OMAHA, Neb. -- After seeing its 16-point second half lead erased in a span of 10 minutes, Creighton bounced back with a game-ending 17-11 run and held off No. 19 Providence to pick up its third top-25 win of the winter with a 73-67 victory on Saturday afternoon.
Playing its nation-leading seventh top-25 team this season, but first at home, Creighton snapped a two-game losing streak to improve to 10-8 overall and 4-3 in BIG EAST action. Providence fell to 14-4 overall and 6-1 in BIG EAST play, as its longest winning streak (9) since 1988-89 was snapped in front of a sold out crowd of 17,443.