Official Basketball Box Score -- GAME TOTALS -- FINAL STATISTICS
Butler vs Detroit Titans
02/15/03 6:06 p.m. at Calihan Hall (Detroit, MI)
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VISITORS: Butler 19-4 (9-2)
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
51 Curry, Lewis........ f  1-7    1-7    0-0    0  1  1   2   3  0  1  0  0  16
33 Cornette, Joel...... c  6-8    0-0    3-4    4  7 11   3  15  2  4  1  2  34
04 Miller, Brandon..... g  1-8    1-5    2-2    0  2  2   3   5  7  1  0  0  34
10 Archey, Darnell..... g  3-6    3-5    0-0    1  5  6   0   9  1  1  0  2  28
22 Monserez, Mike...... g  2-7    2-7    2-2    0  1  1   3   8  3  4  0  0  33
01 Lightfoot, Duane....    4-7    0-1    6-7    2  1  3   1  14  1  0  0  1  30
03 Horan, Bruce........    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0   4
21 Sheets, Avery.......    4-7    4-6    0-0    0  1  1   2  12  1  2  0  0  19
34 James, Jeff.........    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0   2
   Team................                            1  1
   Totals..............   21-50  11-31  13-15   7 19 26  14  66 15 13  1  5 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-28  .429   2nd Half:  9-22  .409   Game:  .420  DEADBALL
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  7-14  .500   2nd Half:  4-17  .235   Game:  .355  REBOUNDS
F Throw % 1st Half:  6-6  1.000   2nd Half:  7-9   .778   Game:  .867    3,1

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HOME TEAM: Detroit Titans 13-10 (7-6)
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
04 Riggs, Terrell...... f  5-10   0-0    0-0    2  4  6   4  10  2  2  0  1  28
33 Wallace, Willie..... f  1-2    0-0    0-0    0  2  2   1   2  0  2  0  0  32
40 Warren, Elijah...... c  5-13   1-8    3-3    1  5  6   2  14  2  0  0  1  34
03 Harris, Rulon....... g  2-3    0-1    0-0    0  1  1   3   4  0  1  0  2  16
34 Green, Willie....... g  8-19   1-4    6-7    2  6  8   3  23  1  3  0  1  39
01 Twyman, Jimmy.......    4-5    1-1    1-2    1  2  3   0  10  3  1  0  1  24
24 Green, Ben..........    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  1  1   1   0  2  0  0  0  13
25 Fuhs, Bernie........    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0   4
45 Covile, Ryvon.......    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   3   0  1  1  1  0  10
   TEAM................                         1     1
   Totals..............   25-52   3-14  10-12   7 21 28  17  63 11 10  1  6 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-23  .522   2nd Half: 13-29  .448   Game:  .481  DEADBALL
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  1-6   .167   2nd Half:  2-8   .250   Game:  .214  REBOUNDS
F Throw % 1st Half:  8-10  .800   2nd Half:  2-2  1.000   Game:  .833     2

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Officials: Sid Rodeheffer, Mike Conlin, Bill Conner
Technical fouls: Butler-None. Detroit Titans-None.
Attendance: 6038
Score by Periods                1st  2nd   Total
Butler........................   37   29  -   66
Detroit Titans................   33   30  -   63

DAVE'S POSTGAME ANALYSIS

The Bulldogs led for much of the second half, but the Titans kept themselves within striking distance. A conventional three-point play by Elijah Warren gave them a brief one-point lead, but the Bulldogs soon regained the advantage. The Bulldogs led by two at 62-60 when Duane Lightfoot, Jr. was fouled on a layup attempt. He calmly sank both his free throws, making it a two possession game at 64-60 with 10.6 seconds remaining. It's a good thing he did, because Jimmy Twyman nailed a three-pointer from the right wing with Darnell Archey in his face to make it 64-63 with just over five seconds to go. Butler inbounded the ball to Lightfoot, and he was quickly fouled. Once again, Duane hit both free throws to push the lead back out to three. Detroit inbounded, and since the Bulldogs only had four team fouls at the point, Brandon Miller fouled Green to force the Titans to inbound the ball again and burn up a couple more seconds. Green took the inbounds pass just past half court and immediately turned and threw up a desperation three-pointer, but it bounced away and the Bulldogs prevailed, 66-63.

PLAYER OF THE GAME: Joel Cornette. JC had his second double-double in three games, finishing with 15 points and 11 rebounds. His presence underneath helped open up the perimeter attack, and he played very good defense in the post.

Lightfoot finished with 14 points, and Sheets added 12 off the bench. Archey nailed three treys for nine points, and pulled down six rebounds, including a key offensive board late in the game after Lightfoot missed a three-pointer with the shot clock running down. Mike Monserez had eight points and three assists. Brandon Miller added five points and seven assists with just one turnover. Lewis Curry hit a trey for three points. Detroit was led by Green's 23 points and eight rebounds.

It was good to see the Bulldogs bounce back from a disappointing loss Thursday. They responded well, and didn't let an eight-point deficit in the first half rattle them. Sheets was huge in the first half, Lightfoot in the second half, and Cornette in both halves. And while it sounds weird to say that Green scored "only" 23 points, it's certainly a far cry from the 41 he dropped on Wright State just two days earlier. A big win for the Bulldogs, and hopefully one on which to build some momentum as they hit the stretch run in conference play.