Game Date: Oct 7th, 2038
Butler 87 - Northern Illinois 65
Date: February 6th, 2038
Game: College [Conference] [#890656] 
Arena: NIU Convocation Center
Attendance: 1,962
Player Of The Game: Brady Brett (5)
| Team / Score | 1 | 2 | F | |
| Butler Bulldogs | 50 | 37 | 87 | |
| Northern Illinois Huskies | 23 | 42 | 65 | |
| Butler Bulldogs | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| # | Player | Min | FG | 3PT | FT | PTS | Off | Reb | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | DIST | PITP | FBP | FD | Fat | SC | ||
| 14 | R. Walker sf | 36 | 3-13 | 1-8 | 0-1 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +22 | 14.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Hvy | 🏀 | ||
| 33 | H. Moriarty pf | 35 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +20 | 1.5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | Mod | 🏀 | ||
| 51 | T. Curtis c | 21 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 3-6 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | +13 | 2.8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 22 | T. Reaves sg | 35 | 6-14 | 2-8 | 5-5 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +16 | 11.0 | 6 | 7 | 4 | Hvy | 🏀 | ||
| 52 | B. Brett pg | 40 | 10-16 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +22 | 12.7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | Hvy | 🏀 | ||
| 55 | T. Griffin c | 33 | 5-13 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | +17 | 3.6 | 10 | 0 | 2 | Mod | 🏀 | ||
| Total | 200 | 33-72 | 7-25 | 14-18 | 87 | 13 | 39 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 18 | +110 | 8.3 | 42 | 14 | 14 | - | 🏀 | |||
| Percentages | 45.8% | 28.0% | 77.8% | |||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Illinois Huskies | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| # | Player | Min | FG | 3PT | FT | PTS | Off | Reb | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | DIST | PITP | FBP | FD | Fat | SC | ||
| 30 | M. Drummond sf | 35 | 7-16 | 3-6 | 5-6 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | -20 | 15.7 | 4 | 0 | 5 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 20 | M. Vujačič pf | 30 | 3-8 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -16 | 8.3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 50 | M. Thacker c | 26 | 3-8 | 0-1 | 5-6 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 2.3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 14 | B. Jarvis sg | 34 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 4-4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -25 | - | 0 | 0 | 2 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 12 | T. Florence pg | 32 | 5-12 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | -7 | 13.8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | Mod | 🏀 | ||
| 32 | D. Keough sf | 22 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -23 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 1 | P. Matlock sf | 1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 51 | T. Coyle sg | 16 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 22 | J. Albers sf | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| Total | 200 | 21-55 | 5-18 | 18-21 | 65 | 8 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 14 | -110 | 11.1 | 20 | 0 | 18 | - | 🏀 | |||
| Percentages | 38.2% | 27.8% | 85.7% | |||||||||||||||||||
Player of the Game
Butler: Brady Brett
Head Coaches
Butler: Gavin Burkhart
Northern Illinois: Russell Armstrong
Offensive Efficiencies
Butler: At the rim (9/10 90.0%) Inside (12/25 48.0%) Mid-range (5/12 41.7%) Beyond the Arc (7/25 28.0%)
Northern Illinois: At the rim (1/5 20.0%) Inside (9/19 47.4%) Mid-range (6/13 46.2%) Beyond the Arc (5/18 27.8%)
Defensive Tactics
Butler: Man-To-Man (1.1%) Zone (83.3%) Pressure (1.1%) 2nd Chance (7.8%) Transition (6.7%) Int. Foul (0.0%)
Northern Illinois: Man-To-Man (46.7%) Zone (29.3%) Pressure (4.3%) 2nd Chance (6.5%) Transition (13.0%) Int. Foul (0.0%)
Weighted Skill Index (SI) & Team Power Index (TPI)
Butler: 136.4 / 128.8
Northern Illinois: 127.0 / 131.6
Injuries
Butler: none
Northern Illinois: pf-Krieger
Game Information
Date: Saturday, February 6th, 2038
Game Type: College [Conference]
Arena: NIU Convocation Center
City: DeKalb, IL
Attendance: 1,962
Version: 1.030
Simulated: Sun Apr 14 2024 @ 9:11:21 am PDT
Standard Dialog
Starting Line-Ups
Butler: PG-Brett (6' 3"), SG-Reaves (6' 7"), SF-Walker (6' 4½"), PF-Moriarty (6' 8"), C-Curtis (6' 7½")
Northern Illinois: PG-Florence (5' 10½"), SG-Jarvis (6' 1½"), SF-Drummond (6' 2½"), PF-Vujačič (6' 4½"), C-Thacker (6' 6½")
1st Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Tip-off! Butler gains possession on the jump ball...
19:55 - Butler: Brett brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Brett tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Brett with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Butler 2 - 0.
19:48 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Jarvis outside. Jarvis passes the ball to Drummond outside. Drummond carelessly turns the ball over out of bounds.
19:37 - Butler: Brett brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Brett passes the ball to Moriarty in the paint. Moriarty passes the ball to Walker in the paint. Walker shoots from the inside. Thacker rotates over and blocks the shot! Curtis grabs the offensive rebound.
19:20 - Butler: Curtis has the rebound. Curtis shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Butler 4 - 0.
19:18 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Jarvis outside. Jarvis passes the ball to Vujačič in the paint. Vujačič passes the ball to Drummond. Drummond shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Vujačič. Butler 4 - 2.
18:51 - Game Event: Time out. Butler substitutes Walker to Point Guard, Brett to Shooting Guard, Reaves to Small Forward and Griffin to Center. Northern Illinois substitutes Drummond to Point Guard, Coyle to Shooting Guard, Keough to Small Forward, Jarvis to Power Forward and Vujačič to Center.
18:51 - Butler: Walker brings up the ball against pressure defense. Walker drives by Drummond. Walker lays it up. The shot goes in! Butler 6 - 2.
18:41 - Northern Illinois: Drummond brings up the ball against a zone defense. Drummond drives down the lane. Drummond lays it up. Griffin rotates over and blocks the shot! Moriarty grabs the rebound.
18:29 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Brett attacks with the ball on the fast break. Brett passes the ball to Reaves on the perimeter. Reaves shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Vujačič grabs the rebound.
18:25 - Northern Illinois: Drummond brings up the ball against a zone defense. Drummond tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Drummond with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Walker grabs the rebound.
18:14 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Brett leads the fast break. Foul! Drummond commits the foul on Brett.
18:08 - Butler: The ball is inbounded to Reaves. Reaves passes the ball to Brett on the perimeter. Brett shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Reaves. Butler 9 - 2.
18:00 - Northern Illinois: Drummond brings up the ball against a zone defense. Drummond passes the ball to Vujačič in the paint. Vujačič passes the ball to Drummond on the perimeter. Drummond passes the ball to Keough on the perimeter. Keough hands off the ball to Coyle. The shot clock winding down. Coyle shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Coyle grabs the offensive rebound.
17:27 - Northern Illinois: Coyle has the rebound and restarts the offense. Coyle passes the ball to Drummond. Drummond passes the ball to Keough. Keough passes the ball to Drummond in the paint. The shot clock winding down. Drummond shoots from the inside. Griffin rotates over and blocks the shot! Moriarty grabs the rebound.
17:04 - Butler: Walker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Walker passes the ball to Moriarty in the paint. Moriarty shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Walker. Butler 11 - 2.
16:55 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Florence to Point Guard, Keough to Shooting Guard, Jarvis to Small Forward and Drummond to Power Forward.
16:55 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Vujačič. Vujačič shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Brett grabs the rebound.
16:43 - Butler: Walker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Walker passes the ball to Reaves. Reaves passes the ball to Brett. Brett passes the ball to Walker on the perimeter. Walker passes the ball to Brett in the paint. Brett shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Assisted by Walker. Butler 13 - 2.
16:17 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Drummond to Point Guard, Coyle to Shooting Guard, Keough to Small Forward and Jarvis to Power Forward.
16:17 - Northern Illinois: Drummond brings up the ball against a zone defense. Drummond passes the ball to Vujačič in the paint. Vujačič passes the ball to Coyle on the perimeter. Coyle passes the ball to Vujačič in the paint. Vujačič passes the ball to Jarvis on the perimeter. Reaves steals the pass from Jarvis.
15:52 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Brett leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Brett tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Brett passes the ball to Reaves in the paint. Reaves shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Butler 15 - 2.
15:37 - Game Event: Time out. Butler substitutes Reaves to Point Guard and Walker to Small Forward. Northern Illinois substitutes Florence to Point Guard.
15:37 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence drives to the basket. Offensive foul! Florence commits the foul on the drive.
15:27 - Butler: Reaves brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Reaves passes the ball to Moriarty in the paint. Moriarty shoots from the low post. Foul! Jarvis fouls Moriarty on the shot. Moriarty makes the first free throw. Moriarty makes the second free throw. Butler 17 - 2.
15:17 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Vujačič in the paint. Vujačič shoots from the block. The shot misses. Griffin grabs the rebound.
15:06 - Butler: Brett brings up the ball against a zone defense. Brett passes the ball to Moriarty in the paint. Moriarty shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Vujačič grabs the rebound.
14:56 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Keough on the perimeter. Keough passes the ball to Jarvis in the paint. Jarvis passes the ball to Coyle outside. Coyle passes the ball to Keough on the perimeter. Keough shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Vujačič grabs the offensive rebound.
14:26 - Northern Illinois: Vujačič has the rebound. Vujačič goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Butler 17 - 4.
14:24 - Game Event: Time out. Butler substitutes Griffin to Small Forward and Curtis to Center. Northern Illinois substitutes Keough to Shooting Guard, Jarvis to Small Forward, Vujačič to Power Forward and Thacker to Center.
14:24 - Butler: Reaves brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Reaves passes the ball to Griffin. Griffin carelessly turns the ball over to the other team.
14:20 - Northern Illinois: Keough brings up the ball against a zone defense. Griffin steals the pass from Keough.
