BUTLER 66, NEVADA 45

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NCAA BB  FINAL               1ST 2ND     TOTAL
                             --- ---     -----
         NEVADA               11  34       45
         BUTLER               30  36       66    FINAL


 HIGH SCORERS:  NEVADA - RICHARD STIRGUS 14, CALVIN CRIDDLE 13,
                ADRIAN MCCULLOUGH 10
                BUTLER - LAVALL JORDAN 13, THOMAS JACKSON 11,
                JOEL CORNETTE 11


 HIGH REBOUND:  NEVADA - JOAO SANTOS 7, CALVIN CRIDDLE 6
                BUTLER - THOMAS JACKSON 7, MIKE MARSHALL 7


 HIGH ASSISTS:  NEVADA - ADRIAN MCCULLOUGH 3, JOAO SANTOS 2
                BUTLER - LAVALL JORDAN 5, TWO PLAYERS WITH 3


          ATT:  3,815
                                                                        


Box Score


NEVADA (45)
                      fg    ft    rb
               min   m-a   m-a   o-t  a pf   tp
Santos          28   1-4   0-2   0-7  2  4    3
Stirgus         29   4-8   6-9   2-4  1  3   14
Ochs            16   0-1   0-2   0-4  0  2    0
Green           26   1-8   0-0   2-2  1  0    2
Mccullough      35  4-13   0-0   1-3  3  4   10
Meekins          2   0-0   0-0   0-0  0  0    0
Brown            2   0-1   0-0   0-0  0  0    0
Zapata          20   1-1   0-0   0-0  0  3    3
Guerinoni        6   0-1   0-0   0-1  0  0    0
Bayless          3   0-0   0-0   0-0  1  0    0
Miller           6   0-0   0-0   0-1  0  0    0
Criddle         27  6-13   0-0   2-6  1  3   13
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TOTALS         200 17-50  6-13  7-28  9 19   45
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Percentages: FG-.340, FT-.462. 3-Point Goals:
5-16, .313 (Santos 1-2, Stirgus 0-1, Green 0-2,
Mccullough 2-5, Brown 0-1, Zapata 1-1, Guerinoni
0-1, Criddle 1-3). Team rebounds: 1. Blocked
shots: 2 (Criddle 2). Turnovers: 16 (Green 5,
Mccullough 5, Stirgus 2, Bayless, Criddle,
Santos, Zapata). Steals: 5 (Mccullough 4, Santos).


BUTLER (66)
                      fg    ft    rb
               min   m-a   m-a   o-t  a pf   tp
Marshall        33   4-7   2-4   1-7  1  2   10
Hainje          32   2-5   2-2   0-2  3  3    6
Cornette        26   3-8   5-6   2-2  0  4   11
Jackson         31   3-6   4-4   1-7  3  0   11
Jordan          33  5-11   1-2   0-6  5  2   13
Archey           8   2-3   0-0   0-0  0  0    5
Graves          11   0-0   3-3   0-2  2  2    3
Myers            1   0-0   0-0   0-0  0  0    0
Robisch         17   2-5   1-2   1-2  0  0    5
Curry            4   0-0   0-0   1-2  1  1    0
Moore            4   1-1   0-0   0-0  0  0    2
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TOTALS         200 22-46 18-23  6-30 15 14   66
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Percentages: FG-.478, FT-.783. 3-Point Goals:
4-14, .286 (Hainje 0-1, Jackson 1-3, Jordan 2-7,
Archey 1-2, Robisch 0-1). Team rebounds: 3.
Blocked shots: 3 (Marshall, Jackson, Robisch).
Turnovers: 12 (Cornette 4, Jackson 4, Marshall 2,
Hainje, Jordan). Steals: 4 (Cornette, Hainje,
Jordan, Marshall).
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Nevada             11   34  -   45
Butler             30   36  -   66
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Technical fouls: None.  A: 3,815. Officials: Gary
Bova, John Larocca, John Hampton.

DAVE'S POSTGAME ANALYSIS

Hinkle Fieldhouse continues to treat the home team well. I missed the first half of the game, so I can't give full commentary, but we didn't look too bad. At one point Nevada trimmed the lead down into single digits, but the Bulldogs tightened up the defense and pushed it back out to 20. Scott Robisch looked okay in his Butler debut, with 5 points, 2 rebounds and a block in 17 minutes. He looked like he had some nice moves in the post, and spent a lot of time on the perimeter as well, so hopefully he can open up opposing defenses. LaVall Jordan led a balanced Butler attack with 13 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists. Backcourt-mate Thomas Jackson had 11 points and 7 rebounds. Joel Cornette had 11 points, and fellow St. X. alum Mike Marshall added 10 points and 7 rebounds.

The next 8 days will tell us a lot about how much the Bulldogs have matured. During that time, they will have 4 chances to pick up their first road victory of the season. The first chance is against TCU on Monday, December 27. Game time is at 8:00 pm EST. My college roommate Dan, who is going to vet school at Texas A&M, will be in attendance, so if you see him be sure to tell him Dave says hello...

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