Watson's 32 leads Creighton to 70-56 upset of No. 5 Xavier

Published Feb. 9, 2016 11:35 p.m. ET

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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) Maurice Watson scored a career-high 32 points and Creighton rode a fast start to a 70-56 upset of No. 5 Xavier on Tuesday night.

The Bluejays (16-9, 7-5 Big East) used an early 16-0 run to take a 17-point lead 9 minutes into the game and then held off the Musketeers after they pulled within five with 6 minutes left.

Watson was dazzling all game with his drives to the basket against much bigger defenders. He scored 22 points in the second half and finished off the Musketeers with a bank-in high off the glass, a layup and then a steal and layup to make it 66-53 with 1:54 to play.

Xavier (21-3, 9-3) got 17 points from Jalen Reynolds and 14 from James Farr.

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