14:15 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Brett leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Brett passes the ball to Reaves on the perimeter. Reaves passes the ball to Curtis. Curtis shoots a jumper from the elbow. Foul! Thacker fouls Curtis on the shot. Curtis makes the first free throw. Curtis makes the second free throw. Butler 19 - 4.
13:57 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Jarvis to Shooting Guard and Drummond to Small Forward.
13:57 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Reaves steals the pass from Florence.
13:52 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Brett leads the fast break with Reaves to the right. Brett passes the ball to Reaves on the perimeter. Reaves shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Brett. Butler 22 - 4.
13:52 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Butler!
13:45 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Keough to Shooting Guard and Jarvis to Small Forward.
13:45 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Vujačič in the paint. Foul! Moriarty commits the foul on Vujačič.
13:40 - Northern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Thacker. Griffin steals the pass from Thacker.
13:32 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Brett leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Brett passes the ball to Moriarty on the perimeter. Moriarty hands off the ball to Brett. Brett drives by Keough. Brett passes the ball to Curtis at the basket. Curtis lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Brett. Butler 24 - 4.
13:02 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Jarvis outside. Jarvis passes the ball to Vujačič in the paint. Vujačič passes the ball to Florence. Florence shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Butler 24 - 6.
12:37 - Game Event: Time out. Butler substitutes Curtis to Point Guard, Walker to Small Forward and Griffin to Center. Northern Illinois substitutes Coyle to Shooting Guard, Keough to Small Forward and Drummond to Power Forward.
12:37 - Butler: Curtis brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Curtis passes the ball to Brett on the perimeter. Foul! Coyle commits the foul on Brett.
12:33 - Butler: The ball is inbounded to Moriarty. Moriarty passes the ball to Griffin in the paint. Griffin shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Butler 26 - 6.
12:23 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Thacker in the paint. Thacker shoots from the block. Moriarty rotates over and blocks the shot! Keough grabs the offensive rebound.
12:12 - Northern Illinois: Keough has the rebound and restarts the offense. Keough shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Butler 26 - 8.
12:07 - Butler: Curtis brings up the ball against a zone defense. Curtis passes the ball to Moriarty in the paint. Moriarty shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Drummond grabs the rebound.
11:56 - Northern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Coyle leads the fast break with Florence and Keough. Coyle passes the ball to Florence on the perimeter. Florence shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Walker grabs the rebound.
11:51 - Butler: Curtis brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Curtis passes the ball to Griffin in the paint. Griffin shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Thacker grabs the rebound.
11:41 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Drummond in the paint. Drummond tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Drummond shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Moriarty grabs the rebound.
11:22 - Butler: Curtis brings up the ball against a zone defense. Curtis passes the ball to Brett. Brett turns the ball over out of bounds.
11:17 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Curtis steals the pass from Florence.
11:09 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Brett leads the fast break with Curtis and Walker. Brett passes the ball to Curtis. Curtis shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Brett. Butler 28 - 8.
11:03 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Coyle outside. Coyle hands off the ball to Florence. Florence passes the ball to Keough in the paint. Keough shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Florence. Butler 28 - 10.
10:40 - Game Event: Time out. Butler substitutes Brett to Point Guard, Reaves to Shooting Guard, Griffin to Power Forward and Curtis to Center.
10:40 - Butler: Reaves brings up the ball against a zone defense. Reaves passes the ball to Brett on the perimeter. Brett shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Reaves grabs the long offensive rebound.
10:29 - Butler: Reaves has the rebound and restarts the offense. Reaves passes the ball to Griffin in the paint. Griffin shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Griffin grabs the offensive rebound.
10:20 - Butler: Griffin has the rebound. Griffin shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Florence grabs the rebound.
10:18 - Northern Illinois: Coyle brings up the ball against a zone defense. Coyle passes the ball to Drummond in the paint. Drummond shoots in the paint. Foul! Griffin fouls Drummond on the shot. Drummond makes the first free throw. Drummond makes the second free throw. Butler 28 - 12.
10:04 - Butler: Reaves brings up the ball against a zone defense. Reaves passes the ball to Brett on the perimeter. Brett shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Thacker grabs the rebound.
9:56 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Drummond in the paint. Drummond tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Drummond passes the ball to Florence. Florence with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Coyle grabs the offensive rebound.
9:40 - Northern Illinois: Coyle has the rebound and restarts the offense. Coyle passes the ball to Thacker in the paint. Thacker shoots in the paint. Foul! Curtis fouls Thacker on the shot. Thacker missed the first free throw. Thacker makes the second free throw. Butler 28 - 13.
9:30 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Keough to Shooting Guard and Jarvis to Small Forward.
9:30 - Butler: Brett brings up the ball against a zone defense. Brett passes the ball to Griffin in the paint. Griffin shoots from the inside. Foul! Thacker fouls Griffin on the shot. Griffin makes the first free throw. Griffin makes the second free throw. Butler 30 - 13.
9:17 - Game Event: Time out. Thacker must sit with 2 fouls. Northern Illinois substitutes Coyle to Shooting Guard, Keough to Small Forward, Jarvis to Power Forward and Drummond to Center.
9:17 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Walker steals the pass from Florence.
9:13 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Reaves leads the fast break with Brett and Walker. Reaves attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! And Reaves is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Reaves makes the first free throw. Butler 33 - 13.
9:08 - Game Event: Time out. Florence must sit with 2 fouls. Northern Illinois substitutes Drummond to Point Guard, Albers to Small Forward and Keough to Center.
9:08 - Northern Illinois: Coyle brings up the ball against a zone defense. Coyle passes the ball to Drummond. Drummond drives down the lane. Drummond passes the ball to Keough at the basket. Keough lays it up. The shot misses. Reaves grabs the rebound.
8:51 - Butler: Brett brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Brett passes the ball to Griffin on the perimeter. Griffin carelessly turns the ball over out of bounds.
8:46 - Game Event: Time out. Butler substitutes Griffin to Shooting Guard and Moriarty to Power Forward. Northern Illinois substitutes Keough to Small Forward and Vujačič to Center.
8:46 - Northern Illinois: Drummond brings up the ball against a zone defense. Drummond passes the ball to Keough in the paint. Keough passes the ball to Jarvis in the paint. Jarvis passes the ball to Keough in the paint. Keough passes the ball to Vujačič. Vujačič passes the ball to Keough. And the shot clock expires!
8:15 - Game Event: Time out. Butler substitutes Reaves to Shooting Guard and Griffin to Power Forward. Northern Illinois substitutes Albers to Small Forward and Keough to Center.
8:15 - Butler: Brett brings up the ball against a zone defense. Brett tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Brett passes the ball to Reaves. Reaves with a fadeaway jumper. Foul! Coyle fouls Reaves on the shot. Reaves makes the first free throw. Reaves makes the second free throw. Butler 35 - 13.
8:02 - Northern Illinois: Drummond brings up the ball against a zone defense. Drummond passes the ball to Coyle outside. Walker steals the pass from Coyle.
7:51 - Butler: Brett brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Brett shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Albers grabs the long rebound.
7:46 - Northern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Coyle leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Coyle passes the ball to Drummond in the paint. Drummond tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Drummond passes the ball to Coyle. Coyle with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Drummond. Butler 35 - 15.
7:23 - Game Event: Time out. Butler substitutes Griffin to Shooting Guard and Moriarty to Power Forward. Northern Illinois substitutes Keough to Small Forward and Vujačič to Center.
7:23 - Butler: Brett brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Brett drives down the lane. Brett passes the ball to Walker on the perimeter. Walker shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Brett. Butler 38 - 15.
7:15 - Northern Illinois: Drummond brings up the ball against a zone defense. Drummond passes the ball to Jarvis. Jarvis passes the ball to Drummond on the perimeter. Drummond shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Butler 38 - 18.
6:57 - Butler: Griffin brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Griffin passes the ball to Curtis in the paint. Curtis passes the ball to Brett. Brett passes the ball to Walker outside. Walker tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Walker passes the ball to Brett. Brett with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Walker. Butler 40 - 18.
6:31 - Northern Illinois: Drummond brings up the ball against a zone defense. Drummond passes the ball to Jarvis in the paint. Jarvis passes the ball to Keough on the perimeter. Keough passes the ball to Jarvis in the paint. Jarvis passes the ball to Keough outside. Keough passes the ball to Drummond on the perimeter. The shot clock winding down. Drummond shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Walker grabs the long rebound.
5:56 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Brett leads the fast break with Griffin to the right. Brett passes the ball to Griffin. Griffin shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Vujačič grabs the rebound.
5:50 - Northern Illinois: Drummond brings up the ball against a zone defense. Drummond passes the ball to Coyle outside. Brett steals the pass from Coyle.
5:39 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Griffin leads the fast break with Walker to the right. Griffin passes the ball to Walker on the perimeter. Walker shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Walker grabs the long offensive rebound.
5:34 - Butler: Walker has the rebound and restarts the offense. Walker shoots from deep. The shot misses. Moriarty grabs the offensive rebound.
5:28 - Butler: Moriarty has the rebound and restarts the offense. Moriarty passes the ball to Griffin in the paint. Griffin passes the ball to Moriarty in the paint. Moriarty shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Moriarty grabs the offensive rebound.
5:11 - Butler: Moriarty has the rebound and restarts the offense. Moriarty shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Butler 42 - 18.
5:05 - Game Event: Time out. Butler substitutes Reaves to Shooting Guard.
5:05 - Northern Illinois: Drummond brings up the ball against a zone defense. Walker steals the pass from Drummond.
4:58 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Brett leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Keough steals the pass from Brett.
4:48 - Northern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Coyle leads the fast break with Drummond and Keough. Coyle passes the ball to Drummond on the perimeter. Drummond shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Curtis grabs the rebound.
4:44 - Butler: Brett brings up the ball against a zone defense. Brett passes the ball to Reaves. Reaves passes the ball to Brett. Brett passes the ball to Walker on the perimeter. Walker shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Brett grabs the long offensive rebound.
