Butler vs. Purdue: Beyond the box score

Kelan Martin drives to the basket against Purdue. Martin led all scorers with 29 points in his final game as a Butler Bulldog. Jimmy Lafakis/Collegian file photo.

The Butler men’s basketball team’s season came to an end in the Round of 32 with a 76-73 loss to the Purdue Boilermakers. Butler clawed their way back into the game late and showed the resiliency that has defined this team all season. At the end of the day, someone had to go home and Purdue made one more play in the final seconds to grab the win. Here are three takeaways from the final game of the 2017-18 Butler basketball season.

1. The Bulldogs almost kept the 3-point line even.

Purdue came into the game ranked second in the nation…