-- Senior Will Artino had four straight second half baskets to start a 13-2 run as 10th seeded Creighton defeated seventh-seeded DePaul, 78-63, on Wednesday evening in the BIG EAST Tournament at Madison Square Garden.With the win, Creighton (14-18) advances to play second-seeded Georgetown in Thursday's third quarterfinal, which is slated to start at 6:01 pm Central and be televised nationally on FOX Sports 1. DePaul ends its season at 12-20.Creighton led for all but 17 seconds in the first half, and that DePaul lead was quickly erased by one of three three-pointers from James Milliken . Milliken led all players with 15 points in the first half.The teams traded four leads in the second half and were tied eight times on the evening before the Bluejays broke free. Tied at 46-all with 13:35 to go, Artino went to work to start the run, which included a basket by fellow senior Devin Brooks , a three-point play by Milliken and a Toby Hegner free throw.Creighton took a 72-56 lead into the final media timeout after six-point scoring binge by Austin Chatman and a corner three-pointer from Avery Dingman . The free throws by Chatman with 4:34 to go made him the 39th player in CU history to reach 1,000 career points.DePaul got no closer than 11 down the stretch.Milliken led Creighton with 22 points, while Chatman (11) and Brooks (12) also reached double-figures. Chatman and Brooks tied for team-high honors with five assists each, while Artino hauled down a team-best eight rebounds. Creighton shot 48.1 percent overall and had 14 assists against just five turnovers.Jamee Crockett paced four Blue Demons in double-figures with 15 points.The Blue Demons shot 43.6 percent for the game, including 7-of-22 from three-point range. Toby Hegner is Creighton's first freshman to start a conference tournament game since 3/5/11 ( Jahenns Manigat Doug McDermott ) ... Creighton has made at least four three-pointers in 67 straight games, and at least lone trifecta in 712 straight contests ... Creighton alum Kyle Korver moved into 12th in NBA history for career three-pointers on Wednesday night for Atlanta at Denver, passing Kobe Bryant ... Creighton is now 3-1 all-time at the BIG EAST Tournament ... Creighton improved to 19-1 all-time when Avery Dingman makes multiple three-pointers ... Creighton is now 9-1 in conference tournament action the last four seasons ... The No. 10 seed has beaten the No. 7 seed in five of the last seven seasons.