4:22 - Butler: Brett has the rebound and restarts the offense. Brett drives by Keough. Brett passes the ball to Reaves on the perimeter. Reaves shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Vujačič grabs the rebound.
4:10 - Northern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Drummond attacks with the ball on the fast break. Drummond passes the ball to Coyle on the perimeter. Coyle shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Foul! Curtis fouls Vujačič blocking out to get the rebound.
4:05 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Florence to Point Guard, Jarvis to Shooting Guard, Drummond to Small Forward, Vujačič to Power Forward and Thacker to Center.
4:05 - Northern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Florence. Florence passes the ball to Jarvis on the perimeter. Jarvis passes the ball to Drummond on the perimeter. Drummond passes the ball to Thacker in the paint. Thacker passes the ball to Drummond outside. Drummond shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Butler 42 - 21.
3:38 - Butler: Brett brings up the ball against a zone defense. Brett passes the ball to Curtis in the paint. Curtis passes the ball to Moriarty outside. Moriarty tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Moriarty passes the ball to Walker. Walker with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Foul! Drummond fouls Walker blocking out to get the rebound. In the bonus, Walker is shooting one-and-one. Walker missed the first free throw. Vujačič grabs the rebound.
3:16 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Drummond on the perimeter. Drummond tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Drummond with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Curtis grabs the rebound.
3:01 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Reaves leads the fast break with Brett and Walker. Reaves passes the ball to Brett on the perimeter. Brett shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Reaves. Butler 45 - 21.
2:54 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Thacker in the paint. Moriarty steals the pass from Thacker.
2:43 - Butler: Reaves brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Reaves passes the ball to Moriarty on the perimeter. Moriarty passes the ball to Curtis in the paint. Curtis shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Jarvis grabs the rebound.
2:25 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Thacker in the paint. Thacker passes the ball to Florence on the perimeter. Florence passes the ball to Drummond in the paint. Drummond passes the ball to Thacker in the paint. Thacker shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Vujačič grabs the offensive rebound.
1:57 - Northern Illinois: Vujačič has the rebound and restarts the offense. Vujačič passes the ball to Drummond outside. Reaves steals the pass from Drummond.
1:45 - Butler: Brett brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Brett passes the ball to Curtis in the paint. Curtis shoots from the low post. Foul! Thacker fouls Curtis on the shot. Curtis makes the first free throw. Curtis missed the second free throw. Vujačič grabs the rebound. Butler 46 - 21.
1:34 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Jarvis in the paint. Jarvis passes the ball to Drummond outside. Drummond passes the ball to Vujačič in the paint. Vujačič carelessly turns the ball over to the other team.
1:19 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Reaves leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Reaves passes the ball to Brett in the paint. Brett drives down the lane. Brett lays it up. The shot goes in! Butler 48 - 21.
1:02 - Game Event: Time out. Thacker must sit with 3 fouls. Northern Illinois substitutes Keough to Shooting Guard, Jarvis to Small Forward, Drummond to Power Forward and Vujačič to Center.
1:02 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Vujačič in the paint. Vujačič passes the ball to Drummond in the paint. Drummond passes the ball to Florence. Florence passes the ball to Keough. Keough passes the ball to Florence. The shot clock winding down. Florence shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Butler 48 - 23.
0:25 - Butler: Reaves brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Reaves passes the ball to Walker. Walker drives down the lane. Walker passes the ball to Curtis at the basket. Curtis lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Walker. Butler 50 - 23.
0:07 - Northern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Keough leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. And the shot clock expires!
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Butler 50, Northern Illinois 23
Half-Time
2nd Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Curtis must sit with 2 fouls. Butler substitutes Griffin to Center. Drummond must sit with 2 fouls. Northern Illinois substitutes Jarvis to Point Guard, Coyle to Shooting Guard, Albers to Small Forward and Keough to Power Forward.
20:00 - Game Event: Possession arrow favors Northern Illinois. They receive the ball...
19:55 - Northern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Vujačič. Reaves steals the pass from Vujačič.
19:48 - Butler: Breakaway! Reaves takes the ball the length of the court. Reaves attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Butler 52 - 23.
19:42 - Game Event: Time out. Butler substitutes Curtis to Center. Northern Illinois substitutes Florence to Point Guard, Jarvis to Shooting Guard, Drummond to Small Forward, Vujačič to Power Forward and Thacker to Center.
19:42 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Thacker in the paint. Thacker passes the ball to Florence. Florence passes the ball to Drummond on the perimeter. Drummond passes the ball to Jarvis. Jarvis passes the ball to Florence. Florence drives down the lane. Florence passes the ball to Vujačič on the perimeter. Vujačič shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Butler 52 - 26.
19:05 - Butler: Brett brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Brett passes the ball to Reaves on the perimeter. Reaves shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Brett. Butler 55 - 26.
18:56 - Game Event: Time out. Butler substitutes Walker to Point Guard, Brett to Shooting Guard, Reaves to Small Forward and Griffin to Center.
18:56 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Drummond on the perimeter. Drummond passes the ball to Thacker in the paint. Thacker shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Drummond. Butler 55 - 28.
18:42 - Butler: Walker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Walker drives down the lane. Walker passes the ball to Griffin at the basket. Griffin lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Walker. Butler 57 - 28.
18:33 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Jarvis in the paint. Jarvis carelessly turns the ball over to the other team.
18:27 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Walker leads the fast break with Reaves and Brett. Walker passes the ball to Reaves on the perimeter. Reaves shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Griffin grabs the long offensive rebound.
18:23 - Butler: Griffin has the rebound and restarts the offense. Griffin passes the ball to Reaves. Reaves passes the ball to Walker outside. Walker shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Vujačič grabs the rebound.
18:06 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Florence passes the ball to Drummond. Drummond with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Butler 57 - 30.
17:58 - Butler: Walker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Walker passes the ball to Reaves. Reaves with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Walker. Butler 59 - 30.
17:48 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Thacker in the paint. Thacker passes the ball to Vujačič in the paint. Vujačič passes the ball to Florence. Florence passes the ball to Thacker in the paint. Thacker shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Assisted by Florence. Butler 59 - 32.
17:20 - Butler: Walker brings up the ball against pressure defense. Walker passes the ball to Reaves in the paint. Reaves shoots from the low post. Foul! Drummond fouls Reaves on the shot. Reaves makes the first free throw. Reaves makes the second free throw. Butler 61 - 32.
17:11 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Vujačič outside. Vujačič passes the ball to Florence. Florence passes the ball to Thacker in the paint. Thacker shoots from the block. Foul! Griffin fouls Thacker on the shot. Thacker makes the first free throw. Thacker makes the second free throw. Butler 61 - 34.
16:49 - Butler: Walker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Walker passes the ball to Griffin in the paint. Griffin shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Florence grabs the rebound.
16:40 - Northern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Florence leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Florence drives down the lane. Florence passes the ball to Jarvis on the perimeter. Jarvis shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Jarvis grabs the long offensive rebound.
16:24 - Northern Illinois: Jarvis has the rebound and restarts the offense. Jarvis passes the ball to Vujačič in the paint. Vujačič passes the ball to Jarvis outside. Foul! Reaves commits a foul away from the ball.
16:11 - Northern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Thacker. Thacker passes the ball to Jarvis on the perimeter. Jarvis passes the ball to Florence in the paint. Florence passes the ball to Thacker in the paint. Thacker passes the ball to Drummond. Drummond passes the ball to Vujačič in the paint. Vujačič shoots from the low post. It's blocked by Moriarty! Griffin grabs the rebound.
15:44 - Butler: Walker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Walker passes the ball to Brett on the perimeter. Brett passes the ball to Griffin in the paint. Griffin passes the ball to Moriarty in the paint. Moriarty passes the ball to Reaves on the perimeter. Reaves shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Reaves grabs the long offensive rebound.
15:20 - Butler: Reaves has the rebound and restarts the offense. Reaves shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Drummond grabs the long rebound.
15:14 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence drives down the lane. Florence passes the ball to Thacker at the basket. Thacker lays it up. The shot misses. Walker grabs the rebound.
15:00 - Butler: Walker brings up the ball against a zone defense. Walker tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Walker with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Butler 63 - 34.
14:50 - Game Event: Time out. Butler substitutes Reaves to Point Guard, Griffin to Small Forward and Curtis to Center. Northern Illinois substitutes Keough to Shooting Guard and Jarvis to Small Forward.
14:50 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Florence passes the ball to Vujačič in the paint. Vujačič shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Vujačič grabs the offensive rebound.
14:35 - Northern Illinois: Vujačič has the rebound and restarts the offense. Vujačič passes the ball to Jarvis outside. Jarvis passes the ball to Florence outside. Florence tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Florence with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Butler 63 - 36.
14:14 - Butler: Reaves brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Reaves passes the ball to Brett on the perimeter. Brett shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Reaves. Butler 66 - 36.
14:07 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Jarvis in the paint. Jarvis passes the ball to Florence on the perimeter. Florence shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Assisted by Jarvis. Butler 66 - 39.
13:52 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Jarvis to Shooting Guard and Drummond to Small Forward.
13:52 - Butler: Brett brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Brett passes the ball to Griffin on the perimeter. Griffin passes the ball to Reaves. Reaves passes the ball to Curtis in the paint. Curtis shoots in the paint. Foul! Thacker fouls Curtis on the shot. Curtis missed the first free throw. Curtis missed the second free throw. Vujačič grabs the rebound.
13:29 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence drives down the lane. Florence lays it up. Foul! Curtis fouls Florence on the shot. Florence makes the first free throw. Florence missed the second free throw. Curtis grabs the rebound. Butler 66 - 40.
13:18 - Butler: Reaves brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Reaves passes the ball to Curtis in the paint. Curtis shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Vujačič grabs the rebound.
13:06 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Drummond on the perimeter. Drummond passes the ball to Thacker. Thacker passes the ball to Florence. Florence shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Curtis grabs the rebound.
12:45 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Brett leads the fast break with Griffin to the right. Brett passes the ball to Griffin. Griffin shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Moriarty grabs the offensive rebound.
