Jamiya Neal scored a career-high 24 points to lead Creighton to a 68-63 victory over No. 14 UConn on Saturday.
Ryan Kalkbrenner had 16 points and Steven Ashworth scored 12 for the Bluejays (12-6, 5-2 Big East).
Hassan Diarra and Solo Ball each scored 15 points for UConn (13-5, 5-2). The Huskies’ loss ended a 28-game home winning streak.
Four straight points from Alex Karaban capped a 12-2 run early in the second half to give the Huskies a 43-41 lead. Creighton responded with two dunks in a 6-0 run to regain the lead.
After missing its first three 3-pointers, Creighton scored four in a row with Isaac Traudt giving the Bluejays their first lead midway through the first half. The Huskies regained the lead twice in the first half, but Creighton scored 10 of the final 12 points of the half to take a 35-28 lead after the locker room.
Takeaways
Creighton: The Bluejays won the battle of teams picked to finish first and second in the Big East preseason poll as players other than Kalkbrenner and Ashworth stepped up to make big plays.
UConn: The Huskies lost another winnable game while star freshman Liam McNeeley recovers from a high ankle sprain.
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Key moment
UConn had just regained the lead on a pair of Samson Johnson free throws with about 3 1/2 minutes left, when Kalkbrenner scored the next three points and forced a lane miss from Diarra to give Creighton a lead that he would not give up.
Key statistic
Creighton outscored UConn 14-5 at the foul line, including four straight free throws to ice the game.
To be continued
Creighton plays at DePaul on Tuesday. UConn hosts Butler on Tuesday at the XL Center.
Associated Press reporting.
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