INDIANAPOLIS — Even with Marquette’s sharpshooting talent, the law of averages says a team getting layups should win against a team shooting from long range. The Golden Eagles learned that the hard way Monday in Indianapolis.
No. 13 Butler scored 63 points in the second frame, taking advantage of a half of easy looks to erase an 18-point second-half deficit. The Golden Eagles fell 88-80 in a game they’ll come back to if they are on the outside looking in in March.
Three of Butler’s big men finished in the double digits as the Bulldogs scored 24 points in the paint in the second half.