12:41 - Butler: Moriarty has the rebound and restarts the offense. Moriarty shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Jarvis grabs the rebound.
12:37 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Drummond in the paint. Drummond passes the ball to Thacker in the paint. Thacker shoots from the block. Foul! Curtis fouls Thacker on the shot. Thacker makes the first free throw. Thacker makes the second free throw. Butler 66 - 42.
12:15 - Game Event: Time out. Butler substitutes Griffin to Point Guard and Walker to Small Forward. Thacker must sit with 4 fouls. Northern Illinois substitutes Coyle to Shooting Guard, Matlock to Small Forward, Albers to Power Forward and Keough to Center.
12:15 - Butler: Griffin brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Griffin passes the ball to Moriarty in the paint. Moriarty shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Butler 68 - 42.
12:04 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Matlock on the perimeter. Matlock shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Foul! Moriarty fouls Albers blocking out to get the rebound.
11:50 - Game Event: Time out. Butler substitutes Walker to Point Guard, Reaves to Shooting Guard, Brett to Small Forward and Griffin to Power Forward. Northern Illinois substitutes Albers to Small Forward, Keough to Power Forward and Drummond to Center.
11:50 - Northern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Drummond. Drummond passes the ball to Florence. Florence turns the ball over out of bounds.
11:39 - Butler: Walker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Walker tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Walker with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Drummond grabs the rebound.
11:30 - Northern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Coyle leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Coyle passes the ball to Florence. Florence passes the ball to Coyle on the perimeter. Coyle hands off the ball to Florence. Florence shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Griffin grabs the long rebound.
11:05 - Butler: Walker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Walker passes the ball to Curtis in the paint. Curtis shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Butler 70 - 42.
10:57 - Game Event: Time out. Butler substitutes Brett to Point Guard and Walker to Small Forward.
10:57 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Coyle. Coyle shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Curtis grabs the rebound.
10:46 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Brett leads the fast break with Walker to the right. Brett lays it up. The shot goes in! Butler 72 - 42.
10:46 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Butler!
10:40 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Florence passes the ball to Drummond in the paint. Drummond shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Butler 72 - 44.
10:29 - Butler: Brett brings up the ball against a zone defense. Brett drives by Albers. Brett lays it up. The shot misses. Albers grabs the rebound.
10:21 - Northern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Coyle attacks with the ball on the fast break. Coyle turns the ball over to the other team.
10:16 - Butler: Brett brings up the ball against a zone defense. Brett drives by Albers. Brett lays it up. Offensive foul! Brett charged with the foul while taking the shot over Drummond.
10:07 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Matlock to Small Forward, Albers to Power Forward and Keough to Center.
10:07 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Matlock in the paint. Matlock shoots from the low post. Foul! Griffin fouls Matlock on the shot. Matlock makes the first free throw. Matlock makes the second free throw. Butler 72 - 46.
9:58 - Game Event: Time out. Butler substitutes Griffin to Shooting Guard and Moriarty to Power Forward. Northern Illinois substitutes Keough to Small Forward, Jarvis to Power Forward and Drummond to Center.
9:58 - Butler: Brett brings up the ball against pressure defense. Brett passes the ball to Walker on the perimeter. Walker shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Foul! Curtis fouls Drummond trying to grab the offensive rebound. Curtis fouls out. Reaves replaces Curtis at center. In the bonus, Drummond is shooting one-and-one. Drummond makes the first free throw. Drummond makes the second free throw. Butler 72 - 48.
9:48 - Game Event: Time out. Butler substitutes Reaves to Shooting Guard and Griffin to Center.
9:48 - Butler: Brett brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Brett passes the ball to Griffin in the paint. Griffin passes the ball to Brett in the paint. Brett shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Butler 74 - 48.
9:31 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Jarvis in the paint. Jarvis passes the ball to Coyle on the perimeter. Coyle passes the ball to Keough on the perimeter. Keough passes the ball to Jarvis. Jarvis turns the ball over to the other team.
9:12 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Reaves leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Reaves passes the ball to Griffin in the paint. Griffin shoots from the block. The shot misses. Griffin grabs the offensive rebound.
8:56 - Butler: Griffin has the rebound. Griffin shoots from the low post. Foul! Drummond fouls Griffin on the shot. Griffin makes the first free throw. Griffin makes the second free throw. Butler 76 - 48.
8:54 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Jarvis to Shooting Guard, Drummond to Small Forward, Vujačič to Power Forward and Thacker to Center.
8:54 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence drives down the lane. Florence lays it up. The shot misses. Vujačič grabs the offensive rebound.
8:45 - Northern Illinois: Vujačič has the rebound and restarts the offense. Reaves steals the pass from Vujačič.
8:39 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Reaves leads the fast break with Brett and Walker. Reaves passes the ball to Brett on the perimeter. Brett shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Brett grabs the long offensive rebound.
8:34 - Butler: Brett has the rebound and restarts the offense. Brett passes the ball to Walker on the perimeter. Walker drives down the lane. Walker passes the ball to Brett on the perimeter. Brett shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Walker. Butler 79 - 48.
8:21 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Coyle to Shooting Guard, Keough to Small Forward and Drummond to Power Forward.
8:21 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Coyle outside. Coyle passes the ball to Florence outside. Florence passes the ball to Keough outside. Keough passes the ball to Drummond in the paint. Drummond shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Keough. Butler 79 - 50.
7:49 - Game Event: Time out. Butler substitutes Walker to Point Guard and Brett to Small Forward. Northern Illinois substitutes Jarvis to Shooting Guard, Drummond to Small Forward and Vujačič to Power Forward.
7:49 - Butler: Walker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Walker passes the ball to Moriarty. Moriarty shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot misses. Thacker grabs the rebound.
7:37 - Northern Illinois: Jarvis brings up the ball against a zone defense. Jarvis passes the ball to Florence outside. Florence passes the ball to Vujačič outside. Vujačič passes the ball to Jarvis outside. Jarvis passes the ball to Drummond in the paint. Drummond passes the ball to Florence. Florence drives down the lane. Florence passes the ball to Jarvis on the perimeter. Jarvis shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Moriarty grabs the rebound.
7:01 - Butler: Reaves brings up the ball against a zone defense. Reaves passes the ball to Moriarty in the paint. Offensive foul! Walker commits the foul away from the ball.
6:57 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Walker steals the pass from Florence.
6:51 - Butler: Walker brings up the ball against a zone defense. Walker tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Walker turns the ball over to the other team.
6:42 - Northern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Jarvis leads the fast break with Drummond and Florence. Jarvis lays it up. Foul! Reaves fouls Jarvis on the shot. Jarvis makes the first free throw. Jarvis makes the second free throw. Butler 79 - 52.
6:35 - Butler: Walker brings up the ball against a zone defense. Walker passes the ball to Reaves on the perimeter. Foul! Vujačič commits a foul away from the ball.
6:28 - Butler: The ball is inbounded to Brett. Brett passes the ball to Walker on the perimeter. Walker shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Thacker grabs the rebound.
6:17 - Northern Illinois: Jarvis brings up the ball against a zone defense. Jarvis passes the ball to Vujačič outside. Vujačič passes the ball to Drummond. Drummond passes the ball to Florence in the paint. Florence passes the ball to Jarvis. Jarvis passes the ball to Drummond on the perimeter. Drummond shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Butler 79 - 55.
5:49 - Game Event: Time out. Butler substitutes Griffin to Power Forward and Moriarty to Center.
5:49 - Butler: Walker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Walker passes the ball to Griffin on the perimeter. Griffin hands off the ball to Walker. Walker shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Foul! Brett fouls Drummond trying to grab the offensive rebound. In the double bonus, Drummond is shooting two free throws. Drummond makes the first free throw. Drummond missed the second free throw. Moriarty grabs the rebound. Butler 79 - 56.
5:33 - Butler: Reaves brings up the ball against a zone defense. Reaves passes the ball to Griffin in the paint. Griffin shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Butler 81 - 56.
5:22 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Florence passes the ball to Thacker in the paint. Thacker shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Butler 81 - 58.
5:09 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Keough to Shooting Guard, Jarvis to Small Forward and Drummond to Power Forward.
5:09 - Butler: Reaves brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Reaves passes the ball to Walker outside. Walker passes the ball to Moriarty in the paint. Moriarty passes the ball to Griffin. Griffin shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Thacker grabs the rebound.
4:48 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Jarvis on the perimeter. Jarvis passes the ball to Florence. Florence passes the ball to Keough. Keough passes the ball to Jarvis. Jarvis passes the ball to Florence outside. Florence shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Moriarty grabs the rebound.
4:17 - Butler: Walker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Walker passes the ball to Griffin in the paint. Griffin goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Walker. Butler 83 - 58.
4:08 - Game Event: Time out. Butler substitutes Griffin to Shooting Guard, Moriarty to Power Forward and Reaves to Center. Northern Illinois substitutes Jarvis to Shooting Guard, Drummond to Small Forward and Vujačič to Power Forward.
4:08 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Vujačič. Vujačič with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Brett grabs the rebound.
3:56 - Butler: Walker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Walker tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Walker passes the ball to Reaves in the paint. Reaves shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Vujačič grabs the rebound.
3:48 - Northern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Jarvis leads the fast break with Florence and Drummond. Jarvis lays it up. Foul! Walker fouls Jarvis on the shot. Jarvis makes the first free throw. Jarvis makes the second free throw. Butler 83 - 60.
3:42 - Butler: Walker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Thacker steals the pass from Walker.
3:35 - Northern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Jarvis leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Jarvis passes the ball to Drummond on the perimeter. Drummond passes the ball to Jarvis on the perimeter. Jarvis passes the ball to Florence. Florence passes the ball to Drummond in the paint. Drummond shoots from the block. The shot misses. Reaves grabs the rebound.
3:03 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Griffin leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Griffin passes the ball to Reaves in the paint. Reaves passes the ball to Walker outside. Offensive foul! Walker commits the foul.
