What a difference a day makes.
After shooting the lights out against rival Georgetown, the Villanova Wildcats cooled off against the Creighton Bluejays in the Big East Tournament quarterfinals.
They were unable to keep up with Creighton’s firepower, especially in the second half, where the Bluejays pulled away with an improved shooting performance to win 87-74.
“Creighton came out, played extremely hard and got us on our heels,” Villanova coach Kyle Neptune said. “...The first half, I thought defensively actually wasn’t that bad. I thought they got out in transition a little bit too much, but then as we had to play catch-up and they got loose a little bit because we were trying to play catch-up.