MILWAUKEE – Butler held on as long as it could.
And came up short. Again.
After trailing for almost all of the opening 31 minutes, Marquette came from behind to hand Butler a fourth successive defeat, 64-56, in Big East basketball Saturday at Fiserv Forum.
The Bulldogs led 47-43 midway through the second half and were outscored 21-9 thereafter. After scoring 23 points in the first 7 ½ minutes, they had 33 in the next 32 ½.
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Bryce Golden scored 14 points for Butler.