MILWAUKEE (AP) Kam Jones overcame a slow start to collect 22 points, nine rebounds and five assists as No. 8 Marquette defeated Creighton 79-71 on Friday night to remain unbeaten in Big East competition.
Stevie Mitchell added 18 points to help Marquette (13-2, 4-0) win its fourth straight. Ryan Kalkbrenner had 16 points and 12 rebounds for Creighton (9-6, 2-2).
Jones missed his first seven shots and went scoreless for the first 17 ½ minutes of the game before hitting a 3-pointer to start a 16-0 run. Jones’ driving layup with 38 seconds left in the half broke a tie and put Marquette in front for good.
Creighton: Kalkbrenner has made nearly two-thirds of his career field-goal attempts, but he shot just 4 of 11 from the floor Friday. Kalkbrenner increased his career point total to 2,010. The only other players to score at least 2,000 points from Creighton are Doug McDermott (3,150 from 2010-14), Rodney Buford (2,116 from 1995-99) and Bob Harstad (2,110 from 1987-91).
Marquette: The Golden Eagles never could pull away from Creighton but still made enough plays down the stretch to extend their winning streak.
Creighton trailed 64-60 with 7:05 left when Fredrick King was at the line trying to complete a three-point play. After King missed his free throw, Jasen Green got the offensive rebound and had a chance to cut Marquette’s lead to two, but he missed. Marquette’s David Joplin then hit a layup on the other end to extend the lead to six. Marquette stayed ahead by at least five the rest of the way.
Creighton shot just 40% overall and 22.6% (7 of 31) from 3-point range.
Creighton visits Butler on Jan. 11, and Marquette hosts Georgetown on Tuesday.
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R. Kalkbrenner C | 16PTS | 12REB | 1AST | |
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K. Jones G | 22PTS | 9REB | 5AST |
STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
R. Kalkbrenner | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 |
J. Neal | 15 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
S. Ashworth | 13 | 4 | 10 | 2 |
J. McAndrew | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
J. Green | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
I. Traudt | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
F. King | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
M. Miller | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
F. Zugic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
S. Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
S. Knox | – | – | – | – |
J. Townley-Thomas | – | – | – | – |
T. Davis | – | – | – | – |
L. Johnson | – | – | – | – |
S. Osmani | – | – | – | – |
Total | 71 | 39 | 18 | 12 |
STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
K. Jones | 22 | 9 | 5 | 1 |
S. Mitchell | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
D. Joplin | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
B. Gold | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
C. Ross | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
R. Parham | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Z. Lowery | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
D. Owens | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
C. Hamilton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T. Norman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C. Brown | – | – | – | – |
J. Lucas | – | – | – | – |
J. Ciardo | – | – | – | – |
C. O’Malley | – | – | – | – |
J. Anderson | – | – | – | – |
L. Jacobson | – | – | – | – |
J. Clark | – | – | – | – |
Total | 79 | 35 | 13 | 16 |