The Villanova Wildcats fell to the Creighton Bluejays on the road on Friday night, losing 79-59 to open Big East play.
Although Creighton held the lead for most of the game, Villanova kept things close with the Bluejays.
The Wildcats managed to cut their deficit down to two, when Eric Dixon made a second-chance basket to make it 56-54, with 8:38 remaining in the game.
Unfortunately for Villanova, that would be as close as it would get. The ‘Cats were cold on the floor, and Creighton responded with a 13-2 run to pull away. The Bluejays pushed their lead to 20 and coasted to the final buzzer with their game-sealing surge.