VILLANOVA, Pa. -- Playing without starting guards Marcus Zegarowski and Ty-Shon Alexander, Creighton men's basketball team pushed the defending national champion and No. 14-ranked Villanova Wildcats to overtime before falling 66-59, on Wednesday night at renovated Finneran Pavilion..
Villanova (19-4) won its 11th consecutive game while becoming the first team since Connecticut in 1998-99 to open BIG EAST action 10-0. Creighton fell to 13-10 with the setback, and 4-6 in BIG EAST play.
Neither team got untracked offensively in the first 10 minutes, as Creighton led 12-8 thanks to six bench points.