National Basketball Association
Butler 59, Ball St. 58
When: 2:00 PM ET, Saturday, November 23, 2013
Where: John E. Worthen Arena, Muncie, Indiana
Officials:
# Steve McJunkins, # Kyle Smith, # Paul Szelc
Attendance:
6015
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Butler 59, Ball
State 58: Khyle Marshall's 14 points led four scorers in double figures for the
unbeaten Bulldogs as they rallied in the second half and then hung on to nip the
host Cardinals.
Elijah Brown
came off the bench for 13 points - all in the second half - for Butler (4-0) with
Kameron Woods adding 12 points and Alex Barrow 10. Woods had 10 rebounds while Marshall contributed nine for the Bulldogs, who shot only 35.5 percent.
Majok Majok led
the Cardinals (2-2) with 15 points and 11 rebounds while Chris Bond had 14
points and seven rebounds. Ball State outrebounded Butler 40-38, including 14
on the offensive glass after Butler had only allowed a total of 18 offensive
rebounds in its first three games.
Ball State's
stifling defense limited Butler to 23 points in the first half where the
Bulldogs only shot 30.4 percent for their lowest-scoring half of the season. The
Cardinals closed out the half with an 8-1 run on back-to-back 3-pointers from
Franko House and Zavier Turner for a 30-23 lead at the intermission.
Butler, trailing for
the first time this season to start the second half, chipped away before
back-to-back 3-pointers by Barrow and Brown gave the Bulldogs a 45-44 lead with
nine minutes remaining. The Bulldogs went scoreless over the final two minutes after a Brown jumper put Butler up 59-55, and Mark Alstork's
3-pointer with 1:20 left for Ball State closed out the scoring as Turner missed
a driving layup with two seconds left.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Butler
improved to 33-9 all-time when Marshall scores in double figures. ... Majok
collected his second straight double-double. ... Turner had eight points and Jesse
Berry seven after going into the game averaging 17.7 points and 17 points,
respectively, for Ball State.
Top Game Performances
| Butler |
|
Ball St. |
|
Khyle Marshall 14 |
Scoring |
Majok Majok 15 |
|
Kellen Dunham 3 |
Assists |
Quinten Payne 3 |
|
Kameron Woods 10 |
Rebounds |
Majok Majok 11 |
|
Kameron Woods 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Chris Bond 3 |
|
Alex Barlow 3 |
Steals |
Chris Bond 3 |
|
Kellen Dunham 1 |
Blocks |
Mark Alstork 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Butler
|
59 |
35.5 |
3-11 |
12-22 |
13 |
37 |
2 |
10 |
9 |
| Ball St.
|
58 |
42.0 |
8-20 |
8-13 |
12 |
36 |
3 |
5 |
17 |