NJ Benson helped lead DePaul over Georgetown on Wednesday night with 18 points off of the bench in a 71-67 win in the Big East Tournament. DePaul (14-18) will play No. 2 seed Creighton in the quarterfinals on Thursday.

Kalkbrenner scored in the paint to give No. 2 seed Creighton a 77-76 lead and the Bluejays (23-9) never trailed over the final 2:12 against the 10th-seeded Blue Demons (14-19). Creighton advanced to the semifinals Friday night against third-seeded UConn, which earned a 73-56 victory over No. 6 seed Villanova.

Ryan Kalkbrenner scored 32 points, including the go-ahead hook shot with 2:12 remaining in the second overtime as Creighton survived a major scare from DePaul to earn a wild 85-81 victory on Thursday in the Big East tournament quarterfinals.

DePaul blew an 11-point lead in the final two minutes of regulation and lost to Creighton 85-81 in a double-overtime thriller Thursday in a Big East Tournament quarterfinal.

Ryan Kalkbrenner had 32 points and scored the go-ahead basket in the second overtime, and the Bluejays held on for an 85-81 victory against DePaul on Thursday night at Madison Square Garden.