2:46 - Game Event: Time out. Butler substitutes Reaves to Shooting Guard, Griffin to Power Forward and Moriarty to Center.
2:46 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Thacker outside. Thacker shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Griffin grabs the rebound.
2:35 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Walker leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Walker passes the ball to Brett on the perimeter. Brett shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Griffin tips it in. Butler 85 - 60.
2:19 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Thacker in the paint. Thacker shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Brett grabs the rebound.
2:07 - Butler: Walker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Walker passes the ball to Reaves. Reaves shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Vujačič grabs the rebound.
1:55 - Northern Illinois: Jarvis brings up the ball against a zone defense. Jarvis passes the ball to Florence in the paint. Florence tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Florence shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Brett grabs the rebound.
1:39 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Reaves leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Reaves shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Florence grabs the long rebound.
1:29 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Jarvis on the perimeter. Jarvis passes the ball to Florence outside. Florence passes the ball to Drummond in the paint. Drummond passes the ball to Florence. Florence drives down the lane. Florence lays it up. The shot goes in! Butler 85 - 62.
0:56 - Game Event: Time out. Butler substitutes Brett to Point Guard, Walker to Small Forward, Moriarty to Power Forward and Griffin to Center.
0:56 - Butler: Brett brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Brett passes the ball to Walker on the perimeter. Walker passes the ball to Griffin in the paint. Florence steals the pass from Griffin.
0:37 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Vujačič in the paint. Vujačič shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Florence. And Vujačič is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Vujačič makes the first free throw. Butler 85 - 65.
0:29 - Butler: Brett brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Brett passes the ball to Moriarty in the paint. Moriarty shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Assisted by Brett. Butler 87 - 65.
0:19 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Drummond on the perimeter. Drummond shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Moriarty grabs the rebound.
0:09 - Butler: Brett dribbles out the clock until time expires.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Butler 87, Northern Illinois 65
Starting Line-Ups
Butler: PG-Brett (6' 3"), SG-Reaves (6' 7"), SF-Walker (6' 4½"), PF-Moriarty (6' 8"), C-Curtis (6' 7½")
Northern Illinois: PG-Florence (5' 10½"), SG-Jarvis (6' 1½"), SF-Drummond (6' 2½"), PF-Vujačič (6' 4½"), C-Thacker (6' 6½")
1st Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Tip-off! Butler gains possession on the jump ball...
19:55 - Butler: Brett brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Brett tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Brett with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Butler 2 - 0.
19:48 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Jarvis outside. Jarvis passes the ball to Drummond outside. Drummond carelessly turns the ball over out of bounds.
19:37 - Butler: Brett brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Brett passes the ball to Moriarty in the paint. Moriarty passes the ball to Walker in the paint. Walker shoots from the inside. Thacker rotates over and blocks the shot! Curtis grabs the offensive rebound.
19:20 - Butler: Curtis has the rebound. Curtis shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Butler 4 - 0.
19:18 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Jarvis outside. Jarvis passes the ball to Vujačič in the paint. Vujačič passes the ball to Drummond. Drummond shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Assisted by Vujačič. Butler 4 - 2.
18:51 - Game Event: Time out. Butler substitutes Walker to Point Guard, Brett to Shooting Guard, Reaves to Small Forward and Griffin to Center. Northern Illinois substitutes Drummond to Point Guard, Coyle to Shooting Guard, Keough to Small Forward, Jarvis to Power Forward and Vujačič to Center.
18:51 - Butler: Walker brings up the ball against pressure defense. Walker drives by Drummond. Walker lays it up. The shot goes in! Butler 6 - 2.
18:41 - Northern Illinois: Drummond brings up the ball against a zone defense. Drummond drives down the lane. Drummond lays it up. Griffin rotates over and blocks the shot! Moriarty grabs the rebound.
18:29 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Brett attacks with the ball on the fast break. Brett passes the ball to Reaves on the perimeter. Reaves shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Vujačič grabs the rebound.
18:25 - Northern Illinois: Drummond brings up the ball against a zone defense. Drummond tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Drummond with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Walker grabs the rebound.
18:14 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Brett leads the fast break. Foul! Drummond commits the foul on Brett.
18:08 - Butler: The ball is inbounded to Reaves. Reaves passes the ball to Brett on the perimeter. Brett shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Reaves. Butler 9 - 2.
18:00 - Northern Illinois: Drummond brings up the ball against a zone defense. Drummond passes the ball to Vujačič in the paint. Vujačič passes the ball to Drummond on the perimeter. Drummond passes the ball to Keough on the perimeter. Keough hands off the ball to Coyle. The shot clock winding down. Coyle shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Coyle grabs the offensive rebound.
17:27 - Northern Illinois: Coyle has the rebound and restarts the offense. Coyle passes the ball to Drummond. Drummond passes the ball to Keough. Keough passes the ball to Drummond in the paint. The shot clock winding down. Drummond shoots from the inside. Griffin rotates over and blocks the shot! Moriarty grabs the rebound.
17:04 - Butler: Walker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Walker passes the ball to Moriarty in the paint. Moriarty shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Walker. Butler 11 - 2.
16:55 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Florence to Point Guard, Keough to Shooting Guard, Jarvis to Small Forward and Drummond to Power Forward.
16:55 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Vujačič. Vujačič shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Brett grabs the rebound.
16:43 - Butler: Walker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Walker passes the ball to Reaves. Reaves passes the ball to Brett. Brett passes the ball to Walker on the perimeter. Walker passes the ball to Brett in the paint. Brett shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Assisted by Walker. Butler 13 - 2.
16:17 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Drummond to Point Guard, Coyle to Shooting Guard, Keough to Small Forward and Jarvis to Power Forward.
16:17 - Northern Illinois: Drummond brings up the ball against a zone defense. Drummond passes the ball to Vujačič in the paint. Vujačič passes the ball to Coyle on the perimeter. Coyle passes the ball to Vujačič in the paint. Vujačič passes the ball to Jarvis on the perimeter. Reaves steals the pass from Jarvis.
15:52 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Brett leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Brett tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Brett passes the ball to Reaves in the paint. Reaves shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Butler 15 - 2.
15:37 - Game Event: Time out. Butler substitutes Reaves to Point Guard and Walker to Small Forward. Northern Illinois substitutes Florence to Point Guard.
15:37 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence drives to the basket. Offensive foul! Florence commits the foul on the drive.
15:27 - Butler: Reaves brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Reaves passes the ball to Moriarty in the paint. Moriarty shoots from the low post. Foul! Jarvis fouls Moriarty on the shot. Moriarty makes the first free throw. Moriarty makes the second free throw. Butler 17 - 2.
15:17 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Vujačič in the paint. Vujačič shoots from the block. The shot misses. Griffin grabs the rebound.
15:06 - Butler: Brett brings up the ball against a zone defense. Brett passes the ball to Moriarty in the paint. Moriarty shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Vujačič grabs the rebound.
14:56 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Keough on the perimeter. Keough passes the ball to Jarvis in the paint. Jarvis passes the ball to Coyle outside. Coyle passes the ball to Keough on the perimeter. Keough shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Vujačič grabs the offensive rebound.
14:26 - Northern Illinois: Vujačič has the rebound. Vujačič goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Butler 17 - 4.
14:24 - Game Event: Time out. Butler substitutes Griffin to Small Forward and Curtis to Center. Northern Illinois substitutes Keough to Shooting Guard, Jarvis to Small Forward, Vujačič to Power Forward and Thacker to Center.
14:24 - Butler: Reaves brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Reaves passes the ball to Griffin. Griffin carelessly turns the ball over to the other team.
14:20 - Northern Illinois: Keough brings up the ball against a zone defense. Griffin steals the pass from Keough.
14:15 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Brett leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Brett passes the ball to Reaves on the perimeter. Reaves passes the ball to Curtis. Curtis shoots a jumper from the elbow. Foul! Thacker fouls Curtis on the shot. Curtis makes the first free throw. Curtis makes the second free throw. Butler 19 - 4.
13:57 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Jarvis to Shooting Guard and Drummond to Small Forward.
13:57 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Reaves steals the pass from Florence.
13:52 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Brett leads the fast break with Reaves to the right. Brett passes the ball to Reaves on the perimeter. Reaves shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Brett. Butler 22 - 4.
13:52 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Butler!
13:45 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Keough to Shooting Guard and Jarvis to Small Forward.
13:45 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Vujačič in the paint. Foul! Moriarty commits the foul on Vujačič.
13:40 - Northern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Thacker. Griffin steals the pass from Thacker.
13:32 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Brett leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Brett passes the ball to Moriarty on the perimeter. Moriarty hands off the ball to Brett. Brett drives by Keough. Brett passes the ball to Curtis at the basket. Curtis lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Brett. Butler 24 - 4.
13:02 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Jarvis outside. Jarvis passes the ball to Vujačič in the paint. Vujačič passes the ball to Florence. Florence shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot goes in! Butler 24 - 6.
12:37 - Game Event: Time out. Butler substitutes Curtis to Point Guard, Walker to Small Forward and Griffin to Center. Northern Illinois substitutes Coyle to Shooting Guard, Keough to Small Forward and Drummond to Power Forward.
12:37 - Butler: Curtis brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Curtis passes the ball to Brett on the perimeter. Foul! Coyle commits the foul on Brett.
12:33 - Butler: The ball is inbounded to Moriarty. Moriarty passes the ball to Griffin in the paint. Griffin shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Butler 26 - 6.
12:23 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Thacker in the paint. Thacker shoots from the block. Moriarty rotates over and blocks the shot! Keough grabs the offensive rebound.
12:12 - Northern Illinois: Keough has the rebound and restarts the offense. Keough shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Butler 26 - 8.
12:07 - Butler: Curtis brings up the ball against a zone defense. Curtis passes the ball to Moriarty in the paint. Moriarty shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Drummond grabs the rebound.
11:56 - Northern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Coyle leads the fast break with Florence and Keough. Coyle passes the ball to Florence on the perimeter. Florence shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Walker grabs the rebound.
