NCAA Men's Basketball

FINAL
Xavier Musketeers 75
–
Butler Bulldogs 80
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XAV284775
BTLR473380
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Match Report

Ajayi puts up 24 in Butler's 80-75 win against Xavier

— Michael Ajayi had 24 points in Butler's 80-75 win against Xavier on Saturday.

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Team Stats

XAV BTLR
28-63
FG
26-55
44
Field Goal %
47
10-32
3PT
3-11
31
Three Point %
27
9-11
FT
25-33
82
Free Throw %
76
32
Rebounds
35
8
Offensive Rebounds
8
24
Defensive Rebounds
27
13
Assists
14
3
Steals
2
4
Blocks
2
7
Turnovers
6
1
Team Turnovers
1
7
Total Turnovers
6
0
Technical Fouls
0
0
Total Technical Fouls
0
0
Flagrant Fouls
0
2
Points Off Turnovers
6
7
Fast Break Points
7
30
Points in Paint
44
21
Fouls
8
0
Largest Lead
21
0
Lead Changes
0
0
Percent Led
98

Top Performers

XAV

  • Tre Carroll F MIN 38 · PTS 24 · FG 10-19
  • Malik Messina-Moore G MIN 35 · PTS 20 · FG 7-12
  • Filip Borovicanin F MIN 30 · PTS 4 · FG 1-7
  • Jovan Milicevic F MIN 21 · PTS 10 · FG 3-5

BTLR

  • Michael Ajayi F MIN 35 · PTS 24 · FG 11-21
  • Finley Bizjack G MIN 38 · PTS 18 · FG 4-12
  • Yohan Traore F MIN 24 · PTS 21 · FG 5-5
  • Jamie Kaiser Jr. F MIN 32 · PTS 7 · FG 2-5

Play by Play

  1. Substitution 0:12 75-80

    Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor subbing in for Butler

    5311946 2nd Half
  2. Substitution 0:12 75-80

    Finley Bizjack subbing out for Butler

    4848619 2nd Half
  3. MadeFreeThrow 0:12 75-80

    Finley Bizjack makes free throw 2 of 2

    4848619 2nd Half
  4. MadeFreeThrow 0:12 75-79

    Finley Bizjack makes free throw 1 of 2

    4848619 2nd Half
  5. Substitution 0:12 75-78

    Roddie Anderson III subbing in for Xavier

    5107148 2nd Half
  6. Substitution 0:12 75-78

    Isaiah Walker subbing out for Xavier

    4897261 2nd Half
  7. PersonalFoul 0:12 75-78

    Foul on Isaiah Walker.

    4897261 2nd Half
  8. MadeFreeThrow 0:23 75-78

    Finley Bizjack makes free throw 1 of 2

    4848619 2nd Half
  9. PersonalFoul 0:23 75-77

    Foul on All Wright.

    5241430 2nd Half
  10. Substitution 1:27 75-77

    Jackson Keith subbing in for Butler

    5101859 2nd Half
  11. Substitution 1:27 75-77

    Yohan Traore subbing out for Butler

    4869741 2nd Half
  12. Substitution 1:27 75-77

    Isaiah Walker subbing in for Xavier

    4897261 2nd Half
  13. Substitution 1:27 75-77

    Jovan Milicevic subbing out for Xavier

    5101673 2nd Half
  14. PersonalFoul 1:27 75-77

    Foul on Jovan Milicevic.

    5101673 2nd Half
  15. LayUpShot 1:55 75-77

    Jovan Milicevic makes layup (Tre Carroll assists)

    5101673 2nd Half
  16. MadeFreeThrow 2:10 73-77

    Yohan Traore makes free throw 2 of 2

    4869741 2nd Half
  17. Substitution 2:10 73-76

    Filip Borovicanin subbing in for Xavier

    5105569 2nd Half
  18. Substitution 2:10 73-76

    Isaiah Walker subbing out for Xavier

    4897261 2nd Half
  19. MadeFreeThrow 2:10 73-76

    Yohan Traore makes free throw 1 of 2

    4869741 2nd Half
  20. PersonalFoul 2:10 73-75

    Foul on Jovan Milicevic.

