CHICAGO (AP) — Marcus Zegarowski scored 19 points and No. 17 Creighton beat DePaul 69-62. Creighton came in leading the Big East in scoring and shooting, but the way this one went it was hard to tell. The cold-shooting Bluejays made just enough baskets to pull out a game that got heated in the first half. They beat the Blue Demons for the 13th straight time. Creighton hit all eight of its free throws in a closing 10-2 run. Zegarowski nailed three 3-pointers, and Christian Bishop and Denzel Mahoney each scored 14 points for DePaul.
In other top-25 men’s basketball action:
— It was just another Saturday for Gonzaga and Baylor. Drew Timme had 19 points and was one of six Gonzaga players to score in double figures as the top-ranked Bulldogs routed Pepperdine 97-75. Andrew Nembhard came off the bench and finished with 17 points and eight assists. Corey Kispert scored 16 and Aaron Cook a career-high 15 for the 17-0 Zags, who have won 21 straight games dating to last season. It is the second time this season the Bulldogs have had six or more players score in double figures. Second-ranked Baylor is 16-0 after Davion Mitchell had 13 points and seven assists against his former team in an 84-72 victory against Auburn. Adam Flagler led the Bears with a season-high 19 points, while Jared Butler had 16. Matthew Mayer delivered two 3s and a pair of highlight-reel dunks while scoring 10 of his 13 points during a 3 ½-minute span, helping Baylor go up 66-45. It’s the second-best start for the Bears, topped only by their 17-0 record to open the 2011-12 season.
— Jeremiah Robinson-Earl scored 23 points in just 21 minutes of third-ranked Villanova’s ninth win in a row, 80-72 at Seton Hall. Jermaine Samuels added 17 points and Justin Moore had 16 for Jay Wright’s team, while Collin Gillespie had 11 points and a career-high 11 assists.
— Keve Aluma scored a career-high 29 points on 10 of 15 shooting to send No. 20 Virginia Tech to a 65-51 win over eighth-ranked Virginia. Hunter Cattoor finished with 15 points for the Hokies, who trailed by 10 in the second half and closed on a 21-4 run.
— De’Vion Harmon scored 18 points to help 24th-ranked Oklahoma defeat No. 9 Alabama 66-61 in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge. Elijah Harkless scored 14 points and the Sooners became the second team in the past 25 years to beat three top 10 teams in a row following wins over Kansas and Texas.
— Mac McClung didn’t hit a second-half field goal before nailing two 3-pointers to key a stunning late rally as No. 10 Texas Tech beat LSU 76-71 in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge. McClung’s late treys came as the Aggies were scoring 12 consecutive points in the final minute.
— Colin Castleton scored 15 of his 21 points in the second half of Florida’s 85-80 upset of 11th-ranked West Virginia in the Big 12-SEC Challenge. Noah Locke had 19 points to help the Gators earn their season-high fourth straight win.
— Xavier Pinson scored a career-best 36 points and Jeremiah Tilmon had a career-high 33 for 12th-ranked Missouri in a comeback win against TCU in the BIG-12 SEC Challenge, 102-98 in overtime. Pinson went 8 for 13 from beyond the arc for the Tigers, who trailed by 12 with less than five minutes left in regulation.
— Myreon Jones scored 20 points on 8-for-12 shooting and Penn State snapped a decade-long skid against Wisconsin by beating the 14th-rated Badgers, 81-71. Izaiah Brockington added 18 points and John Harrar had 17 for the Nittany Lions, who lost 13 straight against Wisconsin.
— Yves Pons (pahnz) scored 17 points and No. 18 Tennessee never trailed in beating 15th-ranked Kansas, 80-61 in the Big 12/SEC Challenge. Jaden Springer scored 13 as the Vols beat the Jayhawks for the second time in six meetings overall.
— Moses Wright scored 23 points and Georgia Tech ended Florida State’s five-game winning streak by downing the 16th-ranked Seminoles. 76-65. Georgia Tech never trailed in the second half and snapped a two-game losing streak.
— Marcus Zegarowski scored 19 points and No. 17 Creighton shook off a bad shooting night to beat DePaul for the 13th straight time, 69-62. The Bluejays hit all eight of their free throws in a game-ending 10-2 run to pull out the win.
— Brandon Newman scored 21 of his season-high 29 points in the second half to help Purdue turn an early 14-point deficit into a 81-62 rout of No. 21 Minnesota. Trevion Williams added 17 points and 14 rebounds in the Boilermakers’ fifth win in six games.
— Cody Riley had 16 points and 10 rebounds for No. 23 UCLA in a 57-52 win against Oregon State. The Bruins won for the eighth time in nine games over all and extended its home winning streak to 16 games.
