Marquette rallies to beat ninth-ranked Creighton
OMAHA, Neb. — D.J. Carton scored a career-high 20 points and Greg Elliott and Dawson Garcia combined for 23 of their 28 points in the second half to lead Marquette past No. 9 Creighton 89-84 on Monday night.
The Golden Eagles (5-2, 1-0 Big East) came back from a 12-point
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deficit to take a lead and then held off a couple of late comeback bids by the Bluejays (4-2, 0-1).
Elliott and Garcia each scored 14 points, with Garcia adding 10 rebounds.
Mitch Ballock went 8 of 13 on 3-pointers and had a season-high 26 points to lead Creighton. Denzel Mahoney added 21 points
The Golden Eagles beat the 201920 Big East regular-season co-champions for the first time in four meetings. They held Creighton to one basket over five minutes while using a 19-7 spurt to create a 75-63 cushion with 5½ minutes left.
Creighton struggled at the freethrow line in the second half, making 11 of 22.
■ No. 19 Rutgers 74, Maryland 60: At College Park, Md., Ron Harper Jr. shot 10-for-17 overall and had 19 of his 27 points in the second half to lead the Scarlet Knights (5-0, 1-0). Donta Scott scored 20 and Eric Ayala added 12 for the Terrapins (4-2, 0-1), who shot 34.4 percent.
MOUNTAIN WEST UNR 79, San Diego 72:
■ At San Diego, Desmond Cambridge Jr. scored 27 points on 7-of-11 shooting and Grant Sherfield added 25 points, six rebounds and seven assists for the Wolfpack (5-2). Frankie Hughes had five 3-pointers and 22 points for the Toreros (0-2). Joey Calcaterra added 12 points.
■ Colorado State 91, Northern Arizona 52: At Fort Collins, Colo., Isaiah Stevens had 23 points and David Roddy had 14 points and eight rebounds for the Rams (2-0), who shot 55 percent. Cameron Shelton had 18
points to lead the Lumberjacks (0-3).
WOMEN No. 7 Baylor 91, Texas Tech 45:
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At Waco, Texas, Nalyssa Smith had 21 points and nine rebounds and DiJonai Carrington scored 13 points as the Lady Bears (4-1, 2-0 Big 12) had a 42-4 advantage in bench scoring. Vivian Gray was the only Lady Raiders (3-2, 0-1) player in double figures with 18 points.