Butler lead almost wire-to-wire and gutted out some close basketball before coming away with the victory against the Marquette Golden Eagles, 68-to-65.
The Bulldogs used their 3-point shooting to take a 40-33 lead into halftime, lead by Avery Woodson with 15 points, who hit three of their seven first half threes. Marquette’s prolific offense was somewhat stagnant in the first half, and the usually hot-from-three team looked lost from behind the arc, going a mere 4-9 from deep, including some looks that should not have been looks at all. Luke Fischer went into the locker room at half with 11 points to lead the Golden Eagles.