11:51 - Butler: Curtis brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Curtis passes the ball to Griffin in the paint. Griffin shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Thacker grabs the rebound.
11:41 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Drummond in the paint. Drummond tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Drummond shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Moriarty grabs the rebound.
11:22 - Butler: Curtis brings up the ball against a zone defense. Curtis passes the ball to Brett. Brett turns the ball over out of bounds.
11:17 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Curtis steals the pass from Florence.
11:09 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Brett leads the fast break with Curtis and Walker. Brett passes the ball to Curtis. Curtis shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Brett. Butler 28 - 8.
11:03 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Coyle outside. Coyle hands off the ball to Florence. Florence passes the ball to Keough in the paint. Keough shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Florence. Butler 28 - 10.
10:40 - Game Event: Time out. Butler substitutes Brett to Point Guard, Reaves to Shooting Guard, Griffin to Power Forward and Curtis to Center.
10:40 - Butler: Reaves brings up the ball against a zone defense. Reaves passes the ball to Brett on the perimeter. Brett shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Reaves grabs the long offensive rebound.
10:29 - Butler: Reaves has the rebound and restarts the offense. Reaves passes the ball to Griffin in the paint. Griffin shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Griffin grabs the offensive rebound.
10:20 - Butler: Griffin has the rebound. Griffin shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Florence grabs the rebound.
10:18 - Northern Illinois: Coyle brings up the ball against a zone defense. Coyle passes the ball to Drummond in the paint. Drummond shoots in the paint. Foul! Griffin fouls Drummond on the shot. Drummond makes the first free throw. Drummond makes the second free throw. Butler 28 - 12.
10:04 - Butler: Reaves brings up the ball against a zone defense. Reaves passes the ball to Brett on the perimeter. Brett shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Thacker grabs the rebound.
9:56 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Drummond in the paint. Drummond tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Drummond passes the ball to Florence. Florence with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Coyle grabs the offensive rebound.
9:40 - Northern Illinois: Coyle has the rebound and restarts the offense. Coyle passes the ball to Thacker in the paint. Thacker shoots in the paint. Foul! Curtis fouls Thacker on the shot. Thacker missed the first free throw. Thacker makes the second free throw. Butler 28 - 13.
9:30 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Keough to Shooting Guard and Jarvis to Small Forward.
9:30 - Butler: Brett brings up the ball against a zone defense. Brett passes the ball to Griffin in the paint. Griffin shoots from the inside. Foul! Thacker fouls Griffin on the shot. Griffin makes the first free throw. Griffin makes the second free throw. Butler 30 - 13.
9:17 - Game Event: Time out. Thacker must sit with 2 fouls. Northern Illinois substitutes Coyle to Shooting Guard, Keough to Small Forward, Jarvis to Power Forward and Drummond to Center.
9:17 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Walker steals the pass from Florence.
9:13 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Reaves leads the fast break with Brett and Walker. Reaves attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! And Reaves is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Reaves makes the first free throw. Butler 33 - 13.
9:08 - Game Event: Time out. Florence must sit with 2 fouls. Northern Illinois substitutes Drummond to Point Guard, Albers to Small Forward and Keough to Center.
9:08 - Northern Illinois: Coyle brings up the ball against a zone defense. Coyle passes the ball to Drummond. Drummond drives down the lane. Drummond passes the ball to Keough at the basket. Keough lays it up. The shot misses. Reaves grabs the rebound.
8:51 - Butler: Brett brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Brett passes the ball to Griffin on the perimeter. Griffin carelessly turns the ball over out of bounds.
8:46 - Game Event: Time out. Butler substitutes Griffin to Shooting Guard and Moriarty to Power Forward. Northern Illinois substitutes Keough to Small Forward and Vujačič to Center.
8:46 - Northern Illinois: Drummond brings up the ball against a zone defense. Drummond passes the ball to Keough in the paint. Keough passes the ball to Jarvis in the paint. Jarvis passes the ball to Keough in the paint. Keough passes the ball to Vujačič. Vujačič passes the ball to Keough. And the shot clock expires!
8:15 - Game Event: Time out. Butler substitutes Reaves to Shooting Guard and Griffin to Power Forward. Northern Illinois substitutes Albers to Small Forward and Keough to Center.
8:15 - Butler: Brett brings up the ball against a zone defense. Brett tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Brett passes the ball to Reaves. Reaves with a fadeaway jumper. Foul! Coyle fouls Reaves on the shot. Reaves makes the first free throw. Reaves makes the second free throw. Butler 35 - 13.
8:02 - Northern Illinois: Drummond brings up the ball against a zone defense. Drummond passes the ball to Coyle outside. Walker steals the pass from Coyle.
7:51 - Butler: Brett brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Brett shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Albers grabs the long rebound.
7:46 - Northern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Coyle leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Coyle passes the ball to Drummond in the paint. Drummond tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Drummond passes the ball to Coyle. Coyle with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Drummond. Butler 35 - 15.
7:23 - Game Event: Time out. Butler substitutes Griffin to Shooting Guard and Moriarty to Power Forward. Northern Illinois substitutes Keough to Small Forward and Vujačič to Center.
7:23 - Butler: Brett brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Brett drives down the lane. Brett passes the ball to Walker on the perimeter. Walker shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Brett. Butler 38 - 15.
7:15 - Northern Illinois: Drummond brings up the ball against a zone defense. Drummond passes the ball to Jarvis. Jarvis passes the ball to Drummond on the perimeter. Drummond shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Butler 38 - 18.
6:57 - Butler: Griffin brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Griffin passes the ball to Curtis in the paint. Curtis passes the ball to Brett. Brett passes the ball to Walker outside. Walker tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Walker passes the ball to Brett. Brett with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Walker. Butler 40 - 18.
6:31 - Northern Illinois: Drummond brings up the ball against a zone defense. Drummond passes the ball to Jarvis in the paint. Jarvis passes the ball to Keough on the perimeter. Keough passes the ball to Jarvis in the paint. Jarvis passes the ball to Keough outside. Keough passes the ball to Drummond on the perimeter. The shot clock winding down. Drummond shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Walker grabs the long rebound.
5:56 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Brett leads the fast break with Griffin to the right. Brett passes the ball to Griffin. Griffin shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Vujačič grabs the rebound.
5:50 - Northern Illinois: Drummond brings up the ball against a zone defense. Drummond passes the ball to Coyle outside. Brett steals the pass from Coyle.
5:39 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Griffin leads the fast break with Walker to the right. Griffin passes the ball to Walker on the perimeter. Walker shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Walker grabs the long offensive rebound.
5:34 - Butler: Walker has the rebound and restarts the offense. Walker shoots from deep. The shot misses. Moriarty grabs the offensive rebound.
5:28 - Butler: Moriarty has the rebound and restarts the offense. Moriarty passes the ball to Griffin in the paint. Griffin passes the ball to Moriarty in the paint. Moriarty shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Moriarty grabs the offensive rebound.
5:11 - Butler: Moriarty has the rebound and restarts the offense. Moriarty shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Butler 42 - 18.
5:05 - Game Event: Time out. Butler substitutes Reaves to Shooting Guard.
5:05 - Northern Illinois: Drummond brings up the ball against a zone defense. Walker steals the pass from Drummond.
4:58 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Brett leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Keough steals the pass from Brett.
4:48 - Northern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Coyle leads the fast break with Drummond and Keough. Coyle passes the ball to Drummond on the perimeter. Drummond shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Curtis grabs the rebound.
4:44 - Butler: Brett brings up the ball against a zone defense. Brett passes the ball to Reaves. Reaves passes the ball to Brett. Brett passes the ball to Walker on the perimeter. Walker shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Brett grabs the long offensive rebound.
4:22 - Butler: Brett has the rebound and restarts the offense. Brett drives by Keough. Brett passes the ball to Reaves on the perimeter. Reaves shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Vujačič grabs the rebound.
4:10 - Northern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Drummond attacks with the ball on the fast break. Drummond passes the ball to Coyle on the perimeter. Coyle shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Foul! Curtis fouls Vujačič blocking out to get the rebound.
4:05 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Florence to Point Guard, Jarvis to Shooting Guard, Drummond to Small Forward, Vujačič to Power Forward and Thacker to Center.
4:05 - Northern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Florence. Florence passes the ball to Jarvis on the perimeter. Jarvis passes the ball to Drummond on the perimeter. Drummond passes the ball to Thacker in the paint. Thacker passes the ball to Drummond outside. Drummond shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Butler 42 - 21.
3:38 - Butler: Brett brings up the ball against a zone defense. Brett passes the ball to Curtis in the paint. Curtis passes the ball to Moriarty outside. Moriarty tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Moriarty passes the ball to Walker. Walker with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Foul! Drummond fouls Walker blocking out to get the rebound. In the bonus, Walker is shooting one-and-one. Walker missed the first free throw. Vujačič grabs the rebound.
3:16 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Drummond on the perimeter. Drummond tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Drummond with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Curtis grabs the rebound.
3:01 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Reaves leads the fast break with Brett and Walker. Reaves passes the ball to Brett on the perimeter. Brett shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Reaves. Butler 45 - 21.
2:54 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Thacker in the paint. Moriarty steals the pass from Thacker.
2:43 - Butler: Reaves brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Reaves passes the ball to Moriarty on the perimeter. Moriarty passes the ball to Curtis in the paint. Curtis shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Jarvis grabs the rebound.
2:25 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Thacker in the paint. Thacker passes the ball to Florence on the perimeter. Florence passes the ball to Drummond in the paint. Drummond passes the ball to Thacker in the paint. Thacker shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Vujačič grabs the offensive rebound.
1:57 - Northern Illinois: Vujačič has the rebound and restarts the offense. Vujačič passes the ball to Drummond outside. Reaves steals the pass from Drummond.
