OMAHA, Neb. -- The Creighton women's basketball team won its eighth straight Pink Out game with 65-54 win over visiting Xavier on Friday, February 16.
The Bluejays improved to 16-9 with its third straight win and moved into a tie for third place in the BIG EAST standings at 10-5 after Villanova fell at Marquette earlier in the evening. Xavier suffered its eighth straight loss and is now 9-18 (2-14 BIG EAST).
Xavier owned a 12-7 lead after one quarter. The Bluejays scored on their first two trips, but would connect on just one shot in the final nine minutes of the quarter and could not overcome five points and three minutes in three productive minutes off the bench by A'riana Gray.