Watson scored a career-high 27 points to pace the Creighton men’s basketball to a 79-66 win over Georgetown at CenturyLink Center Omaha.
“He controlled the game,” Georgetown coach John Thompson III said. “There’s no other way to put it. With not just his scoring but how placed and got the ball to his teammates; he doesn’t make mistakes.”
On his way to a new career-high for a single game, Watson also surpassed the 1,000-point barrier for his career. The junior scored 800 points in two seasons at Boston University and has scored 221 points in 16 games with the Bluejays (13.