Creighton dropped their final non-conference game on the season 58-57 to Arizona State on Tuesday night in Omaha. After Creighton grabbed an 8 point lead with 15:42 to play Arizona State went on a 15-4 run over the next six minutes to get their first lead of the game. Creighton would tie the game twice including 56-all with 1:07 left. Jay Heath then made a layup to give Arizona State the lead. Ryan Hawkins made one of two free throws with :37 left and that ended the scoring.

Ryan Kalkbrenner led the Jays with 16 points, 9 rebounds, and 2 blocks. Ryan Hawkins had an off night from the field and finished with 6 points and 10 rebounds.

DJ Horne led the Sun Devils with 12 points and they improved to 5-6 on the season.

Creighton falls to 8-3 as they now move into Big East play. The Jays host 9th ranked Villanova on Friday at 7:00 p.m.