OMAHA, Neb. -- Playing in front of a sellout crowd of 17,874, No. 13 Creighton dropped a back-and-forth offensive battle to Butler 99-98 on February 2.
Following Friday's result the Bluejays moved to 16-6 on the season and 7-4 in BIG EAST contests, while Butler climbed to 15-7 overall and 6-5 in conference play.
Ashworth and Scheierman led Creighton with 26 points, while Alexander finished with 22 points and Kalkbrenner delivered 20 points.
Butler got 26 points from Jahmyl Telfort, while DJ Davis delivered 22 points. Rounding out the Bulldogs in double figures was Pierre Brooks with 14 points and 11 points from Finley Bizjack.