National Basketball Association
Butler 83, Temple 71
When: 6:00 PM ET, Saturday, January 26, 2013
Where: Hinkle Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Indiana
Officials:
# Bryan Anslinger, # Sean Casady, # Wally Rutecki
Attendance:
10000
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No. 9 Butler 83, Temple 71: Rotnei Clarke had 24 points and a career-high nine assists in his return to the lineup and the Bulldogs pulled away late against the visiting Owls.
Rahlir Hollis-Jefferson’s free throw capped a 16-5 Temple run and tied the game at 56 with 8:14 to play, but Butler (17-3, 4-1 A-10) answered with its own 16-4 run and maintained a double-digit lead in the final minutes.
Khyle Marshall scored 19 points on 9-of-11 shooting and Kellen Dunham added 17 points for the
Bulldogs, who had their 13-game winning streak snapped by La Salle on
Wednesday. The Bulldogs shot 52 percent from the field and outrebounded the Owls 33-21.
Khalif Wyatt scored 16 of his 22 points in the first half for Temple (13-6, 2-3), which fell to 1-3 against top-10 teams this season. Scootie Randall chipped in 13 points and Anthony Lee added 12 points and seven rebounds.
Clarke, who missed three games with a sprained neck, scored 13 first-half points and propelled Butler to a three-point lead at the break. Clarke was 4-of-14 shooting from the field and 3-of-10 from 3-point range
in his first game since Jan. 12 at Dayton, but he made 13-of-14 free throws.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Butler, which averaged just over 59 points without Clarke the
last three games, scored 80 points for the fifth time this season and
first since an 88-86 overtime win over then-No. 1 Indiana on Dec. 15. … Temple lost despite forcing 14 turnovers and making nine of its 18 shots from 3-point range … Butler improved to 79-11 in Hinkle Fieldhouse under coach Brad Stevens.
Top Game Performances
| Temple |
|
Butler |
|
Khalif Wyatt 22 |
Scoring |
Rotnei Clarke 24 |
|
Khalif Wyatt 6 |
Assists |
Rotnei Clarke 9 |
|
Anthony Lee 7 |
Rebounds |
Khyle Marshall 5 |
|
Quenton DeCosey 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Rotnei Clarke 13 |
|
Khalif Wyatt 4 |
Steals |
Alex Barlow 1 |
|
N/A |
Blocks |
Roosevelt Jones 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Temple
|
71 |
40.7 |
9-18 |
14-18 |
14 |
21 |
0 |
6 |
9 |
| Butler
|
83 |
52.0 |
8-20 |
23-29 |
16 |
33 |
3 |
5 |
14 |