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NCAA BB FINAL 1ST 2ND TOTAL --- --- ----- LOYOLA CHI 22 26 48 BUTLER 30 48 78 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: LOYOLA CHI - JONATHAN FREEMAN 13, DAVID BAILEY 6, JASON TELFORD 6 BUTLER - THOMAS JACKSON 17, BRANDON MILLER 16, RYLAN HAINJE 13
HIGH REBOUND: LOYOLA CHI - JONATHAN FREEMAN 8, THREE PLAYERS WITH 3 BUTLER - JOEL CORNETTE 11, RYLAN HAINJE 8
HIGH ASSISTS: LOYOLA CHI - JASON TELFORD 2, DAVID BAILEY 2 BUTLER - THOMAS JACKSON 5, BRANDON MILLER 5
ATT: 4,577
Box ScoreLOYOLA CHI (48) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp Blankson 19 1-3 3-5 0-2 0 3 5 Turkovic 15 1-4 0-0 0-3 0 2 2 Bailey 18 3-9 0-0 0-1 2 4 6 Clancy 29 0-2 0-0 0-2 0 1 0 Tsimpliavidas 30 2-8 0-0 0-1 0 0 5 Freeman 21 5-9 1-2 5-8 1 3 13 Telford 23 0-1 6-6 1-3 2 0 6 Gouard 10 1-4 1-2 0-0 1 0 3 Coons 1 0-1 0-0 1-1 0 0 0 Anto Smith 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Minnifield 15 2-4 0-0 0-3 0 4 4 Anth Smith 18 1-5 2-2 1-1 0 4 4 _______________________________________________ TOTALS 200 16-50 13-17 8-25 6 21 48 _______________________________________________
Percentages: FG-.320, FT-.765. 3-Point Goals: 3-16, .188 (Turkovic 0-1, Bailey 0-5, Clancy 0-1, Tsimpliavidas 1-4, Freeman 2-2, Gouard 0-1, Minnifield 0-1, Anth Smith 0-1). Team rebounds: 5. Blocked shots: 2 (Blankson, Clancy). Turnovers: 18 (Blankson 3, Freeman 3, Anth Smith 2, Bailey 2, Gouard 2, Telford 2, Clancy, Coons, Tsimpliavidas, Turkovic). Steals: 5 (Clancy 2, Anth Smith, Freeman, Tsimpliavidas).
BUTLER (78) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp Cornette 25 5-7 2-5 7-11 1 4 12 Hainje 32 4-8 4-6 0-8 2 3 13 Robisch 25 4-9 1-2 2-7 2 5 9 Miller 34 5-11 2-2 0-1 5 1 16 Jackson 35 4-11 6-6 2-4 5 0 17 Lightfoot 2 0-0 2-2 0-0 0 1 2 Reynolds 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 Archey 12 0-4 2-2 0-1 1 0 2 Monserez 18 0-2 0-0 0-4 0 2 0 Walls 2 2-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 5 Gardner 4 0-1 0-0 1-1 0 1 0 Curry 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Moore 7 1-1 0-0 1-1 0 1 2 _______________________________________________ TOTALS 200 25-57 19-25 13-38 16 19 78 _______________________________________________
Percentages: FG-.439, FT-.760. 3-Point Goals: 9-23, .391 (Hainje 1-3, Miller 4-7, Jackson 3-6, Archey 0-2, Monserez 0-2, Walls 1-1, Gardner 0-1, Curry 0-1). Team rebounds: 1. Blocked shots: None. Turnovers: 12 (Hainje 3, Jackson 2, Archey, Gardner, Miller, Monserez, Moore, Robisch, Walls). Steals: 4 (Cornette, Miller, Monserez, Walls). __________________________________ Loyola Chi 22 26 - 48 Butler 30 48 - 78 __________________________________ Technical fouls: Loyola Chi 1 (Blankson). A: 4,577. Officials: Gary Bova, Lamont Simpson, Mark Masariu.
PLAYER OF THE GAME: Jackson. TJ finished with a game-high 17 points along with 4 rebounds and 5 assists, and his defense held Bailey to just six points for the game.
