NEW YORK, N.Y. -- Fourth-seeded Creighton picked up its third win against Marquette in as many months with a 74-63 win over the Golden Eagles in the quarterfinal round of the 2022 BIG EAST Tournament, presented by JEEP.
The win advances Creighton to Friday's 5::30 p.m. Central semifinal game against top-seeded and No. 11 Providence. The Friars rallied late to upend ninth-seeded Butler, 65-61, in the first quarterfinal of the afternoon..
Making his Madison Square Garden debut, Arthur Kaluma got the Bluejays off to a strong start. The freshman drained a three-pointer from the right wing for the first points of the afternoon, and he later had a pair of dunks to spur the Bluejays to a 14-7 lead.