Indy Star · Mar 6, 2019
Buzzer breakdown: Butler basketball stops skid, keeps NIT in play
INDIANAPOLIS – It was senior night at Hinkle Fieldhouse. Kamar Baldwin night, too.
Baldwin scored 17 of his 24 points in the second half, and Butler held on to defeat Xavier 71-66 in Big East basketball Tuesday night.
The outcome ended Butler’s three-game losing streak and Xavier’s five-game winning streak.
One of Butler’s two seniors, Paul Jorgensen, added 19 points, five steals and was 5-of-11 on 3-pointers. The other senior, Nate Fowler, added seven points.
Buy PhotoBaldwin stuffed the box score: six rebounds, three assists, four steals.
Butler (16-14, 7-10) climbed out of last place in the Big East. The Bulldogs finished the home schedule 12-4 and 5-4 in the Big East.