Khadeen Carrington hit a go-ahead layup with 2:05 to play and No. 23 Seton Hall rallied from a 13-point second-half deficit to defeat No. 25 Creighton 90-84 in the Big East Conference opener for both schools on Thursday night in East Rutherford, N.J.
Desi Rodriguez led the Pirates (12-2, 1-0 Big East) with 23 points. Carrington finished with 18, Myles Powell had 17 and Angel Delgado added 18 points and 14 rebounds.
Martin Krampelj had a career-high 23 points and 10 rebounds for Creighton (10-3, 0-1), which had a five-game winning streak snapped. Marcus Foster, who hurt his right leg early, finished with 14, but only two in the second half. Khyri Thomas had 13 for the Bluejays, who did not score in the final 3:32.
Foster hit a jumper at that point to give Creighton an 84-83 lead. Carrington hit his layup off a baseline drive more than a minute later to put the Pirates ahead. Michael Nzei added a free throw with 1:29 to go to make it a two-point game and Carrington added two free throws with 19.5 seconds left.
Rodriguez closed out the scoring with two free throws with 12 seconds to go. The Hall outscored Creighton 48-31 in the second half, hitting 16 of 30 shots from the field.
SIUC wins at N. Iowa • Kavion Pippen scored 14 points and Marcus Bartley made four 3-pointers to account for his 12 points in Southern Illinois Carbondale’s 56-53 win, the Salukis’ first in 12 games at the McLeod Center.
SIUE falls at Austin Peay • Averyl Ugba scored 21 points to lead the host Governors against Southern Illinois Edwardsville, which was led by Justin Benton’s 14 points.
SEMO loses at home • Belmont shot 60 percent and made 14 3-pointers and rolled at Southeast Missouri State despite Ledarrius Brewer’s 21 points.
Notebook
Missouri State players suspended • Missouri State basketball players Tanveer Bhullar and Darian Scott were suspended for a violation of team rules on the same day that a police report listed them as persons of interest in a $1,500 theft investigation.
Maryland, UConn players done • Maryland forward Justin Jackson will miss the remainder of his sophomore season with a shoulder injury. And UConn says redshirt freshman point guard Alterique Gilbert will miss the rest of this season and will likely undergo another surgery on his injured left shoulder.