 89-75 at dwelling.
With out Kolek or Oso Ighodaro in a position to play, Jones scored 23 whereas David Joplin added 21 for Marquette. Kalkbrenner scored 19 with six boards for the Bluejays.
The damage report is clear for each groups. Marquette nonetheless awaits the return of reserve level guard Sean Jones, who is predicted again quickly following ACL surgical procedure final season. He has already been given clearance to return to full follow with the workforce.
–Discipline Degree Media