WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE 73, BUTLER 72

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NCAA BB  FINAL               1ST 2ND     TOTAL
                             --- ---     -----
         WISC MILWAUKEE       26  47       73
         BUTLER               28  44       72    FINAL


 HIGH SCORERS:  WISC MILWAUKEE - CLAY TUCKER 24, RONNIE JONES
                13, ADRIAN TIGERT 10
                BUTLER - THOMAS JACKSON 27, RYLAN HAINJE 15,
                JOEL CORNETTE 10


 HIGH REBOUND:  WISC MILWAUKEE - ADRIAN TIGERT 11, NATHAN
                MIELKE 7
                BUTLER - JOEL CORNETTE 10, BRANDON MILLER 7


 HIGH ASSISTS:  WISC MILWAUKEE - RONNIE JONES 6, JUSTIN
                LETTENBERGER 3
                BUTLER - THOMAS JACKSON 4, TWO PLAYERS WITH 3


          ATT:  6,890
                                                                        


Box Score


WISC MILWAUKEE (73)
                      fg    ft    rb
               min   m-a   m-a   o-t  a pf   tp
Tucker          30  8-16   4-4   0-2  1  4   24
Lettenberger    27   2-3   0-2   1-3  3  2    4
Tigert          29   4-6   2-4  5-11  1  2   10
Jones           28  5-13   2-2   2-4  6  1   13
Frederick       30  3-10   0-0   0-0  1  0    9
Hill             3   0-0   0-0   0-0  0  0    0
Kadima          10   3-4   0-0   0-1  0  3    7
Weisse          19   1-4   2-2   0-1  1  1    5
Page            13   0-3   1-2   2-5  1  2    1
Mielke          11   0-3   0-0   2-7  0  1    0
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TOTALS         200 26-62 11-16 12-34 14 16   73
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Percentages: FG-.419, FT-.688. 3-Point Goals:
10-27, .370 (Tucker 4-8, Tigert 0-1, Jones 1-3,
Frederick 3-8, Kadima 1-2, Weisse 1-4, Page 0-1).
Team rebounds: 3. Blocked shots: 1 (Tucker).
Turnovers: 12 (Tigert 4, Kadima 2, Frederick,
Hill, Jones, Lettenberger, Page, Tucker). Steals:
6 (Jones 3, Lettenberger, Tucker, Weisse).


BUTLER (72)
                      fg    ft    rb
               min   m-a   m-a   o-t  a pf   tp
Cornette        28   5-8   0-1  3-10  1  5   10
Hainje          32  6-15   2-3   2-4  3  2   15
Robisch         28   3-4   0-0   0-3  1  1    6
Miller          38   2-3   2-2   3-7  2  3    7
Jackson         35 10-16   2-3   0-4  4  1   27
Archey          13   1-5   0-0   0-1  0  0    3
Monserez        18   1-6   0-0   0-2  3  2    3
Walls            7   0-2   1-1   2-2  0  0    1
Curry            1   0-0   0-0   0-0  0  0    0
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TOTALS         200 28-59  7-10 10-33 14 14   72
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Percentages: FG-.475, FT-.700. 3-Point Goals:
9-23, .391 (Hainje 1-4, Miller 1-2, Jackson 5-9,
Archey 1-2, Monserez 1-6). Team rebounds: 1.
Blocked shots: 5 (Cornette 3, Robisch, Monserez).
Turnovers: 14 (Cornette 4, Jackson 3, Hainje 2,
Miller 2, Archey, Robisch, Walls). Steals: 5
(Hainje 2, Cornette, Jackson, Miller).
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Wisc Milwaukee     26   47  -   73
Butler             28   44  -   72
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Technical fouls: None.  A: 6,890. Officials:
Lamont Simpson, L Memminger, Scott Johnson.

DAVE'S POSTGAME ANALYSIS

Clay Tucker hit a last-second 3-pointer to beat the Bulldogs, 73-72. Both teams played fairly evenly throughout the first half, with Butler taking a 28-26 lead at halftime. The Bulldogs seemed to take control with a 13-point lead at 50-37 with 11:39 to go, but the Panthers scored six points in the next 11 seconds on a pair of UWM 3-pointers sandwiched around a Butler turnover. The Panthers would go on to hit five more treys, including the game-winner, to finish with 10 for the game after hitting just two in the first half. Despite the Panthers' hot shooting, Butler led from the 18:08 mark in the second half until Tucker's heave. It was 72-68 Bulldogs after a pair of Thomas Jackson free throws with 1:38 to go. UWM got a quick layup by Adrian Tigert coming out of a timeout to pull the Panthers within two. The Bulldogs then turned the ball over after the ball evidently bounced off of a referee's foot out of bounds, setting up UWM's final possession.

PLAYER OF THE GAME: Jackson. TJ had a career-high 27 points to go along with four assists and four steals, and was 5-of-9 from 3-point range.

Joel Cornette finished with a double-double on 10 points and 10 rebounds, and also blocked three shots. Rylan Hainje added 15 points, four rebounds, and three assists. Brandon Miller had another solid outing with seven points and seven rebounds in 38 minutes. Scott Robisch finished with six points and played some solid defense. Darnell Archey and Mike Monserez had three points apiece off the bench, and Rob Walls hit a free throw for a point to go along with a pair of rebounds. Tucker led UWM with 24 points.

Coach Lickliter pointed to two stats he felt made the difference: Butler's 14 turnovers, and UWM's 15 offensive rebounds. He said that by not coming up with loose balls and defensive rebounds on Milwaukee's end of the floor, the Panthers were able to kick the ball out for an open 3-pointer before our defense could get in position to contest the shot. The bitter irony in all of this is that the offense seemed to be clicking pretty well after having its share of struggles previously, and that the defense allowed 47 second half points.

The Bulldogs close out their three-game homestand with a game against Loyola, who sits atop the current league standings at a perfect 6-0. Game time is Wednesday, January 23, at 7 p.m. EST. The game will be televised locally on Butler's TV station, WTBU channel 69. Hope to see you there.

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