SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 68, BUTLER 64

Official Basketball Box Score SOUTHERN ILLINOIS vs BUTLER 02/17/07 4:00 pm at Indianapolis, Ind. (Hinkle Fieldhouse) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VISITORS: SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 23-5 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 14 Randal Falker....... f 0-4 0-0 5-7 2 5 7 4 5 0 1 3 0 24 32 Matt Shaw........... f 4-4 3-3 4-6 1 5 6 4 15 0 2 0 0 33 03 Jamaal Tatum........ g 5-9 2-3 8-11 0 2 2 3 20 4 2 0 0 32 10 Bryan Mullins....... g 1-4 0-1 2-4 0 0 0 4 4 3 1 0 0 31 15 Tony Young.......... g 3-9 2-6 3-4 0 4 4 4 11 0 3 0 1 28 04 Joshua Bone......... 1-2 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 22 Tyrone Green........ 2-3 0-0 0-0 3 2 5 1 4 0 0 1 0 18 23 Jamaal Foster....... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 24 Wesley Clemmons..... 1-2 0-1 5-5 1 3 4 2 7 1 1 0 0 21 35 Tony Boyle.......... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 TEAM................ 3 1 4 Totals.............. 17-38 7-15 27-37 10 23 33 22 68 8 11 4 1 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 9-21 42.9% 2nd Half: 8-17 47.1% Game: 44.7% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 5-9 55.6% 2nd Half: 2-6 33.3% Game: 46.7% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 7-8 87.5% 2nd Half: 20-29 69.0% Game: 73.0% 4,1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME TEAM: BUTLER 24-4 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 01 Betko, Julian....... f 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 19 33 Crone, Brandon...... f 4-12 2-6 3-4 1 3 4 2 13 1 1 0 1 33 24 Ligon, Brian........ c 3-3 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 2 6 0 0 0 0 17 04 GRAVES, A.J......... g 1-8 1-5 2-3 0 1 1 5 5 4 1 0 2 36 10 Green, Mike......... g 4-8 1-3 9-13 0 7 7 4 18 1 4 0 1 39 21 Veasley, Willie..... 1-1 0-0 3-4 1 1 2 2 5 1 0 1 1 24 32 Streicher, Drew..... 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 3 4 5 0 1 0 0 0 18 34 Campbell, Pete...... 5-10 5-9 2-2 0 1 1 3 17 1 0 0 0 14 TEAM................ 2 2 Totals.............. 18-44 9-23 19-26 7 17 24 26 64 10 6 1 6 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 9-25 36.0% 2nd Half: 9-19 47.4% Game: 40.9% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-12 25.0% 2nd Half: 6-11 54.5% Game: 39.1% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 4-7 57.1% 2nd Half: 15-19 78.9% Game: 73.1% 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Officials: Eddie Jackson, John Moore and Gene Grimshaw Technical fouls: SOUTHERN ILLINOIS-None. BUTLER-None. Attendance: 10827 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total SOUTHERN ILLINOIS............. 30 38 - 68 BUTLER........................ 25 39 - 64 Points in the paint-SIU 14,BU 18. Points off turnovers-SIU 3,BU 17. 2nd chance points-SIU 5,BU 10. Fast break points-SIU 0,BU 0. Bench points-SIU 13,BU 22. Score tied-2 times. Lead changed-5 times. Last FG-SIU 2nd-03:48, BU 2nd-01:29. Largest lead-SIU by 10 2nd-10:34, BU by 2 1st-17:45.

DAVE'S POSTGAME ANALYSIS
The Southern Illinois Salukis snapped Butler's 22-game home winning streak with a 68-64 win over the Bulldogs at a sold-out Hinkle Fieldhouse in ESPNU's BracketBusters. SIU had a 12-6 lead at the 12:25 mark of the first half when a 7-0 Butler run put the Bulldogs up 13-12 with 9:32 left in the half. The teams then traded 5-0 runs, and Butler held what wound up being its final lead of the game at 18-17 with 7:25 to go in the half. SIU scored seven unanswered points to take the lead for good, and would hold a 30-25 advantage at halftime. The Salukis pushed their lead to 10 points at 45-35 with 10:34 to go. Butler cut the deficit to two on three separate occasions, the final time coming at 54-52 with 5:14 left, but could get no closer. Jamaal Tatum made 7-of-8 free throws and a jumper down the stretch to seal a 68-64 win.
PLAYER OF THE GAME: Pete Campbell. Pete scored 14 of his 17 points in the second half, including back-to-back three-pointers to cut a nine-point deficit down to three with just under eight minutes to go. He was 5-of-9 for the game from three-point range; the rest of the team was 4-of-14.
Mike Green led the Bulldogs with 18 points and seven rebounds. Brandon Crone added 13 points and four rebounds. Brian Ligon finished with six points. A. J. Graves struggled through a 1-of-8 shooting night for five points, but dished out four assists. Willie Veasley had five points, including a first-half dunk which got Hinkle rocking. SIU was led by Tatum's game-high 20 points along with four assists.
I thought Crone summed it up best after the game when he noted, "We didn't make the plays when it came down to it, and they did." Neither team shot the ball particularly well--SIU finished at 45%, Butler at 41%. Butler forced 11 SIU turnovers while committing just six, leading to a 17-3 advantage in points off turnovers. But the Salukis made it to the free throw line 37 times for the game, including 29 in the second half, and outscored Butler 27-19 at the charity stripe. "Both teams probably played well enough to beat a lot of teams today, " said Butler head coach Todd Lickliter. "We just didn't play well enough to beat Southern Illinois."
The Bulldogs must now regroup quickly and hit the road to kick off a key three-game Horizon League slate over the final week of the regular season with a trip to Wisconsin-Green Bay to face the Phoenix. Game time is Monday, February 19, at 8:00 p.m. EST.
Game photos, courtesy ndfan1993

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