Marquette surges past No. 9 Creighton

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 deficit to take a lead and then held off a couple of late comeback bids by the host Bluejays ( 4- 2, 0- 1 Big East).

Mitch Ballock went eight for 13 on three- pointers and had a season- high 26 points to lead Creighton. Teammate Denzel Mahoney added 21 points.

The Golden Eagles beat the 2019- 20 Big East regularseason co- champions for the f irst time in four meetings. They held Creighton to one f ield goal over f ive minutes while using a 19- 7 spurt to create a 75- 63 cushion with 51⁄ minutes left.

The Bluejays ran off nine straight points to get to 7675. Carton made a three and Garcia hit a jumper and a putback to make it 83- 75, but it was back to a three- point game when Ballock hit the last of his threes before Marquette pulled away on free throws.

Creighton made only 11 of 22 free throws in the second half.

No. 19 Rutgers 74, at Maryland 60:

Ron Harper Jr. scored 19 of his 27 points in the second half and the Scarlet Knights ( 5- 0, 1- 0) won their Big Ten opener for the f irst time in school history.

Rutgers broke open a tight game with a 10- 0 run that made it 50- 38 with 11: 49 left. Myles Johnson started and ended the spree with dunks, and Harper contributed a three- pointer.

Donta Scott scored 20 points and Eric Ayala added 12 for the Terrapins ( 4- 2, 0- 1 Big Ten).

at Colorado 81, Northern Colorado 45:

McKinley Wright IV had 19 points, five rebounds and seven assists to lead the Buffaloes ( 3- 1) in their home opener.