NCAA BB  FIESTA BOWL TRADITION

         FINAL               1ST 2ND     TOTAL
                             --- ---     -----
         BUTLER               36  38       74
         UL LAFAYETTE         23  40       63    FINAL

 HIGH SCORERS:  BUTLER - BRANDON MILLER 23, THOMAS JACKSON 19,
                DARNELL ARCHEY 11
                UL LAFAYETTE - LONNIE THOMAS 24, ANTHONY JOHNSON
                13, BRETT SMITH 9

 HIGH REBOUND:  BUTLER - THOMAS JACKSON 6, JOEL CORNETTE 5
                UL LAFAYETTE - LONNIE THOMAS 10, ANTHONY JOHNSON
                6

 HIGH ASSISTS:  BUTLER - BRANDON MILLER 6, THOMAS JACKSON 4
                UL LAFAYETTE - BLANE HARMON 5, BILLY JONES 3
                                                                        

Box Score

BUTLER (74)
                      fg    ft    rb
               min   m-a   m-a   o-t  a pf   tp
Cornette        29   1-2   1-2   0-5  2  5    3
Hainje          26   3-4   2-2   0-4  0  4    9
Miller          34  6-11   6-6   0-3  6  3   23
Jackson         29   3-9 13-14   1-6  4  2   19
Jordan          25   1-4   0-0   2-2  1  5    3
Archey          27   4-8   0-0   0-2  0  0   11
Lightfoot        7   0-0   0-0   0-0  0  0    0
Walls            9   0-0   0-0   0-0  0  4    0
Gardner          1   0-0   0-0   0-0  0  0    0
Curry           13   3-5   0-0   1-2  0  1    6
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TOTALS         200 21-43 22-24  4-24 13 24   74
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Percentages: FG-.488, FT-.917. 3-Point Goals:
10-22, .455 (Hainje 1-1, Miller 5-10, Jackson
0-1, Jordan 1-3, Archey 3-6, Curry 0-1). Team
rebounds: None. Blocked shots: None. Turnovers:
16 (Jordan 4, Miller 4, Jackson 3, Cornette 2,
Hainje, Walls). Steals: 3 (Hainje 2, Jackson).

UL LAFAYETTE (63)
                      fg    ft    rb
               min   m-a   m-a   o-t  a pf   tp
Thomas          30  8-15  8-12  4-10  0  3   24
Smith           19   2-3   4-4   2-5  0  3    9
Jones           26   1-3   1-2   0-0  3  2    4
Harmon          16   0-4   1-2   0-1  5  3    1
Butler          16   1-5   2-4   0-4  0  3    4
Evans            8   1-1   0-0   1-2  0  0    2
Boyd             7   0-2   0-0   0-0  0  1    0
Landry           2   0-1   0-0   0-0  0  1    0
Lawrence        21   0-2   0-0   0-1  0  4    0
Bridges          1   0-0   0-0   0-0  2  0    0
Robins          10   1-1   0-0   1-1  0  2    2
Johnson         23  5-12   2-2   3-6  0  2   13
Degray          21   2-3   0-0   0-0  0  1    4
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TOTALS         200 21-52 18-26 11-30 10 25   63
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Percentages: FG-.404, FT-.692. 3-Point Goals:
3-18, .167 (Smith 1-1, Jones 1-2, Harmon 0-2,
Butler 0-3, Boyd 0-2, Landry 0-1, Lawrence 0-2,
Johnson 1-5). Team rebounds: 2. Blocked shots: 1
(Evans). Turnovers: 15 (Johnson 4, Butler 3,
Smith 3, Thomas 3, Boyd, Jones). Steals: 5 (Smith
2, Butler, Johnson, Jones).
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Butler             36   38  -   74
Ul Lafayette       23   40  -   63
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Technical fouls: None. Officials: Edgar Ramos,
Gary Crozier, C Grismore.
                                                                        

DAVE'S POSTGAME ANALYSIS

PLAYER OF THE GAME: Thomas Jackson. The 5'9" point guard scored 19 points, led the team with 6 rebounds, and dished out 4 assists. He was also a sparkling 13-14 from the free throw line, which shows that he's taking the ball to the hole aggressively. Honorable mention goes to Brandon Miller, who led the Bulldogs with 23 points and 6 assists. Miller was also 5-10 from 3-point range, and a perfect 6-6 at the line.

Darnell Archey snapped out of a shooting funk with 11 points and 3 treys off the bench. Rylan Hainje added 9 points and 4 rebounds. Joel Cornette had 5 boards and 3 points before fouling out. Lonnie Thomas led the Ragin' Cajuns with game highs of 24 points and 10 rebounds.

The 3-point shot came back for the Dawgs, as we finished 10-22 (45%). We held UL-Lafayette to just 3-18 (17%) from downtown. Overall, we shot 49% and held the Cajuns to 40% from the field. We were outrebounded 32-24. But by far the biggest positive to come out of this game (besides the victory) was our free throw percentage. We hit 92% (22-24) from the charity stripe. 3-pointers and free throws won the game for us.