Even in their best moments all cylinders never fired at the same the time for Creighton on Wednesday night. If the offense was rolling, the defense couldn’t stop a nosebleed; if they strung together stops, they missed shots or turned the ball over. Add in a St. John’s team that rolled into Omaha ready to fight for their lives, and the result was a deflated Jays bench and an almost completely emptied out arena watching the Red Storm roll to an 83-67 win that didn’t feel even that close for much of the second half.
Despite coming to Omaha having lost four of their last five games with road trips at Creighton, Duke, and Marquette awaiting them in their next three outings, St.