1:45 - Butler: Brett brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Brett passes the ball to Curtis in the paint. Curtis shoots from the low post. Foul! Thacker fouls Curtis on the shot. Curtis makes the first free throw. Curtis missed the second free throw. Vujačič grabs the rebound. Butler 46 - 21.
1:34 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Jarvis in the paint. Jarvis passes the ball to Drummond outside. Drummond passes the ball to Vujačič in the paint. Vujačič carelessly turns the ball over to the other team.
1:19 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Reaves leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Reaves passes the ball to Brett in the paint. Brett drives down the lane. Brett lays it up. The shot goes in! Butler 48 - 21.
1:02 - Game Event: Time out. Thacker must sit with 3 fouls. Northern Illinois substitutes Keough to Shooting Guard, Jarvis to Small Forward, Drummond to Power Forward and Vujačič to Center.
1:02 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Vujačič in the paint. Vujačič passes the ball to Drummond in the paint. Drummond passes the ball to Florence. Florence passes the ball to Keough. Keough passes the ball to Florence. The shot clock winding down. Florence shoots a jumper. The shot goes in! Butler 48 - 23.
0:25 - Butler: Reaves brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Reaves passes the ball to Walker. Walker drives down the lane. Walker passes the ball to Curtis at the basket. Curtis lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Walker. Butler 50 - 23.
0:07 - Northern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Keough leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. And the shot clock expires!
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Butler 50, Northern Illinois 23
Half-Time
2nd Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Curtis must sit with 2 fouls. Butler substitutes Griffin to Center. Drummond must sit with 2 fouls. Northern Illinois substitutes Jarvis to Point Guard, Coyle to Shooting Guard, Albers to Small Forward and Keough to Power Forward.
20:00 - Game Event: Possession arrow favors Northern Illinois. They receive the ball...
19:55 - Northern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Vujačič. Reaves steals the pass from Vujačič.
19:48 - Butler: Breakaway! Reaves takes the ball the length of the court. Reaves attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Butler 52 - 23.
19:42 - Game Event: Time out. Butler substitutes Curtis to Center. Northern Illinois substitutes Florence to Point Guard, Jarvis to Shooting Guard, Drummond to Small Forward, Vujačič to Power Forward and Thacker to Center.
19:42 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Thacker in the paint. Thacker passes the ball to Florence. Florence passes the ball to Drummond on the perimeter. Drummond passes the ball to Jarvis. Jarvis passes the ball to Florence. Florence drives down the lane. Florence passes the ball to Vujačič on the perimeter. Vujačič shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Butler 52 - 26.
19:05 - Butler: Brett brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Brett passes the ball to Reaves on the perimeter. Reaves shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Brett. Butler 55 - 26.
18:56 - Game Event: Time out. Butler substitutes Walker to Point Guard, Brett to Shooting Guard, Reaves to Small Forward and Griffin to Center.
18:56 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Drummond on the perimeter. Drummond passes the ball to Thacker in the paint. Thacker shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Drummond. Butler 55 - 28.
18:42 - Butler: Walker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Walker drives down the lane. Walker passes the ball to Griffin at the basket. Griffin lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Walker. Butler 57 - 28.
18:33 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Jarvis in the paint. Jarvis carelessly turns the ball over to the other team.
18:27 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Walker leads the fast break with Reaves and Brett. Walker passes the ball to Reaves on the perimeter. Reaves shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Griffin grabs the long offensive rebound.
18:23 - Butler: Griffin has the rebound and restarts the offense. Griffin passes the ball to Reaves. Reaves passes the ball to Walker outside. Walker shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Vujačič grabs the rebound.
18:06 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Florence passes the ball to Drummond. Drummond with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Butler 57 - 30.
17:58 - Butler: Walker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Walker passes the ball to Reaves. Reaves with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Walker. Butler 59 - 30.
17:48 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Thacker in the paint. Thacker passes the ball to Vujačič in the paint. Vujačič passes the ball to Florence. Florence passes the ball to Thacker in the paint. Thacker shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Assisted by Florence. Butler 59 - 32.
17:20 - Butler: Walker brings up the ball against pressure defense. Walker passes the ball to Reaves in the paint. Reaves shoots from the low post. Foul! Drummond fouls Reaves on the shot. Reaves makes the first free throw. Reaves makes the second free throw. Butler 61 - 32.
17:11 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Vujačič outside. Vujačič passes the ball to Florence. Florence passes the ball to Thacker in the paint. Thacker shoots from the block. Foul! Griffin fouls Thacker on the shot. Thacker makes the first free throw. Thacker makes the second free throw. Butler 61 - 34.
16:49 - Butler: Walker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Walker passes the ball to Griffin in the paint. Griffin shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Florence grabs the rebound.
16:40 - Northern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Florence leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Florence drives down the lane. Florence passes the ball to Jarvis on the perimeter. Jarvis shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Jarvis grabs the long offensive rebound.
16:24 - Northern Illinois: Jarvis has the rebound and restarts the offense. Jarvis passes the ball to Vujačič in the paint. Vujačič passes the ball to Jarvis outside. Foul! Reaves commits a foul away from the ball.
16:11 - Northern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Thacker. Thacker passes the ball to Jarvis on the perimeter. Jarvis passes the ball to Florence in the paint. Florence passes the ball to Thacker in the paint. Thacker passes the ball to Drummond. Drummond passes the ball to Vujačič in the paint. Vujačič shoots from the low post. It's blocked by Moriarty! Griffin grabs the rebound.
15:44 - Butler: Walker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Walker passes the ball to Brett on the perimeter. Brett passes the ball to Griffin in the paint. Griffin passes the ball to Moriarty in the paint. Moriarty passes the ball to Reaves on the perimeter. Reaves shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Reaves grabs the long offensive rebound.
15:20 - Butler: Reaves has the rebound and restarts the offense. Reaves shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Drummond grabs the long rebound.
15:14 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence drives down the lane. Florence passes the ball to Thacker at the basket. Thacker lays it up. The shot misses. Walker grabs the rebound.
15:00 - Butler: Walker brings up the ball against a zone defense. Walker tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Walker with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Butler 63 - 34.
14:50 - Game Event: Time out. Butler substitutes Reaves to Point Guard, Griffin to Small Forward and Curtis to Center. Northern Illinois substitutes Keough to Shooting Guard and Jarvis to Small Forward.
14:50 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Florence passes the ball to Vujačič in the paint. Vujačič shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Vujačič grabs the offensive rebound.
14:35 - Northern Illinois: Vujačič has the rebound and restarts the offense. Vujačič passes the ball to Jarvis outside. Jarvis passes the ball to Florence outside. Florence tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Florence with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Butler 63 - 36.
14:14 - Butler: Reaves brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Reaves passes the ball to Brett on the perimeter. Brett shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Reaves. Butler 66 - 36.
14:07 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Jarvis in the paint. Jarvis passes the ball to Florence on the perimeter. Florence shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Assisted by Jarvis. Butler 66 - 39.
13:52 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Jarvis to Shooting Guard and Drummond to Small Forward.
13:52 - Butler: Brett brings up the ball against a zone defense extended out to the arc. Brett passes the ball to Griffin on the perimeter. Griffin passes the ball to Reaves. Reaves passes the ball to Curtis in the paint. Curtis shoots in the paint. Foul! Thacker fouls Curtis on the shot. Curtis missed the first free throw. Curtis missed the second free throw. Vujačič grabs the rebound.
13:29 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence drives down the lane. Florence lays it up. Foul! Curtis fouls Florence on the shot. Florence makes the first free throw. Florence missed the second free throw. Curtis grabs the rebound. Butler 66 - 40.
13:18 - Butler: Reaves brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Reaves passes the ball to Curtis in the paint. Curtis shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Vujačič grabs the rebound.
13:06 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Drummond on the perimeter. Drummond passes the ball to Thacker. Thacker passes the ball to Florence. Florence shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Curtis grabs the rebound.
12:45 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Brett leads the fast break with Griffin to the right. Brett passes the ball to Griffin. Griffin shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Moriarty grabs the offensive rebound.
12:41 - Butler: Moriarty has the rebound and restarts the offense. Moriarty shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Jarvis grabs the rebound.
12:37 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Drummond in the paint. Drummond passes the ball to Thacker in the paint. Thacker shoots from the block. Foul! Curtis fouls Thacker on the shot. Thacker makes the first free throw. Thacker makes the second free throw. Butler 66 - 42.
12:15 - Game Event: Time out. Butler substitutes Griffin to Point Guard and Walker to Small Forward. Thacker must sit with 4 fouls. Northern Illinois substitutes Coyle to Shooting Guard, Matlock to Small Forward, Albers to Power Forward and Keough to Center.
12:15 - Butler: Griffin brings up the ball against man-to-man defense extended out to the arc. Griffin passes the ball to Moriarty in the paint. Moriarty shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Butler 68 - 42.
12:04 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Matlock on the perimeter. Matlock shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Foul! Moriarty fouls Albers blocking out to get the rebound.
11:50 - Game Event: Time out. Butler substitutes Walker to Point Guard, Reaves to Shooting Guard, Brett to Small Forward and Griffin to Power Forward. Northern Illinois substitutes Albers to Small Forward, Keough to Power Forward and Drummond to Center.
11:50 - Northern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Drummond. Drummond passes the ball to Florence. Florence turns the ball over out of bounds.
11:39 - Butler: Walker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Walker tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Walker with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Drummond grabs the rebound.
11:30 - Northern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Coyle leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Coyle passes the ball to Florence. Florence passes the ball to Coyle on the perimeter. Coyle hands off the ball to Florence. Florence shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Griffin grabs the long rebound.
11:05 - Butler: Walker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Walker passes the ball to Curtis in the paint. Curtis shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Butler 70 - 42.
10:57 - Game Event: Time out. Butler substitutes Brett to Point Guard and Walker to Small Forward.
10:57 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Coyle. Coyle shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Curtis grabs the rebound.
10:46 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Brett leads the fast break with Walker to the right. Brett lays it up. The shot goes in! Butler 72 - 42.
10:46 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Butler!
