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Wooga Pclap

After a partial goodbye, Villanova He went to the second half of his Big East board dramatically and fell little to Creighton, 62-60, at the Wells Fargo Center.

Below one with only 19 seconds on the clock, the senior guard Wooga Poplar became large with a robbery and a dump, but the Bluejays (16-6, 10-2 Big East) recovered their direct.

Steven Ashworth of Creighton accumulated in three open ones in the corner to give the Bluejays a two -point advantage with only three remaining seconds. Villanova (12-10, 5-6) fell short in his final offensive possession and launched his sixth game of the season.

Poplar recorded 24 points in the game for the Wildcats and was 10 of 17 from the field.

“I think obviously (Wooga) had to continue offensively,” said the senior guard of Villanova, Jordan Longino. “But I think those defensive works he did, especially that in the end that led to that overturned, obviously just what we are looking for. Even at a high level, I think he showed that today for 40 full minutes, simply (stinking) we did not do it at the end. “

Villanova triggered 39.7% from the field and only 17.6% from the deep, while Creighton was 6 of 26 behind the arch.

Anyone’s ball game

In the final possession of the first half, Longino lost a sweater to send the Wildcats to the dressed costumes, 29-29.

A half -weather tie seemed appropriate, since none of the teams did a lot to deserve to be awake in half.

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Villanova had a slow start and shot only 25% from the field (16.1% from the deep). It was an even worse performance in the first half of the Bluejays, who fired a worst of season 1 by 14 from beyond the arch in the first half.

The Wildcats capitalized Creighton’s carelessness and had a 12-2 race for 3 minutes, 6 seconds to return from a seven-point deficit.

The first year student of the red shirt, Jordann Dumont, ran the race with a three in the 3:13 brand to give Villanova his first advantage of the game and finally electrify a apparently quiet Wells Fargo center.

Renewal change

Upon entering Saturday, Villanova desperately needed to clean its ball losses. In fact, of their 90 ball losses in the conference game this season, 43 have arrived in the last four games.

On Saturday, Creighton picked up where the Wildcats left him. Creighton turned the ball four times at 3:24 and finished half with nine ball losses compared to the two of Villanova. Creighton ended with 18 ball losses, while Villanova only had six.

“I thought our boys played extremely hard,” coach Kyle Neptune said. “You know, they are complicated defensively. It’s just your style, you know. But I give our boys a lot of credit. The energy we spent on the defensive end was encouraging. ”

Ryan Kalkbrenner of Creighton again proved to be the difference. The 7 -foot 1 center fell a maximum of 22 points and had eight rebounds. At the beginning of the week, Kalkbrenner was appointed Big East Player of the Week and the national player of Associated Press’s week a day later.

Jamiya Neal also contributed to Kalkbrenner’s efforts with 13 points and nine boards, while Ashworth had 13 points, seven tables and seven assists.

Dixon Day

Dixon needed nine points to reach a professional milestone, entering Saturday. For the top scorer of the nation, nine points is a light job.

With a triple with 4:38 to go in the first half, Dixon scored his point 2,000 career number, making him the ninth Wildcats player in the history of the male program and 11 in the history of the school to achieve it.

“I am sure that it is one of those days when I will look back and be proud,” said Dixon. “But at this time, it’s not about that.”

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It ended with 17 points and five boards.

Dixon has now scored in double figures in 37 games in a row, the third longest active streak in the country, and one behind Kam Jones de Marquette for longer in the big east.

Next

Villanova will travel to Chicago to face Depaul (10-12, 1-10 Big East) on Wednesday (9 PM, CBSSN) in Wintrust Arena. The Wildcats defeated the Blue Demons, 100-56, at their previous meeting on January 4.