NEW YORK -- Creighton learned how to win after losing point guard Maurice Watson Jr. to a major knee injury in January and it took another step in the postseason, winning with leading scorer Marcus Foster on the bench in foul trouble.
Khyri Thomas scored 19 points and Creighton went on a game-changing 13-2 spurt with Foster reduced to an early second-half cheerleader in posting a 70-58 victory over turnover-plagued Providence in the quarterfinals of the Big East Tournament Thursday night.
"We had to balance a lot of foul trouble and while Marcus was in foul trouble, he was our best cheerleader over there on the bench, talking to guys at every time out and never became unengaged in the game while he was sitting on the bench with foul trouble," Creighton coach Greg McDermott said.