WISCONSIN-GREEN BAY 57, BUTLER 50

Official Basketball Box Score UW-Green Bay vs Butler 01/08/05 12:00 PM at Indianapolis, Ind. (Hinkle Fieldhouse) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VISITORS: UW-Green Bay 10-3(3-0 HL) TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 04 KOENIG, Tyler....... f 3-3 0-0 1-1 0 1 1 4 7 0 1 0 0 16 41 LAWRENCE, Josh...... f 2-5 0-2 3-4 1 6 7 4 7 0 2 1 1 21 03 ROHDE, Matt......... g 2-7 0-4 2-2 1 2 3 1 6 3 1 0 1 36 22 MENDIBURU, Javier... g 3-8 3-6 1-2 0 4 4 3 10 6 3 0 1 31 31 MORRIS, Brandon..... g 2-5 0-1 0-0 0 5 5 3 4 1 2 0 0 27 01 EVANOCHKO, Ryan..... 1-9 0-2 4-8 2 1 3 1 6 1 1 0 2 28 10 FLORES, Benito...... 5-9 0-2 5-7 2 7 9 2 15 0 2 1 3 27 44 MORRIS, Tevah....... 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 14 TEAM................ 2 2 Totals.............. 19-48 3-17 16-24 7 29 36 19 57 11 12 2 8 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 8-25 32.0% 2nd Half: 11-23 47.8% Game: 39.6% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-10 20.0% 2nd Half: 1-7 14.3% Game: 17.6% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 3-4 75.0% 2nd Half: 13-20 65.0% Game: 66.7% 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME TEAM: Butler 5-7 (0-2 HL) TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 20 Polk, Brandon....... f 8-12 0-0 1-3 3 5 8 4 17 1 2 0 1 31 33 Crone, Brandon...... f 1-5 0-2 6-6 2 12 14 3 8 1 3 0 1 30 35 Smalligan, Jamie.... c 1-4 0-2 3-5 2 1 3 3 5 0 3 0 0 21 04 Graves, A. J........ g 0-12 0-6 4-4 1 0 1 2 4 1 0 1 3 30 21 Sheets, Avery....... g 1-6 0-4 0-0 0 2 2 1 2 3 2 0 0 31 03 Horan, Bruce........ 2-8 2-8 0-0 0 3 3 1 6 2 0 0 0 28 24 Ligon, Brian........ 0-1 0-0 0-2 1 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 13 32 Streicher, Drew..... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 42 Patterson, Gary..... 2-3 2-3 0-0 0 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 2 44 Brooks, Nick........ 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 10 TEAM................ 1 1 Totals.............. 16-53 4-25 14-20 10 26 36 20 50 9 12 1 6 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 7-23 30.4% 2nd Half: 9-30 30.0% Game: 30.2% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-11 18.2% 2nd Half: 2-14 14.3% Game: 16.0% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 7-9 77.8% 2nd Half: 7-11 63.6% Game: 70.0% 4,2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Officials: Lamont Simpson, Dan Fouser, James Breeding Technical fouls: UW-Green Bay-None. Butler-None. Attendance: 3015 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total UW-Green Bay.................. 21 36 - 57 Butler........................ 23 27 - 50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------

DAVE'S POSTGAME ANALYSIS
The Butler Bulldogs shot just 30% from the field and 16% from three-point range as they fell 57-50 to the Wisconsin-Green Bay Phoenix at Hinkle Fieldhouse. Trailing 7-6, the Bulldogs scored eight unanswered points to take a 14-7 advantange with 8:13 left in the half. Butler led 17-10 when an 11-0 UWGB run put the visitors on top 21-17 at the 4:10 mark. But the Bulldogs scored the half's final six points to lead 23-21 at halftime. There were five ties and three lead changes to start the second period. The final deadlock came at the 13:40 mark with the score tied at 32. UWGB took the lead for good with a 5-0 run to make it 37-32 with 11:17 to go. Butler pulled to within three points at 41-38 on a Brandon Polk layup with 7:02 left. That would proved to be the Bulldogs' only field goal for the next 6:24, as Butler managed just four Brandon Crone free throws over that span and UWGB used a 10-0 run to put the game away. A pair of late three-pointers from Gary Patterson kept the final margin under double digits, but UWGB was never seriously threatened in the closing minutes and earned a 57-50 win.
PLAYERS OF THE GAME: Polk and Crone. The two Brandons were far and away Butler's best players in this game. Polk finished with a game-high and career-best 17 points along with eight rebounds, while Crone hauled down 14 rebounds, also a game-high and career-best, along with eight points.
Bruce Horan finished with six points and three rebounds. Patterson also finished with six points. Jamie Smalligan had five points and three rebounds. A. J. Graves suffered through an 0-for-12 shooting performance, finishing with four points and three steals. Avery Sheets and Nick Brooks added two points apiece. UWGB was led by Benito Flores' 15 points and nine rebounds.
Head coach Todd Lickliter commented afterwards that his team seems to struggle with a different aspect of the game from one night to the next. In the two games in Arizona, Butler's defense was its main downfall. Thursday night against Wisconsin-Milwaukee, the defense was better, but the Bulldogs struggled to rebound. In this game, the defense was sound (UWGB shot 40% overall and 18% from three-point range) and the rebounding was better (UWGB and BU each finished with 36 rebounds, with the Bulldogs pulling down 10 offensive rebounds compared to the Phoenix' 7), but the offense struggled to put points on the board. Butler's top three guards--Sheets, Graves, and Horan--were a combined 3-of-26 from the floor (12%) and 2-of-18 from three-point range (11%). Polk's presence inside was our main source of offense besides the foul line, but once we got down by five we seemed to panic a bit and abandoned any semblance of a post game, instead trying to get points back all at once from three-point line. Needless to say, those shots weren't falling.

Butler hits the road for a pair of games next week. Up first is a trip to Chicago to face the Loyola Ramblers. Game time is Thursday, January 13, at 8:00 p.m. EST.

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