VILLANOVA, Pa. (KMTV) — The 14th ranked Creighton men's basketball team fought back from a 22 point deficit but ultimately fell just short at 10th ranked Villanova on Wednesday night, 72-60.
The loss for CU came one day after head coach Greg McDermott apologized for making a controversial analogy to his team following the Jays' loss at Xavier last Saturday. After Wednesday's loss to the Wildcats, McDermott commented about the speech.
BREAKING: #Creighton coach Greg McDermott's first on-camera comments about his controversial postgame speech to his team following last Saturday's loss at Xavier. pic.twitter.com/oLC0FOeEtE
— Adam Krueger (@AdamKruegerTV) March 4, 2021
The Bluejays cut the deficit down to five with 6:42 remaining but the Wildcats would hold on for the victory.
Creighton's chances of a 2nd straight BIG EAST regular season title also came to an end with the loss.
Justin Moore scored a game-high 24 points for Nova.
CU (17-7, 13-6) wraps up the regular season on Saturday at home against Butler starting at 4 p.m. on Fox.
