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Big East Tournament - Xavier Downs Creighton 82-60 - Match Report
The battle between Xavier and Creighton didn’t turn out to be much of a battle at all as Creighton was handed a 82-60 defeat on Friday at Madison Square Garden.
Xavier won and also put money in the pockets of their supporters by covering the +3.5-point spread as underdogs.
Souley Boum had 23 points for Xavier and Jack Nunge chipped in with 17 points. Souley Boum had 6 assists for them, while Colby Jones was the team's top rebounder, grabbing 10 boards.
Creighton got 18 points from Ryan Kalkbrenner in a losing cause and another 15 points from Baylor Scheierman. Ryan Nembhard contributed 6 assists for them, while Baylor Scheierman had 7 rebounds.
Xavier was winning at the break before taking care of business in the second half.
The rebound battle favored Xavier as they grabbed 39 boards, while Creighton only had 26