KJ Lewis helps Georgetown upend Creighton for fourth straight win

KJ Lewis scored 22 and Malik Mack had 20 as Georgetown won its fourth straight, beating Creighton 76-68 on Wednesday night in Washington, D.C.

Vince Iwuchukwu posted his second double-double of the season with 14 points and 10 rebounds as the Hoyas (13-10, 5-7 Big East) matched their longest conference regular season winning streak since 2015. Caleb Williams added seven points and 10 rebounds as Georgetown won despite shooting 34.9% and not making a field goal over the final 4:04.

Jasen Green scored 12 points to lead Creighton (12-11, 6-6) which has now lost a season-worst three straight. Nick Graves and Fedor Zugic each added 11 as the Bluejays shot 24.2% (8 of 33) from 3-point range. Creighton committed 16 turnovers, one short of a season-high.

Georgetown took control during a 12-0 run early in the second half that started with a Mack 3-pointer and ended on a dunk by Iwuchukwu to give the Hoyas a 45-34 lead with 15:45 remaining. Iwuchukwu scored 12 points in the second half.

Creighton trailed virtually all of the second half but closed to within 74-68 after a Zugic 3-pointer with 36.5 seconds remaining. Lewis sank a pair of free throws to close it out. Georgetown shot 24 of 33 from the free throw line as Lewis and Mack combined to go 21 for 25. Creighton shot 6 of 10 from the charity stripe.

After Creighton needed overtime in the first matchup with Georgetown to escape with an 86-83 victory on Jan. 13, the first half in the rematch was much of the same. There were four ties and six lead changes as neither team led by more than four with the Bluejays taking a 29-27 lead into halftime.

Creighton took their halftime lead on a Graves jumper as time expired as the Bluejays connected on six of their final seven shots, hitting 48.3% from the field despite going 1 for 11 from 3-point range.

Green had 10 points before the break to lead Creighton. Georgetown struggled from the field in shooting 26.5% but made 5 of 12 3-pointers to stay in the game. Creighton outscored Georgetown 22-6 in the paint as the Hoyas missed 11 layups.

--Field Level Media