CINCINNATI (AP) — Mallory Brake and Lauren Jensen scored 17 points apiece, Morgan Maly added 14 and No. 21 Creighton cruised to a 77-46 victory over short-handed Xavier on Tuesday night for its ninth straight win.

Brake surpassed her previous career best of 12 points, shooting 7 of 8 from the field to go with eight rebounds. Jensen hit 7 of 14 field goals, Maly was 5-of-7 shooting, and the pair combined for seven of Creighton's 12 buckets from long range.

Creighton (19-3, 10-2 Big East) used a 21-2 run that spanned the halftime break for a 51-27 lead with about five minutes remaining in the third. Maly made a pair of 3-pointers and Brake chipped in six points as the duo shot 6 of 6 from the field in the third. The Bluejays built a 58-35 advantage heading into the fourth.

Creighton shot 34% in the first half and 55% in the second, outrebounded Xavier 46-31 and scored 15 points from 17 turnovers.

Mackayla Scarlett made five 3-pointers, was 9-of-20 shooting and finished with a career-high 26 points to lead Xavier (1-19, 0-11), which has lost 11 straight games.

Xavier coach Billi Chambers missed the game due to an illness.

Each team plays on Saturday. Creighton hosts DePaul and Xavier plays at Seton Hall.

No. 24 San Diego State makes season-high 11 3-pointers, cruises to 77-64 win over Air Force

AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) — Reese Waters scored 15 points, making five of San Diego State's season-high 11 3-pointers, and the 24th-ranked Aztecs cruised to a 77-64 win over Air Force on Tuesday night.

The Aztecs (18-5, 7-3 Mountain West) took 5 1/2 minutes to settle in and grab their first lead, but once they did they never looked back. They broke open the game with a 13-0 first-half run and eventually led by 25 in winning their ninth straight over the Falcons (8-14, 1-9).

“I’m ecstatic to get out of here with a win,” San Diego State coach Brian Dutcher said.

To be in first place, too, as San Diego State joined No. 25 New Mexico, No. 22 Utah State and Boise State at the top of the conference standings.

The physical presence of Jaedon LeDee down low proved too much for Air Force to handle as he finished with 14 points and nine rebounds. For that, he can give a big assist to his outside shooters. The Aztecs were 11 of 22 from 3-point range.

“It’s going to open up the floor for Jaedon to have an easier time in the paint and not get doubled all the time,” Waters said of the team's efficiency from long range.

San Diego State played hounding defense, too, and forced 11 turnovers in the first half — including three shot-clock infractions. But the Falcons cleaned things up after halftime, shooting 58.3% from the floor and committing just three turnovers. That allowed them to turn what looked like a blowout into a respectable margin by outscoring the Aztecs 44-32 in the second half.

"We've got to learn how to get better when the pressure's on," Air Force coach Joe Scott said. “We've got to learn how to really be good under pressure all the time. That's learned behavior.”

Beau Becker and Jeffrey Mills both had 15 points to lead Air Force. Two of the Falcons' top scorers, Rytis Petraitis and Ethan Taylor, were held to a combined 10 points. Petraitis fouled out trying to help contain LeDee.

Micah Parrish added 14 points for the Aztecs, who have back-to-back wins for the first time since early January. They led 45-20 at halftime and improved to 17-0 this season when leading at the break.

Aztecs forward Jay Pal was expected to start but came off the bench after arriving late to Colorado Springs. Pal, who played nearly 20 minutes, missed the flight due to an identification card mixup.

“He has a student ID and a social security card but he left his social security card,” Dutcher explained. “It was late enough we couldn’t get him out. So we got him on a flight the next morning and we got him here. But trust me, he’ll have both on the flight back tonight.”

The Falcons have no seniors or graduate transfers. It’s the program’s first senior-less team since 1987. What Scott has been able to do is develop a squad from scratch. Like sophomore guard/forward Kellan Boylan, who played a total of six minutes last year as a freshman. This season, he’s in the conference's top 15 in rebounding, steals, blocks and minutes. He was limited Tuesday to 6:32 with a hip ailment.

BIG PICTURE

San Diego State: The Aztecs are a victory away from winning at least 19 games in 19 straight seasons.

Air Force: The Falcons fell to 4-90 against ranked teams. Their last win over a Top 25 opponent was March 9, 2013, against No. 12 New Mexico.

UP NEXT

San Diego State: Plays at Nevada on Friday.

Air Force: Will host Fresno State on Saturday.

Stevens' 16 help Colorado State take down Boise State 75-62

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Isaiah Stevens scored 16 points and distributed 11 assists and Colorado State' beat Boise State 75-62 on Tuesday.

Joel Scott added 13 points while shooting 4 of 6 from the field and 5 for 6 from the line and Patrick Cartier scored 10 for the Rams (18-5, 6-4 Mountain West Conference) shooting 4 of 5.

Tyson Degenhart led the way for the Broncos (16-7, 7-3) with 25 points and seven rebounds. Max Rice added 11 points and seven rebounds for Boise State.

Colorado State plays Friday against San Jose State at home, and Boise State visits Utah State on Saturday.