Marquette men’s basketball will have a challenging start to the new decade as they begin BIG EAST play Jan. 1 at Creighton, a team who beat then-No. 12 Texas Tech 83-76 Nov. 29 in the 19th Annual Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational.
The Bluejays finished tied with St. John’s and Xaiver for third-best in the league with a nonconference record of 11-2 and are 9-0 at home. Creighton is on a seven-game win streak and coming off a 91-54 victory against Midland University Saturday night. Six Bluejays reached double figures and Creighton was led by 19 points for both junior guard Ty-Shon Alexander and sophomore guard Marcus Zegarowski.