Official Basketball Box Score
Evansville vs Butler
11/29/08 2 p.m. at Indianapolis, Ind. (Hinkle Fieldhouse)

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VISITORS: Evansville 3-1
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
04 Garner, Nate........ f  3-5    0-0    2-2    1  4  5   1   8  1  2  0  2  31
41 van Tongeren, Pieter c  2-3    0-0    2-2    1  0  1   3   6  0  0  0  0  10
02 Lacey, Kavon........ g  3-7    1-1    2-2    1  2  3   2   9  1  1  0  0  20
05 Ely, Shy............ g  5-11   0-1    2-3    2  1  3   2  12  2  3  1  0  27
22 Holsinger, Jason.... g  1-5    1-3    5-6    1  2  3   2   8  2  4  0  0  33
20 Williams, Kaylon....    0-3    0-1    2-2    0  2  2   2   2  2  4  0  2  19
21 Granger, Darin......    0-3    0-1    0-0    0  4  4   0   0  2  1  0  1  17
32 Haarsma, James......    3-5    1-1    0-0    1  0  1   4   7  0  1  0  0  13
34 Holmes, Denver......    2-6    1-3    2-2    0  1  1   2   7  1  1  0  0  20
44 Erickson, C.J.......    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   3   0  0  0  0  0   5
52 Hopf, Clint.........    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   1   0  0  0  0  0   5
   TEAM................                         5  1  6
   Totals..............   19-48   4-11  17-19  12 17 29  22  59 11 17  1  5 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half:  8-21 38.1%   2nd Half: 11-27 40.7%   Game: 39.6%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  1-6  16.7%   2nd Half:  3-5  60.0%   Game: 36.4%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 13-15 86.7%   2nd Half:  4-4  100 %   Game: 89.5%   0,2


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HOME TEAM: Butler 5-0
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
21 Veasley, Willie..... f  2-4    0-1    2-2    2  1  3   4   6  1  2  0  1  17
54 Howard, Matt........ f  5-11   1-1    0-1    4  1  5   3  11  2  3  4  0  26
01 Mack, Shelvin....... g  8-11   2-2    0-0    1  3  4   2  18  1  0  0  1  28
05 Nored, Ronald....... g  0-1    0-0    1-5    1  3  4   3   1  0  1  0  0  16
20 Hayward, Gordon..... g  4-9    1-3    3-4    2  0  2   2  12  2  1  2  2  27
02 Vanzant, Shawn......    0-2    0-2    0-2    0  2  2   2   0  2  2  0  2  19
03 Hahn, Zach..........    4-8    4-8    0-0    0  4  4   1  12  1  1  0  0  27
11 Anglin, Alex........    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0  0+
22 Leiendecker, Grant..    1-2    0-0    2-2    0  0  0   0   4  0  0  0  0   9
24 Jukes, Avery........    2-3    0-1    0-0    1  1  2   2   4  1  0  2  0  15
32 Butcher, Garrett....    3-5    1-1    0-0    1  3  4   2   7  1  2  0  0  16
   Team................                            1  1
   Totals..............   29-56   9-19   8-16  12 19 31  21  75 11 12  8  6 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-25 48.0%   2nd Half: 17-31 54.8%   Game: 51.8%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  4-10 40.0%   2nd Half:  5-9  55.6%   Game: 47.4%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  7-13 53.8%   2nd Half:  1-3  33.3%   Game: 50.0%    4


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Officials: Tim Fogarty, Kipp Kissinger, Archibald Whaley
Technical fouls: Evansville-None. Butler-None.
Attendance: 4708
Score by Periods                1st  2nd   Total
Evansville....................   30   29  -   59
Butler........................   35   40  -   75

Points in the paint-UE 22,BU 28. Points off turnovers-UE 15,BU 20.
2nd chance points-UE 10,BU 13. Fast break points-UE 0,BU 2.
Bench points-UE 16,BU 27. Score tied-2 times. Lead changed-2 times.
Last FG-UE 2nd-00:30, BU 2nd-00:50.
Largest lead-UE by 1 1st-14:30, BU by 23 2nd-02:48.

MYCIGARBOY'S POSTGAME ANALYSIS

This game ended for Evansville the same way every game against Butler since 2000 ended and that was in a loss as Butler wins again 75-59.

It took just 13 seconds into the game for Butler to draw blood as freshman Shelvin Mack hit a 3-pointer on a feed from Gordon Hayward. A minute later Evansville's Jason Holsinger hit a 3-pointer to tie the game at three points each.

The game stayed close most of the first half with Evansville (3-1) getting their only lead of the game on a jump shot by Denver Holmes to make it 11-10 at the 14:30 mark.

As the time ticked down in the first half the Purple Aces pulled to within one point at 31-30 as Holmes made two foul shots after being fouled by Matt Howard.

Butler's Will Veasley made a lay up and then 49 seconds later sunk two foul shots after being fouled by Kaylon Williams to give Butler a 35-30 halftime lead.

Evansville coach Marty Simmons felt fortunate to be only down by five at the half with his team shooting just 38.1 percent (8-21) from the field.

"We didn't really have any good rhythm. We came out, give up the lob to Hayward," explained Simmons.

Simmons was referring to the first play of the second half when Matt Howard lofted a lob that Hayward jammed in for a thundering dunk to put Butler (5-0) up 37-30.

"They do what they do a lot better than we do what we do," continued Simmons. "They play with a lot of confidence. They just kind of bring new players in and believe in their style of play. They have very smart, good, sound basketball players."

Evansville did follow up the Hayward dunk with a layup by Pieter van Tongeren to get the score back within five points at 37-32.

From that point on Mack went on the attack. During a little more than a four minute stretch starting at the 17:42 mark Mack hit a 2-pointer, a 3-pointer and two free throws that put the Bulldogs up by 10 points at 49-39.

When the smoke cleared Mack put in 13 points in the second half for a total 18 points for the game which led all scorers.

"We just kept running the plays and finally I got the shot. Coach just told us to go out and play," said a very matter-of-fact Mack.

Butler coach Brad Stevens was impressed by Mack's shooting from the field, as well as his whole team's second half play. "When you score 18 points on 11 shots and don't shoot any free throws, that is pretty good," said Stevens. "We played our best half of basketball and that contributed to the win. I thought we played at both ends of the floor."

At the 2:48 mark Butler got the lead to 23 points at 72-49 which was their largest lead of the game on a layup by Mack before the Purple Aces whittled the lead back down to the game ending 75-59.

Stevens was most impressed with the adjustments his team was able to make during the game to keep Evansville off balance.

"Being able to adjust on the fly, they do some things defensively that make you attack and our guys did a pretty good job making the adjustments," said Stevens.