Creighton @ DePaul preview

Last Meeting ( Feb 27, 2018 ) DePaul 57, Creighton 82

Ty-Shon Alexander continues to climb the ranks in terms of 3-point shooting for Creighton, which travels to face DePaul on Wednesday in a Big East game. Alexander has a chance to set the mark for most 3-pointers by a sophomore and most consecutive games with a triple for the Bluejays, who will be in search of their ninth straight victory over the Blue Demons.

The 6-4 guard from Charlotte, N.C., who showed his scoring prowess by racking up 20 points over a six-minute span in the second half of Sunday's loss to Seton Hall, needs 19 3-pointers to pass Kyle Korver for the most 3-pointers by a sophomore and three more games with a trey to eclipse the streak of 31 consecutive games set by Booker Woodfox. Alexander currently sits in eighth place for the most 3-pointers in a season in Creighton history with 81 triples and the only Creighton sophomores in the last 40 years to average more than Alexander's 16.5 points were Doug McDermott, Rodney Buford and Bob Harstad. "You've got to let a scorer go," Creighton coach Greg McDermott said of Alexander, who had struggled, going 9-of-35 in the previous three games. "You don't talk about it. You encourage them because as soon as I doubt them, that's when the doubt is going to creep in their own mind." Femi Olujobi made it 12 consecutive games in double figures and Max Strus broke the 20-point barrier for the first time in six games, but the Blue Demons were no match for Butler on Saturday on the road.

TV: 9 p.m. ET, FSN

ABOUT CREIGHTON (13-13, 4-9 Big East): The Bluejays have struggled to win Big East games but it is of no fault of Martin Krampelj, who is one of the top players in several statistical categories. The junior from Slovenia is one of four players along with Villanova's Eric Paschall, Georgetown's Jessie Govan and Marquette's Sam Hauser in the top 10 in scoring and rebounding in league games and only he and Govan are also in the top 10 in blocked shots. The last Creighton player to average at least 16 points, eight rebounds and one block for an entire conference season was Chad Gallagher in 1989-90.

ABOUT DEPAUL (13-11, 5-8): Strus has been a model of consistency in his two seasons with the Blue Demons, scoring in double figures in 47 of 54 career games. The senior guard from Hickory Hills, Ill., needs 83 points for 1,000 at DePaul and five points for 2,000 in his collegiate career, which includes two seasons at Division II Lewis University. Strus had made 146 3-pointers at DePaul, good for seventh in school history, and needs 19 more to climb into third place behind Drake Diener (216) and Will Walker (195).

TIP-INS

1. Eli Cain needs 11 points to pass Sammy Mejia (1,494 points) for 12th all-time in DePaul history and 130 to reach the top 10.

2. The Bluejays have posted an 11-1 mark against the Blue Demons since joining the Big East and have averaged 80.8 points in those games, their most against any conference foe.

3. Alexander's streak of 29 straight games with a 3-pointer is tied for 11th longest in the nation, well behind the likes of Eastern Illinois' Mack Smith (44 games), Lafayette's Justin Jaworski (43) and Campbell's Chris Clemons (38).

PREDICTION: Creighton 83, DePaul 72