ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The Creighton men's basketball team suffered its first loss of the season, a 79-69 decision to Michigan, on Tuesday night as part of the Gavitt Tipoff Games.
Michigan improved to 2-0 this season under new head coach Juwan Howard and 3-0 all-time against the Bluejays. Creighton dropped to 1-1.
Creighton trailed by as much as 31-23 before three lay-ups in 33 seconds by Ty-Shon Alexander forced a Michigan timeout and got the Bluejays within a bucket. Thanks to a 23-10 lead on the glass and a 24-10 scoring edge in the paint, Creighton took a 41-38 lead into the intermission.