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After 15 steals in Sunday’s win at Marquette, Creighton had 13 more in the win over Providence — the first time they’ve had 13+ steals in consecutive games since November of 2007. They forced 40 combined turnovers in those two games.
“Coach Lusk has been drilling the importance of activity on defense and digging in for steals since the beginning of the season,” Kaleb Joseph said on the postgame radio show. “He’s a great defensive-minded coach. Over the last month, we’ve begun to realize how important those things are for us to win games.