Jackson led four Bulldogs in double digits. Joel Cornette had his second straight double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds. Rylan Hainje finished with 13 points and 8 rebounds, and Miller added 16 points and five assists. Scott Robisch had a strong game with nine points and seven rebounds prior to fouling out. Walls finished with five late points on a 3-pointer and the aforementioned dunk. Darnell Archey and Mike Moore finished with two points each, and Duane Lightfoot finally cracked the scoring column with a pair of free throws for two points. Loyola was led by Jonathan Freeman's 13 points and eight rebounds off the bench.
Coach Lickliter challenged his team prior to the game, and they responded well. He told them to play "the Butler way" with emphasis on the keys for the game--tonight the two big keys were defense and rebounding. Butler held Loyola to 48 points on 32% shooting, including just 19% from 3-point range. They held Bailey, one of the top ten scorers in the nation, to just six points in 18 minutes. They outrebounded the Ramblers 39-30, and held Ryan Blankson, the HL's leading rebounder at nearly 10 a game, to just 2 rebounds--none of them on the offensive glass. Loyola Coach Larry Farmer credited the Bulldogs for displaying the kind of effort one normally sees in a conference tournament game. He said a big part of LU's game is to rebound and run, and Butler took them out of their game for most of the night. He was particularly frustrated when his team would play 30 seconds of solid defense but failed to get a rebound and had to play more defense.
Hopefully this will be something for Butler to build off of as they enter a three-game road swing in HL play. Next up is a trip to Chicago to face the UIC Flames. Game time is Saturday, January 26, at 4 p.m. EST. The game will be televised live on FoxSports Chicago, and will be joined in progress at around 4:30 by WB4 in Indianapolis. Butler is also sponsoring a bus trip for those interested in traveling to the Pavilion to see the Dawgs in action.
As I was entering historic Hinkle Fieldhouse, I wondered how the Dogs would respond to their heartbreaking loss to UWM. I don't know why, but I had a feeling that something bad was going to happen when TJ gave up the rock on our last offensive trip, and it sure enough did. But against Loyola, we played the Butler Way all game and unmasked the Ramblers, who demonstrated a decidedly thuggish style of play most of the night. Our offense isn't always pretty, which is why BC always preached winning with D, and we clamped down on Loyola. That kind of defensive effort will be good enough to win every conference game, and I hope that we continue to bring the hustle in each contest. The crowd was back down to "faithful" level, but was loud the whole game, and I hope that we can get a few diehards to travel for the upcoming roadies as well. Although we won the game, I have to bitch briefly about the officiating. Simply put, it was horrendous. I reviewed tape when I got home and what I suspected was confirmed. On consecutive trips down the floor, Blankson (#2 in the programs, but #1 with the forearm shiver) spent 6, then 8, and finally ten seconds in the lane, drawing a foul on the ten second journey. I saw a zebra whisper something in his ear at the line, obviously a warning which he didn't heed, becasue on the next trip down, he lit him up for a 3 second violation on the count of 4. While we didn't have fisticuffs, Loyola was pushing the limit all night, and Farmer was unconcerned. There is no place in the game for the kind of behavior we saw out of Smith (he looks as pissed off as the departed Mike hHrmon from Detroit)and also from Blankson and Bailey. It's too bad that Farmer condones it, because it hurts everyone involved. And speaking of in your face confrontations, I have to say I was shocked to see TJ go off on Robisch after the free throw debacle. This was handled poorly by the refs with conflicting signs, but I clearly saw one zebra right by the lane signal 1 and 1 before the shot. Anyway, if in doubt, hustle. I'm not fond of in squad confrontations, but naybe we need the normally reserved TJ to be a bit more vocal. He has earned the respect of his peers with his outstanding play, and we could use a LaVall type leader down the stretch. Finally, what a treat to see some of the Ghost Riders of the Pine get in the action, some even saw time in the FIRST HALF. I will throttle the sarcasm and just be grateful that they saw some meaningful minutes. I know there is more to the game than dunking, but doesn't it fire up everyone when Walls files a flight plan and jams one home? Not a bad little post move by Moore, and while he isn't the most talented player, but he tries hard, which goes a long way in my book. On to UIC, lets douse the Flames and then get some payback for the two home defeats. Go DOGS!!!
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