NEW YORK (AP) — Clicking on offense all night, No. 9 Creighton had little trouble putting its recent loss in the rearview mirror.
Marcus Zegarowski scored 20 points, shooting 6 for 7 from 3-point range, and the Bluejays cruised to a 94-76 victory over St. John’s on Thursday.
Denzel Mahoney had 16 points and freshman center Ryan Kalkbrenner added a season-best 15 off the bench to help Creighton (5-2, 1-1 Big East) bounce back from a home defeat in its conference opener Monday night.
“When you come off a loss like we did against Marquette, you hope your team will respond,” coach Greg McDermott said. “I felt like we responded in practice and obviously that preparation carried over to the start of the game.”