OMAHA, Neb. – Marcus Zegarowski scored a season-high 25 points, Mitch Ballock had 17 of his 20 points in the second half and 19th-ranked Creighton's offense was at its high-tempo best in a 86-70 rout of No.
5 Villanova on Saturday. Creighton (16-5, 12-4 Big East) won for the sixth time in seven games and knocked off a top-five opponent for the first time since beating Villanova in February 2018.
The Wildcats (13-3, 8-2) sustained their most lopsided loss since a 25-point defeat to Ohio State in November 2019. The Bluejays pulled away early in the second half of the meeting of the Big East's top two teams.
They had their best shooting first half of the season (65.4%) and finished at 59.3%. Ballock made three of his six 3-pointers during a