Monday, March 6
Milwaukee, Wis.
3:00 PM
Creighton University
at
No. 3 Marquette
Photo by: Steve Woltmann
Women's Hoops to Face No. 3 Marquette Monday, with the Winner Advancing to the BIG EAST Final
3/5/2017 8:34:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Milwaukee, Wis. -- Looking to reach consecutive conference championship games for the first time, the second-seeded Creighton women's basketball team will battle BIG EAST Tournament Host and third-seeded Marquette at 3:00 pm on Monday, March 6.
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Bird Seeds
Creighton leads the overall series with Marquette, 11-4, sweeping the regular season from the Golden Eagles. The Bluejays are 4-4 against Marquette in Milwaukee.
The Bluejays have taken the last three meetings with Marquette, but in the last battle the contest came down to the final minute. Down 77-72 with under one minute to play, junior Sydney Lamberty delivered the final eight points of the contest to lift Creighton to an 80-77 win.
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Bird Seeds
- With Sunday's victory over Butler, the Bluejays have reached the BIG EAST Tournament semifinals for the third time in Creighton's four seasons as
- members of the BIG EAST.
- Creighton is 5-3 in the BIG EAST Tournament, including three victories last season as the No. 7 seed to reach the Championship game. The Bluejays, however, have not faced Marquette in the conference tournament.
- Coming into Monday, the Bluejays have won nine straight and have posted victories in 19 of their last 21 games.
- Creighton's nine-game win streak is the longest since the Bluejays won 11 straight during the 2008-09 season (Jan. 8 - Feb. 14).
- The Bluejays are 16-4 all-time when facing in the conference tournament that the swept during the regular season. Creighton bested Marquette in both meetings this year.
- Creighton has never reached the conference championship game in
- back-to-back seasons, a win over Marquette would vault the Bluejays into the title game for the second consecutive season.
Creighton leads the overall series with Marquette, 11-4, sweeping the regular season from the Golden Eagles. The Bluejays are 4-4 against Marquette in Milwaukee.
The Bluejays have taken the last three meetings with Marquette, but in the last battle the contest came down to the final minute. Down 77-72 with under one minute to play, junior Sydney Lamberty delivered the final eight points of the contest to lift Creighton to an 80-77 win.
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