Creighton halts No. 1 UConn's 14-game win streak - ESPN

OMAHA, Neb. — Steven Ashworth scored 16 of his 20 points in the first half as Creighton built a double-digit lead, and the No. 15 Bluejays knocked off UConn 85-66 Tuesday night for the program's first win over a No. 1-ranked team.

Creighton (20-7, 10-6 Big East) led by 23 points with 10 minutes left but saw its lead cut to 10 before holding the Huskies scoreless on five straight possessions, rebuilding their cushion and prompting students to leave their seats to prepare to storm the court — which they did as soon as the buzzer sounded.

«Kind of felt like (we) just kind of ran into a buzzsaw there,» UConn coach Dan Hurley noted afterward.

Entering Tuesday, the Bluejays had been 0-6 in the AP poll era against the AP No. 1 team.

UConn (24-3, 14-2) had its 14-game win streak — the longest active streak in Division I — end three days after it beat then-No. 4 Marquette by 28 points for one of the most impressive victories of the season — and one day after it was voted as the first unanimous No. 1 this season in the AP poll.

Trey Alexander scored 16 points and Ryan Kalkbrenner added 15 for the Bluejays, who made 14 of 28 3-pointers in their second-best shooting night from beyond the arc this season. Creighton was just 6-of-26 on 3s in its 62-48 loss at UConn last month.

UConn's Tristen Newton scored 17 of his 27 points in the second half, including 10 during the 18-5 spurt that helped pull the Huskies within 74-64.

The Huskies made a season-low 3 3s on 16 attempts in their most lopsided loss since Houston beat them 84-45 in the AAC tournament on March 15, 2019. They had come into the game off a Big East-record three straight wins by at least 25 points.

«I do think we did a bad job coaching tonight, our players did a bad job