Creighton and Seton Hall posted wins in their blue road jerseys Wednesday night, while Butler and Xavier, also on the road, absorbed close defeats.
Playing its first true road game of the season, No. 10/10 Creighton improved to 9-0 with a 77-62 win at Nebraska. Maurice Watson Jr. posted game highs of 25 points and eight assists. Cole Huff was 4-of-5 from 3-point range and finished with 13 points. Creighton shot 50.8 percent from the field to maintain its streak of being the only team nationally to shoot 50 percent or better in every game this season.
Seton Hall battled past California 60-57 in the Pearl Harbor Invitational.