How to watch Creighton vs. Xavier basketball game
How to watch Creighton vs. Xavier basketball game
Who’s Playing
Xavier Musketeers @ Creighton Bluejays
Current Records: Xavier 13-8, Creighton 14-6
How To Watch
- When: Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at 8 p.m. ET
- Where: CHI Health Center Omaha — Omaha, Nebraska
- TV: Fox Sports 1
- Follow: CBS Sports App
- Online streaming: fuboTV (Try for free. Regional restrictions may apply.)
What to Know
Xavier and Creighton are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2020, but not for long. Both will face off in a Big East battle at 8:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday at CHI Health Center Omaha. The Musketeers are strutting in with some offensive muscle as they’ve averaged 77 points per game this season.
Xavier took a loss when they played away from home on Wednesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Saturday. They secured a 76-72 W over UConn.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Xavier to victory, but perhaps none more so than Dante Maddox Jr., who went 5 for 6 en route to 14 points. The dominant performance also gave Maddox Jr. a new career-high in field goal percentage (83.3%). Dailyn Swain was another key player, going 6 for 7 en route to 15 points.
Meanwhile, Creighton entered their tilt with Seton Hall on Saturday with four consecutive wins but they’ll enter their next game with five. They were the clear victor by a 79-54 margin over the Pirates. The Bluejays have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won six contests by 20 points or more this season.
Creighton can attribute much of their success to Ryan Kalkbrenner, who almost dropped a double-double on 23 points and nine rebounds. Kalkbrenner has been hot , having also posted two or more blocks the last five times he’s played. Another player making a difference was Steven Ashworth, who shot 5-for-8 from deep and almost dropped a double-double on 17 points and nine assists.
Creighton was working as a unit and finished the game with 19 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Seton Hall only posted nine.
Xavier has been performing well recently as they’ve won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-8 record this season. As for Creighton, they pushed their record up to 14-6 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home.
Some high-performance offense is likely on the agenda as the two teams are some of the highest scoring teams in the league. Xavier hasn’t had any problem running up the score this season, having averaged 77 points per game. However, it’s not like Creighton struggles in that department as they’ve been averaging 75.5. With both teams so easily able to put up points, the only question left is who can run the score up higher.
Xavier came up short against Creighton when the teams last played back in February of 2024, falling 78-71. Can Xavier avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We’ll find out soon enough.
Series History
Creighton and Xavier both have 5 wins in their last 10 games.
- Feb 10, 2024 – Creighton 78 vs. Xavier 71
- Jan 23, 2024 – Creighton 85 vs. Xavier 78
- Mar 10, 2023 – Xavier 82 vs. Creighton 60
- Jan 28, 2023 – Creighton 84 vs. Xavier 67
- Jan 11, 2023 – Xavier 90 vs. Creighton 87
- Jan 29, 2022 – Xavier 74 vs. Creighton 64
- Jan 15, 2022 – Xavier 80 vs. Creighton 73
- Feb 27, 2021 – Xavier 77 vs. Creighton 69
- Dec 23, 2020 – Creighton 66 vs. Xavier 61
- Jan 26, 2020 – Creighton 77 vs. Xavier 66