CLEVELAND STATE 77, BUTLER 57

Official Basketball Box Score Butler vs Cleveland State 01/27/05 7:00 pm at Cleveland, OH -- Wolstein Center -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VISITORS: Butler 7-10, 2-5 HL TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 32 STREICHER, Drew..... f 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 15 44 BROOKS, Nick........ f 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 35 SMALLIGAN, Jamie.... c 1-3 1-2 0-0 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 10 04 GRAVES, A.J......... g 1-8 1-4 4-4 1 2 3 3 7 3 1 0 2 24 21 SHEETS, Avery....... g 2-5 0-2 2-4 0 0 0 1 6 0 6 0 0 18 03 HORAN, Bruce........ 3-6 2-5 2-3 0 1 1 4 10 0 1 0 1 29 20 POLK, Brandon....... 8-9 0-0 4-7 1 1 2 2 20 1 1 3 3 29 24 LIGON, Brian........ 2-6 0-0 0-0 3 2 5 2 4 0 0 1 0 21 31 GRUNST, Andy........ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 33 CRONE, Brandon...... 2-5 1-1 2-2 4 3 7 3 7 1 2 0 0 23 42 PATTERSON, Gary..... 0-4 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 19 TEAM................ 1 1 Totals.............. 19-47 5-16 14-20 9 12 21 17 57 6 11 4 7 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 7-20 35.0% 2nd Half: 12-27 44.4% Game: 40.4% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-4 50.0% 2nd Half: 3-12 25.0% Game: 31.3% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 4-6 66.7% 2nd Half: 10-14 71.4% Game: 70.0% 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME TEAM: Cleveland State 6-10, 3-5 HL TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 05 Westley, Omari...... f 4-11 0-0 6-8 3 2 5 3 14 1 4 0 0 33 34 Moss, Raheem........ f 7-11 5-9 2-2 1 3 4 0 21 5 1 0 1 32 33 McGee, Frashon...... c 4-5 0-0 1-1 3 4 7 3 9 1 2 0 1 20 02 Chavis, Walt........ g 0-3 0-1 4-4 1 1 2 2 4 3 4 0 0 28 22 Redell, Mike........ g 2-5 1-3 2-3 0 2 2 2 7 2 2 0 0 29 03 Morris, Victor...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 15 11 BARBER, Doug........ 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13 Koundoul, Amadou.... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 20 Vlosich, Greg....... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 21 Tatham, Patrick..... 3-4 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 1 6 0 2 1 0 12 30 Henderson, Justin... 3-3 0-0 1-1 0 2 2 0 7 1 0 0 1 11 32 Gansey, Steve....... 3-4 3-4 0-0 0 4 4 2 9 1 0 0 2 14 TEAM................ 3 3 6 Totals.............. 26-49 9-17 16-19 13 22 35 17 77 16 15 1 5 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 16-27 59.3% 2nd Half: 10-22 45.5% Game: 53.1% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 7-12 58.3% 2nd Half: 2-5 40.0% Game: 52.9% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 2-3 66.7% 2nd Half: 14-16 87.5% Game: 84.2% 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Officials: Eugene Crawford, Dan Fouser, Eugene Monje Technical fouls: Butler-None. Cleveland State-None. Attendance: 1607 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Butler........................ 20 37 - 57 Cleveland State............... 41 36 - 77 Points in the paint-BU 24,CSU 24. Points off turnovers-BU 12,CSU 16. 2nd chance points-BU 15,CSU 16. Fast break points-BU 0,CSU 8. Bench points-BU 41,CSU 22. Score tied-0 times. Lead changed-0 times. Last FG-BU 2nd-00:02, CSU 2nd-01:03.

DAVE'S POSTGAME ANALYSIS
The Cleveland State Vikings jumped out to a 16-0 lead and never looked back as they manhandled the Butler Bulldogs 77-57 at the Wolstein Center in Cleveland. During CSU's run, which finally came to an end on a Brandon Polk basket at the 13:08 mark, Butler's stat line looked like this: 0-for-5 shooting (all two-pointers), four turnovers, two rebounds. The Vikings' numbers over that same period: 6-for-8 (4-of-4 from three-point range), two turnovers, and five rebonds. 16-0 soon became 26-5, and CSU was never in any danger of losing from that point forward. The closest the Bulldogs could manage to get was 56-40 with 11:44 left in the game as the Vikings rolled to an easy 77-57 victory.
PLAYER OF THE GAME: Polk. Posting far and away Butler's best individual effort of the game, Brandon finished with a team-high 20 points on 8-of-9 shooting to go along with two rebounds, three blocks, and three steals.
Butler's other double-figure scorer was Bruce Horan with 10 points. A. J. Graves added seven points, three rebounds, and three assists. Brandon Crone had seven points and seven rebounds. Avery Sheets had six points but committed six turnovers without an assist. Brian Ligon finished with four points and five rebounds, while Jamie Smalligan had a late triple for three points. CSU was led by Raheem Moss' 21 points.
I'm not sure what more can be said. CSU obviously came out with a lot more intensity and demonstrated from their first possession that they would be dictating the flow of the game. Yet again, Butler was pounded on the boards, with CSU owning a 35-21 rebounding advantage, including 13 on the offensive end. The only way the Bulldogs can hope to win with that sort of rebounding discrepancy is to shoot the ball well, and that certainly didn't happen. Taking out Polk's numbers, the rest of the team was 11-for-38 (29%). While I certainly hope we've bottomed out and will start to show some sort of improvement (and/or the desire to improve), I fear the two remaining games on this road trip could be quite painful for Bulldog fans.

The next stop on the three-game roadie is the UIC Pavilion where the Bulldogs face the UIC Flames. Game time is Saturday, January 29, at 4:00 p.m. EST. The game will be televised on Comcast SportsNet Chicago.

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