Creighton kept their momentum flying high with a 69-62 win over the DePaul Blue Demons Saturday night. The Bluejays, 13-4 on the year, have now won three games in a row and have gone 9-2 over their last 11 games.
The win over DePaul didn’t come particularly easy. The Blue Demons led 48-42 with 12:56 left in the second half. But the Bluejays were able to wrestle it away from DePaul, going on a 27-14 run to end the game. The run was catapulted by great free throw shooting. Nine of those 27 points scored came on free throws, as the Bluejays made the most of their opportunities from the stripe.