OMAHA, Neb. -- and combined for 19 points in the second half as the Creighton women's basketball team held off Butler, 68-64, to open 2025 on Wednesday afternoon..
Creighton (11-3, 3-0 BIG EAST) won for the 10th time in the last 11 games and kept place atop the league standings with No. 7 UConn. This is the sixth time in a dozen BIG EAST seasons that Creighton has started 3-0 in league play, and first time since its Elite Eight team in 2021-22. Butler dropped to 10-6 overall and is winless in three conference contests.
Creighton led 17-8 after the opening quarter thanks to a 9-0 run in which it held the Bulldogs scoreless for a five-minute stretch.