Creighton Crushes Butler, Boosts Tournament Hopes

0:00On March 5th, Creighton Men's basketball team picked up a solid 76-59 victory over Butler on the road. Senior guard Nick Gray's led the way with 14 points, a career-best 13 assists and six steals. Classmate Josh Dicks chipped in a season high, 22 points, helping the Blue Jays improve to 15 wins and 16 losses overall, with a 9. And 11 mark in B.I.G.E.A.C.T. play. The first half stayed tight, with a lead-changing hand several times before Butler took a slim four-point edge at the break. Creighton flipped the script right away in the second half, ripping off a 15.0 run to grab control, then stretching it even further to. Build a comfortable margin. Fans at Henkel Fieldhouse, numbering nearly 7,000, started heading for the exits as Creighton's defense clamped down, holding Butler, scoreless on second chance points and dominating off turnovers. Find out efforts included, Michael Ajay's double double of 26 points and 13 rebounds

1:01for the Bulldogs, but it wasn't enough against. Creighton's rebounding edge. This win marks Creighton's fourth straight at Henkel, and keeps their hopes alive for a quarterfinal buy in next week's B.I.G.E.H.T. tournament at Madison Square Garden. They'll need losses from DePaul and Providence this week to lock it in, with the full bracket dropping Saturday night. Henkel now sits alone with a conference by this weekend, turning their focus to league results while writing momentum from sweeps over Butler and A. String of strong road showings. String of strong road showings. String of strong road showings.