INDIANAPOLIS – Never mind about a Top 10 ranking, Big East championship or NCAA tournament seeding. Butler just needs to win a basketball game.
No. 22 Creighton sank 13 3-pointers, and 7-foot freshman Justin Patton scored 12 of his 15 points in the second half of a 76-67 victory before a sellout crowd of 9,100 Tuesday night at Hinkle Fieldhouse.
Marcus Foster and Khyri Thomas also scored 15 each for the Bluejays, who were 13-of-19 on 3s (62 percent).
Creighton (20-3, 7-3) shot 56 percent and emerged as an authentic threat to Villanova for the Big East championship, even without injured guard Maurice Watson Jr.