BUTLER 71, YOUNGSTOWN STATE 58

Official Basketball Box Score Butler vs Youngstown State 1/31/07 7:05 p.m. at Youngstown, Ohio - Beeghly Center -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VISITORS: Butler 21-2, 9-1 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 24 LIGON, Brian........ f 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 33 CRONE, Brandon...... f 2-6 1-3 2-3 1 2 3 2 7 1 0 1 0 24 01 BETKO, Julian....... g 1-4 1-3 0-0 1 2 3 4 3 1 0 0 2 15 04 GRAVES, A.J......... g 4-14 3-10 0-0 0 0 0 1 11 3 2 0 0 36 10 GREEN, Mike......... g 7-14 2-5 7-10 0 7 7 2 23 4 4 0 0 37 21 VEASLEY, Willie..... 1-1 0-0 1-2 1 3 4 4 3 2 2 0 1 18 23 NELLEMS, Marcus..... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 32 STREICHER, Drew..... 2-2 0-0 0-1 3 1 4 2 4 3 1 0 1 21 34 CAMPBELL, Pete...... 8-10 4-6 0-0 2 4 6 1 20 1 0 0 0 27 50 ENGELMANN, Elliot... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 TEAM................ 2 2 1 Totals.............. 25-53 11-27 10-16 9 23 32 18 71 15 10 1 4 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 14-31 45.2% 2nd Half: 11-22 50.0% Game: 47.2% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 9-18 50.0% 2nd Half: 2-9 22.2% Game: 40.7% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 2-2 100 % 2nd Half: 8-14 57.1% Game: 62.5% 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME TEAM: Youngstown State 9-14, 4-7 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 11 HOLMES, Dwight...... f 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 50 LILES, Jack......... f 1-4 0-0 1-2 1 1 2 3 3 0 1 0 0 16 02 HUMPHREY, Quin...... g 3-10 1-4 10-12 3 9 12 3 17 4 2 1 2 39 03 DAVIS, Byron........ g 4-7 1-2 5-5 1 4 5 2 14 3 1 0 2 40 34 ROBERTS, Keston..... g 8-18 1-3 0-0 0 1 1 3 17 1 3 0 2 39 01 BARBER, John........ 2-7 0-1 0-0 2 3 5 3 4 0 3 1 0 35 23 NIEMI, Mikko........ 0-2 0-2 1-2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 18 30 BOOTH, Chris........ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 32 MROZIK, Alek........ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 44 COTAL, George....... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 TEAM................ 1 1 2 Totals.............. 19-49 3-12 17-21 9 21 30 16 58 9 11 2 6 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-24 41.7% 2nd Half: 9-25 36.0% Game: 38.8% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-4 25.0% 2nd Half: 2-8 25.0% Game: 25.0% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 2-4 50.0% 2nd Half: 15-17 88.2% Game: 81.0% 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Officials: Tim Fogarty, John Hampton, Todd Williams Technical fouls: Butler-None. Youngstown State-None. Attendance: 3773 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Butler........................ 39 32 - 71 Youngstown State.............. 23 35 - 58 Points in the paint-BU 18,YSU 24. Points off turnovers-BU 19,YSU 9. 2nd chance points-BU 15,YSU 11. Fast break points-BU 3,YSU 4. Bench points-BU 27,YSU 5. Score tied-1 time. Lead changed-6 times. Last FG-BU 2nd-05:02, YSU 2nd-02:21. Largest lead-BU by 21 2nd-16:37, YSU by 2 1st-15:26.

DAVE'S POSTGAME ANALYSIS
The Butler Bulldogs swept the season series with Youngstown State, defeating the Penguins 71-58 at the Beeghly Center. Butler jumped out to an early 6-0 lead, but YSU responded with eight unanswered points of its own to take an 8-6 lead. The Penguins held their final lead of the game at 13-11 when a Pete Campbell three-pointer gave Butler the lead for good at 14-13 with 11:43 left in the half. It was 16-15 Bulldogs when Butler went on an 19-3 run to take control at 35-18 at the 3:50 mark. A Drew Streicher dunk put an exclamation point at the end of first half, sending the Bulldogs to the locker room with a 39-23 lead at the half. Butler's lead swelled to 21 at 46-25 with 16:37 to go. YSU closed to within 12 points at 57-45 with 9:01 left but would get no closer, as the Bulldogs took home a 71-58 victory.
PLAYERS OF THE GAME: Campbell and Mike Green. Yet another solid effort from the two transfers. Campbell set new Butler career highs with 20 points and six rebounds. He was 8-of-10 overall and 4-of-6 from three-point range, keeping alive his streak of reaching double figures in each game of 2007. Green set a new Butler career high and equalled his collegiate career best with 23 points. He also pulled down seven rebounds and dished out four assists, both tops on the team.
A. J. Graves finished with 11 points and three assists. Brandon Crone added seven points and three rebounds. Streicher had four points, four rebounds, and three assists. Willie Veasley finished with three points and four rebounds, while Julian Betko added three points and three rebounds. YSU was led by Quin Humphrey's double-double of 17 points and 11 rebounds.
It won't garner much attention nationally, but coming out of this stretch of four games in four states in seven days with a perfect 4-0 mark is quite impressive. The three road games of that four-game swing--at Loyola, Detroit and Youngstown State--were all losses last season for Butler. The Bulldogs showed no signs of fatigue, withstood an early burst from YSU which energized the crowd, took control of the game and never relinquished their double-figure lead. Green and Campbell were amazing, nearly outscoring the Penguins by themselves. And with the win and Wisconsin's loss at IU, Butler's 21-2 mark is tied with the Badgers for best record in the country. Not bad for a team picked to finish sixth in its conference.

The Bulldogs return to the friendly confines of Hinkle Fieldhouse, where they will host the Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panthers. Game time is Saturday, February 3, at 2:00 p.m. EST. Hope to see you there.

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