Daily News | Eric Dixon’s career day paces Villanova in win over Creighton, Ryan Kalkbrenner
How do you beat a team with one of the best 7-footers in the country when your center is a mere 6-foot-8?Matched up with Creighton Goliath center Ryan Kalkbrenner, Eric Dixon put up his best performance of his
career. He scored a career-high 31 points to lead Villanova to a 79-67 win over No. 19 Creighton at Wells Fargo Center, Villanova’s second consecutive win over a ranked team.finished with 17, and Mark Armstrong added 11. Justin Moore had eight points and eight assists. Kalkbrenner did some damage, scoring 18 on 7-of-9 shooting. Arthur Kaluma had 19, but the rest of the Bluejays struggled. Creighton shot 39% as a team, 19.2% from three.Villanova turned Creighton’s size advantage into a disadvantage. The Wildcats picked on the 7-1 Kalkbrenner defensively, forcing him to guard the perimeter.
The first 15 minutes were Villanova’s best shooting performance of the season. The Wildcats went on a 25-8 run midway through the first half, capitalizing on their own hot shooting and a 12 consecutive missed threes from the Bluejays.Creighton made a run in the second half, shaving a 17-point lead to seven, but a Dixon three and a three-point play put the game out of reach once more.
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