With three full days to catch its collective breath, No. 17 Creighton gets set to face visiting DePaul on Saturday at Omaha, Neb.
It has been an eventful stretch for the Bluejays (15-5, 6-3 Big East), who started last week with a crushing 62-48 loss on the road to No. 1 UConn. On Saturday, they went the marathon route in a 97-94 win in triple overtime versus Seton Hall, then returned home Tuesday to hold off Xavier.
Most impressive of all in Creighton’s 85-78 victory over the Musketeers was the energy after halftime a few days after playing three overtimes. The Bluejays made 8 of 16 attempts from 3-point range in the second half, compared to 3 of 12 in the first half.
Baylor Scheierman had 15 of his 20 points in the second half, while Trey Alexander finished with 27 points and nine rebounds. Ryan Kaklbrenner had 16 points and nine rebounds to round out the production from the Bluejays’ Big Three.
Scheierman played all 40 minutes after he played all 55 at Seton Hall.
“To play our third game in seven games, with the first two on the East Coast, that’s tough stuff,” Creighton head coach Greg McDermott said. “… This league is really hard. I don’t know if people understand how hard it is. These wins are hard to come by.”