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Marquette rallied from a 16-point halftime deficit to beat Georgetown.
Marquette rallied from a 16-point halftime deficit to beat Georgetown.

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#BIGEASTmbb Minute: Creighton, Marquette Grab Tight Road Wins; Seton Hall Holds Off Butler Rally

All three BIG EAST games on Saturday ended in the 60s.  In two of the three, the road team got out of town with close victories.  A third visiting team rallied, but came up short.

“In this league, you don’t apologize for anything, you just take a W,” said Creighton head coach Greg McDermott after his Bluejays edged Providence 67-65 at Alumni Hall on a dunk by Christian Bishop with less than a second left.

Creighton (8-2, 4-1 BIG EAST) had a 13-point lead with 7:14 to play before the Friars came back and tied the game 65-65 on a basket by Noah Horchler with seven seconds left.

Creighton’s Marcus Zegarowski scored a game-high 20 points and had seven rebounds and four assists, including the critical dish to Bishop.  Zegarowski made 6-of-11 from 3-point range.  Damien Jefferson added 18 points, eight rebounds and six steals.  Nate Watson and David Duke led Providence (7-4, 3-2 BIG EAST) with 13 points each.  Horchler finished with 12 points.

Marquette coach Steve Wojciechowski could relate to McDermott’s feelings after his Golden Eagles rallied from a 36-20 halftime deficit to take a 64-60 decision at Georgetown.  Jamal Cain scored a career-high 25 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for Marquette (6-5, 2-3 BIG EAST).  Freshman Dawson Garcia had nine points and grabbed 13 rebounds, while classmate Justin Lewis had 10 points and nine boards.  Jahvon Blair led Georgetown (3-6, 1-4 BIG EAST) with 20 points.

Butler could not make it a clean sweep for the road squads.  The Bulldogs cut a 13-point second half deficit to one on multiple occasions at Seton Hall, but the Pirates (8-4, 5-1 BIG EAST) prevailed 68-60.  The Hall’s Sandro Mamukelashvili posted game highs of 24 points, nine rebounds and six assists.  Jared Rhoden contributed 19 points and seven boards.  Butler made 11-of-22 from 3-point range.  Freshman Myles Tate led the Bulldogs (2-5, 1-3 BIG EAST) with 22 points, including 5-of-8 from beyond the arc.  Aaron Thompson missed a fifth straight game  because of a knee injury.

The BIG EAST schedule picks back up on Tuesday when Villanova visits DePaul and Marquette hosts UConn.