Maddie Burke scored all 15 of her points with a 5-of-6 effort from beyond the arc in the first quarter, Lucy Olsen was in triple-double territory with 19 points, eight rebounds and seven assists and Maddy Siegrist (23 points, eight boards) broke the all-time Villanova scoring record on Friday night. The trio led the No. 22 Wildcats to a 73-57 victory over the Creighton Bluejays at D.J. Sokol Arena in Omaha.
Siegrist broke the record with a short jumper in the paint that made it 67-42 with 6:32 remaining; she now has 2,414 career points.
Burke’s phenomenal start aided a 26-6 opening frame in favor of Villanova; Creighton went without a field goal in the period.
Siegrist entered the game as the nation’s leading scorer with 28.8 points per game and 40.9 percent of the Wildcats’ scoring on the season. Yet, Villanova (18-3, 9-1 Big East) got off to a 10-0 run without her scoring. Christina Dalce open the contest’s scoring with a layup and then Burke made a catch-and-shoot, straightaway trey to make it 5-0. After an Olsen floater made it 7-0, Burke was rewarded for a block by getting the ball back on the other end and burying another triple. A Siegrist turnaround from mid-range made it 12-0 before the Bluejays (12-6, 6-4 Big East) finally scored.
Burke went on to make…
