Marquette falls with star guard Kolek sidelined

OMAHA, Neb.– Baylor Scheierman scored 26 points and made 3 straight 3-pointers late in the game Saturday to lead No. 12 Creighton to an 89-75 success over No. 5 Marquette, which played without star guard Tyler Kolek and big man Oso Ighodaro.Scheierman, a Big

East player of the year prospect who was playing his final game at CHI Health Center, had 16 rebounds for his eighth double-double in 10 games and 14th of the season.Scheierman’s run of 3 3s in less than 2 minutes broke open what had actually been a two-point game. He remained in so good a rhythm that after his last one, he turned to the crowd and shouted,”I don’t even got to look!””Last game in this building, last game most likely in Nebraska in front of family and friends … Simply a special sensation, specifically when the group is as close as we are, “Scheierman said.Creighton (22-8, 13-6) avenged a 72-67 loss in Milwaukee on Dec. 30 and kept itself in position for the No. 2 seed in the conference tournament in two weeks.Marquette(22-7, 13-5 )lost for the very first time in 4 games. “Certainly, looking at it from their viewpoint, their program, that’s how you want a senior day to opt for

your senior citizens and departing guys,”Marquette coach Shaka Smart stated.

“I believe from our standpoint, actually pleased with our guys’ battle, connection, energy, strength, stamina, belief.”Kolek, the reigning Big East player of the year, didn’t play after leaving Wednesday’s game against Providence with an injury to an oblique, a stomach muscle, and Ighodaro was out due to the fact that of health problem. Chase Ross started in location of Kolek and Ben Gold in location of Ighodaro.Kolek averages 15 points per game and leads the country with 7.9 assists per game. Ighodaro averages 14 points per game and is the Golden Eagles’top rebounder at 7.3 per game.Smart said he didn’t now the length of time Kolek would be out, and Creighton coach Greg

McDermott provided best desires.” I pray to God that he’s back on the floor quickly,” McDermott said.”He’s been such an excellent representative of our league and one of the very best point guards in

the nation, and Marquette has had an extraordinary [2 seasons] with him at the controls.

You want to play against them at their best.” Ryan Kalkbrenner scored 19 points and Trey Alexander added 18 for the Bluejays, who honored their 1974 Sugary food 16 team throughout a halftime ceremony.Kam Jones led the Golden Eagles with 23 points, David Joplin had 21 and Stevie Mitchell had 15 points and nine rebounds.Creighton looked all set to put the game away midway through the second half when Scheierman removed the ball from Jones and drove the length of the court for a layup to make it 60-50.

Jones ‘3-pointer cut it to 63-62 before Kalkbrenner transformed Alexander’s enter a dunk and Scheierman made

two free tosses after a Marquette backcourt violation.Creighton missed 4 straight 3s, enabling Marquette to get within 67-65. Scheierman’s three 3s over 2 minutes and Francisco Farabello’s basket from the deep corner put the

Bluejays up 81-69 with 2:14 left.The Associated Press added to this report.