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MILWAUKEE – After successive home defeats, coach Chris Holtmann might have ruffled Butler players by questioning team leadership. The outcome of that rebuke was a rebound victory.
“Our seniors absolutely carried us,” Holtmann said.
Benched junior Kelan Martin is supposed to be an All-America candidate. Freshman guard Kamar Baldwin is perhaps a future All-American.
But on Tuesday night, it was seniors Andrew Chrabascz, Avery Woodson and Tyler Lewis sensing urgency. They carried the 21st-ranked Bulldogs to a pivotal Big East win at Marquette, 68-65:
>> Chrabascz scored eight consecutive Butler points in the closing five minutes, stretching a 58-55 lead to 66-58.