No. 13 Creighton overcame a sluggish start to Big East play by winning seven of its last eight games.
The Bluejays (16-5, 7-3 Big East) aim to continue their torrid play on Friday night when they host Butler (14-7, 5-5) in Omaha, Neb.
“We started 0-2 in the league and our backs were against the wall,” Creighton coach Greg McDermott said. “The month of January, we were able to dig our way out of that. We had some tough games on the road during that stretch.”
The Bluejays’ lone misstep in that run was a 62-48 loss to No. 1 UConn on Jan. 17. Creighton, however, has bounced back with three straight victories.
Ryan Kalkbrenner scored 28 points in the Bluejays’ 97-94 triple-overtime win over Seton Hall on Jan. 20. Trey Alexander had 27 points in Creighton’s 85-78 victory over Xavier on Jan. 23, and 23 more in an 85-62 triumph over DePaul on Saturday.
“I would say I think we had a great month of January. I think we can keep building off of it,” Alexander said, per the Omaha World-Herald. “Just for us to stay locked in and be able to carry this momentum right now, it’s big for us.”