Non-Starter: #25 Creighton 68, Marquette 42

7-0.

Seven to nothing favoring #25 Creighton in the first 2 minutes and 34 seconds on Sunday afternoon in Omaha. Based on how the thing ended just over 37 minutes later, that’s where the game was decided. Marquette Golden Eagles women’s basketball didn’t get out of the gate at all for the fourth time in the last five games, and just like the previous four, it ended in a loss. The final: Creighton 68, Marquette 42. The Golden Eagles are now 10-6 on the year and 3-4 in Big East play.

Rose Nkumu scored in transition for Marquette to cut Creighton’s lead to 12-6. The Bluejays scored the next eight points through the end of the first quarter, and then tacked on a three-pointer from Kennedy…