New York, N.Y. -- Creighton junior Jake Holton claimed his fifth BIG EAST Player of the Week honor of the season, guiding Creighton to a 4-0 week and a BIG EAST regular-season title with a .400 average (6-for-16) and seven RBI. Holton and the Bluejays entered last week knowing they needed to sweep Villanova to claim the BIG EAST crown. Holton delivered in each game with the Wildcats to lift the Bluejays to their third BIG EAST title in six seasons.
Holton and the Bluejays will face the fourth-seeded Seton Hall Pirates in the opening game of the BIG EAST Tournament in Mason, Ohio on Thursday, May 23 at 1:30 pm (CT).