10:40 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Florence passes the ball to Drummond in the paint. Drummond shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Butler 72 - 44.
10:29 - Butler: Brett brings up the ball against a zone defense. Brett drives by Albers. Brett lays it up. The shot misses. Albers grabs the rebound.
10:21 - Northern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Coyle attacks with the ball on the fast break. Coyle turns the ball over to the other team.
10:16 - Butler: Brett brings up the ball against a zone defense. Brett drives by Albers. Brett lays it up. Offensive foul! Brett charged with the foul while taking the shot over Drummond.
10:07 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Matlock to Small Forward, Albers to Power Forward and Keough to Center.
10:07 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Matlock in the paint. Matlock shoots from the low post. Foul! Griffin fouls Matlock on the shot. Matlock makes the first free throw. Matlock makes the second free throw. Butler 72 - 46.
9:58 - Game Event: Time out. Butler substitutes Griffin to Shooting Guard and Moriarty to Power Forward. Northern Illinois substitutes Keough to Small Forward, Jarvis to Power Forward and Drummond to Center.
9:58 - Butler: Brett brings up the ball against pressure defense. Brett passes the ball to Walker on the perimeter. Walker shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Foul! Curtis fouls Drummond trying to grab the offensive rebound. Curtis fouls out. Reaves replaces Curtis at center. In the bonus, Drummond is shooting one-and-one. Drummond makes the first free throw. Drummond makes the second free throw. Butler 72 - 48.
9:48 - Game Event: Time out. Butler substitutes Reaves to Shooting Guard and Griffin to Center.
9:48 - Butler: Brett brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Brett passes the ball to Griffin in the paint. Griffin passes the ball to Brett in the paint. Brett shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Butler 74 - 48.
9:31 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Jarvis in the paint. Jarvis passes the ball to Coyle on the perimeter. Coyle passes the ball to Keough on the perimeter. Keough passes the ball to Jarvis. Jarvis turns the ball over to the other team.
9:12 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Reaves leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Reaves passes the ball to Griffin in the paint. Griffin shoots from the block. The shot misses. Griffin grabs the offensive rebound.
8:56 - Butler: Griffin has the rebound. Griffin shoots from the low post. Foul! Drummond fouls Griffin on the shot. Griffin makes the first free throw. Griffin makes the second free throw. Butler 76 - 48.
8:54 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Jarvis to Shooting Guard, Drummond to Small Forward, Vujačič to Power Forward and Thacker to Center.
8:54 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence drives down the lane. Florence lays it up. The shot misses. Vujačič grabs the offensive rebound.
8:45 - Northern Illinois: Vujačič has the rebound and restarts the offense. Reaves steals the pass from Vujačič.
8:39 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Reaves leads the fast break with Brett and Walker. Reaves passes the ball to Brett on the perimeter. Brett shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Brett grabs the long offensive rebound.
8:34 - Butler: Brett has the rebound and restarts the offense. Brett passes the ball to Walker on the perimeter. Walker drives down the lane. Walker passes the ball to Brett on the perimeter. Brett shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Walker. Butler 79 - 48.
8:21 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Coyle to Shooting Guard, Keough to Small Forward and Drummond to Power Forward.
8:21 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Coyle outside. Coyle passes the ball to Florence outside. Florence passes the ball to Keough outside. Keough passes the ball to Drummond in the paint. Drummond shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Keough. Butler 79 - 50.
7:49 - Game Event: Time out. Butler substitutes Walker to Point Guard and Brett to Small Forward. Northern Illinois substitutes Jarvis to Shooting Guard, Drummond to Small Forward and Vujačič to Power Forward.
7:49 - Butler: Walker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Walker passes the ball to Moriarty. Moriarty shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot misses. Thacker grabs the rebound.
7:37 - Northern Illinois: Jarvis brings up the ball against a zone defense. Jarvis passes the ball to Florence outside. Florence passes the ball to Vujačič outside. Vujačič passes the ball to Jarvis outside. Jarvis passes the ball to Drummond in the paint. Drummond passes the ball to Florence. Florence drives down the lane. Florence passes the ball to Jarvis on the perimeter. Jarvis shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Moriarty grabs the rebound.
7:01 - Butler: Reaves brings up the ball against a zone defense. Reaves passes the ball to Moriarty in the paint. Offensive foul! Walker commits the foul away from the ball.
6:57 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Walker steals the pass from Florence.
6:51 - Butler: Walker brings up the ball against a zone defense. Walker tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Walker turns the ball over to the other team.
6:42 - Northern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Jarvis leads the fast break with Drummond and Florence. Jarvis lays it up. Foul! Reaves fouls Jarvis on the shot. Jarvis makes the first free throw. Jarvis makes the second free throw. Butler 79 - 52.
6:35 - Butler: Walker brings up the ball against a zone defense. Walker passes the ball to Reaves on the perimeter. Foul! Vujačič commits a foul away from the ball.
6:28 - Butler: The ball is inbounded to Brett. Brett passes the ball to Walker on the perimeter. Walker shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Thacker grabs the rebound.
6:17 - Northern Illinois: Jarvis brings up the ball against a zone defense. Jarvis passes the ball to Vujačič outside. Vujačič passes the ball to Drummond. Drummond passes the ball to Florence in the paint. Florence passes the ball to Jarvis. Jarvis passes the ball to Drummond on the perimeter. Drummond shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Butler 79 - 55.
5:49 - Game Event: Time out. Butler substitutes Griffin to Power Forward and Moriarty to Center.
5:49 - Butler: Walker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Walker passes the ball to Griffin on the perimeter. Griffin hands off the ball to Walker. Walker shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Foul! Brett fouls Drummond trying to grab the offensive rebound. In the double bonus, Drummond is shooting two free throws. Drummond makes the first free throw. Drummond missed the second free throw. Moriarty grabs the rebound. Butler 79 - 56.
5:33 - Butler: Reaves brings up the ball against a zone defense. Reaves passes the ball to Griffin in the paint. Griffin shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Butler 81 - 56.
5:22 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Florence passes the ball to Thacker in the paint. Thacker shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Butler 81 - 58.
5:09 - Game Event: Time out. Northern Illinois substitutes Keough to Shooting Guard, Jarvis to Small Forward and Drummond to Power Forward.
5:09 - Butler: Reaves brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Reaves passes the ball to Walker outside. Walker passes the ball to Moriarty in the paint. Moriarty passes the ball to Griffin. Griffin shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Thacker grabs the rebound.
4:48 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Jarvis on the perimeter. Jarvis passes the ball to Florence. Florence passes the ball to Keough. Keough passes the ball to Jarvis. Jarvis passes the ball to Florence outside. Florence shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Moriarty grabs the rebound.
4:17 - Butler: Walker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Walker passes the ball to Griffin in the paint. Griffin goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Assisted by Walker. Butler 83 - 58.
4:08 - Game Event: Time out. Butler substitutes Griffin to Shooting Guard, Moriarty to Power Forward and Reaves to Center. Northern Illinois substitutes Jarvis to Shooting Guard, Drummond to Small Forward and Vujačič to Power Forward.
4:08 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Vujačič. Vujačič with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Brett grabs the rebound.
3:56 - Butler: Walker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Walker tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Walker passes the ball to Reaves in the paint. Reaves shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Vujačič grabs the rebound.
3:48 - Northern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Jarvis leads the fast break with Florence and Drummond. Jarvis lays it up. Foul! Walker fouls Jarvis on the shot. Jarvis makes the first free throw. Jarvis makes the second free throw. Butler 83 - 60.
3:42 - Butler: Walker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Thacker steals the pass from Walker.
3:35 - Northern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Jarvis leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Jarvis passes the ball to Drummond on the perimeter. Drummond passes the ball to Jarvis on the perimeter. Jarvis passes the ball to Florence. Florence passes the ball to Drummond in the paint. Drummond shoots from the block. The shot misses. Reaves grabs the rebound.
3:03 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Griffin leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Griffin passes the ball to Reaves in the paint. Reaves passes the ball to Walker outside. Offensive foul! Walker commits the foul.
2:46 - Game Event: Time out. Butler substitutes Reaves to Shooting Guard, Griffin to Power Forward and Moriarty to Center.
2:46 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Thacker outside. Thacker shoots from downtown. The shot misses. Griffin grabs the rebound.
2:35 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Walker leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Walker passes the ball to Brett on the perimeter. Brett shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Griffin tips it in. Butler 85 - 60.
2:19 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Thacker in the paint. Thacker shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Brett grabs the rebound.
2:07 - Butler: Walker brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Walker passes the ball to Reaves. Reaves shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Vujačič grabs the rebound.
1:55 - Northern Illinois: Jarvis brings up the ball against a zone defense. Jarvis passes the ball to Florence in the paint. Florence tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Florence shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Brett grabs the rebound.
1:39 - Butler: Fast break opportunity! Reaves leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Reaves shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Florence grabs the long rebound.
1:29 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Jarvis on the perimeter. Jarvis passes the ball to Florence outside. Florence passes the ball to Drummond in the paint. Drummond passes the ball to Florence. Florence drives down the lane. Florence lays it up. The shot goes in! Butler 85 - 62.
0:56 - Game Event: Time out. Butler substitutes Brett to Point Guard, Walker to Small Forward, Moriarty to Power Forward and Griffin to Center.
0:56 - Butler: Brett brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Brett passes the ball to Walker on the perimeter. Walker passes the ball to Griffin in the paint. Florence steals the pass from Griffin.
0:37 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Vujačič in the paint. Vujačič shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Florence. And Vujačič is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Vujačič makes the first free throw. Butler 85 - 65.
0:29 - Butler: Brett brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Brett passes the ball to Moriarty in the paint. Moriarty shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Assisted by Brett. Butler 87 - 65.
0:19 - Northern Illinois: Florence brings up the ball against a zone defense. Florence passes the ball to Drummond on the perimeter. Drummond shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Moriarty grabs the rebound.
0:09 - Butler: Brett dribbles out the clock until time expires.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Butler 87, Northern Illinois 65
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