Villanova Wildcats at Creighton Bluejays
· NCAA Women's Basketball
Morgan Maly, Lauren Jensen top 2,000 career points as No. 22 Creighton women top Villanova 70-55
No. 2 seed Creighton has a bye until Saturday’s quarterfinals when it will play the winner of Friday's game between No. 7 seed Providence and 10th-seeded Georgetown. No. 5 seed Villanova advances to a quarterfinal matchup with No. 4 seed Marquette on Saturday. Regular-season champion Connecticut will host the event.
Maly needed 15 points to reach the milestone and she scored 23 for the Bluejays (24-5, 16-2), who matched the team record for conference victories. Maly added 10 rebounds for her fourth double-double this season and she made two 3-pointers to add to her school record with 324. Jensen needed six points and finished with 17, adding six assists. Molly Mogensen grabbed a career-high 11 rebounds to go with seven points.
Freshman Jasmine Bascoe scored a season-high 27 on 11-for-20 shooting with four 3-pointers for the Wildcats (17-13, 11-7). She finished a rebound shy of a double-double. Maddie Webber scored 14.
Villanova missed eight straight shots and went more than five minutes without scoring but managed to lead 12-11 after one quarter.
Mogensen hit a 3-pointer to spark a 7-0 run to end the half and Creighton led 31-25.
The Bluejays never trailed in the third quarter and led by nine when Bascoe finished off a three-point play to get the Wildcats within 47-41 heading to the fourth.
Jensen and Maly had back-to-back baskets and Jayme Horan and Maly buried two straight 3-pointers to put the Bluejays up 57-41 in the first two-plus minutes and they cruised from there.
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End of Game | 55 - 70 |
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End of 4th Quarter | 55 - 70 |
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Elizabeth Gentry made Layup. | 55 - 70 |
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Allison Heathcock Defensive Rebound. | 55 - 68 |
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Jasmine Bascoe missed Three Point Jumper. | 55 - 68 |
Statistics
 VILL |
CREI |
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|---|---|---|
| 24-64 | FG | 26-57 |
| 37.5 | Field Goal % | 45.6 |
| 5-22 | 3PT | 6-22 |
| 22.7 | Three Point % | 27.3 |
| 2-3 | FT | 12-14 |
| 66.7 | Free Throw % | 85.7 |
| 33 | Rebounds | 41 |
| 11 | Offensive Rebounds | 11 |
| 22 | Defensive Rebounds | 30 |
| 10 | Assists | 18 |
| 7 | Steals | 4 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 4 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 9 | Total Turnovers | 12 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 13 | Points Off Turnovers | 6 |
| 4 | Fast Break Points | 9 |
| 32 | Points in Paint | 26 |
| 18 | Fouls | 12 |
| 3 | Largest Lead | 16 |
Game Information
Location: Omaha, NE
Attendance: 1,722 | Capacity:
2024-25 Big East Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| UConn | 18-0 | - | 28-3 |
| Creighton | 16-2 | 2 | 24-5 |
| Seton Hall | 13-5 | 5 | 21-8 |
| Marquette | 12-6 | 6 | 20-9 |
| Villanova | 11-7 | 7 | 17-13 |
| DePaul | 8-10 | 10 | 13-18 |
| Providence | 6-12 | 12 | 13-18 |
| St. John's | 5-13 | 13 | 15-14 |
| Butler | 5-13 | 13 | 15-16 |
| Georgetown | 4-14 | 14 | 11-18 |
| Xavier | 1-17 | 17 | 6-23 |