    5101673 2nd Half
  21. LayUpShot 2:39 73-75

    All Wright makes driving layup

    5241430 2nd Half
  22. Substitution 3:55 71-75

    Isaiah Walker subbing in for Xavier

    4897261 2nd Half
  23. Substitution 3:55 71-75

    Filip Borovicanin subbing out for Xavier

    5105569 2nd Half
  24. Substitution 3:55 71-75

    Yohan Traore subbing in for Butler

    4869741 2nd Half
  25. Substitution 3:55 71-75

    Yame Butler subbing in for Butler

    4700880 2nd Half
  26. Substitution 3:55 71-75

    Drayton Jones subbing out for Butler

    5143607 2nd Half
  27. Substitution 3:55 71-75

    Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor subbing out for Butler

    5311946 2nd Half
  28. JumpShot 3:58 71-75

    Jovan Milicevic makes 29-foot three point jumper (Malik Messina-Moore assists)

    5101673 2nd Half
  29. MadeFreeThrow 4:11 68-75

    Michael Ajayi makes free throw 2 of 2

    5176517 2nd Half
  30. PersonalFoul 4:11 68-74

    Foul on Filip Borovicanin.

    5105569 2nd Half
  31. LayUpShot 4:33 68-74

    Malik Messina-Moore makes driving layup

    5105454 2nd Half
  32. MadeFreeThrow 4:46 66-74

    Finley Bizjack makes free throw 2 of 2

    4848619 2nd Half
  33. MadeFreeThrow 4:46 66-73

    Finley Bizjack makes free throw 1 of 2

    4848619 2nd Half
  34. Substitution 4:46 66-72

    All Wright subbing in for Xavier

    5241430 2nd Half
  35. Substitution 4:46 66-72

    Isaiah Walker subbing out for Xavier

    4897261 2nd Half
  36. PersonalFoul 4:46 66-72

    Foul on Isaiah Walker.

    4897261 2nd Half
  37. PersonalFoul 5:20 66-72

    Foul on Isaiah Walker.

    4897261 2nd Half
  38. JumpShot 5:48 66-72

    Tre Carroll makes 17-foot turnaround jump shot

    4684289 2nd Half
  39. JumpShot 6:05 64-72

    Jamie Kaiser Jr. makes 27-foot three point jumper (Drayton Jones assists)

    5060688 2nd Half
  40. MadeFreeThrow 6:23 64-69

    Malik Messina-Moore makes free throw 2 of 2

    5105454 2nd Half
  41. PersonalFoul 6:23 63-69

    Foul on Jamie Kaiser Jr..

    5060688 2nd Half
  42. Substitution 7:28 63-69

    Filip Borovicanin subbing in for Xavier

    5105569 2nd Half
  43. Substitution 7:28 63-69

    All Wright subbing out for Xavier

    5241430 2nd Half
  44. MadeFreeThrow 7:28 63-69

    Jovan Milicevic makes free throw 2 of 2

    5101673 2nd Half
  45. MadeFreeThrow 7:28 62-69

    Jovan Milicevic makes free throw 1 of 2

    5101673 2nd Half
  46. PersonalFoul 7:28 61-69

    Foul on Jamie Kaiser Jr..

    5060688 2nd Half
  47. JumpShot 7:42 61-69

    Michael Ajayi makes 10-foot floating jump shot

    5176517 2nd Half
  48. JumpShot 8:05 61-67

    Tre Carroll makes 27-foot three point jumper

    4684289 2nd Half
  49. Substitution 8:16 58-67

    Jovan Milicevic subbing in for Xavier

    5101673 2nd Half
  50. Substitution 8:16 58-67

    Isaiah Walker subbing in for Xavier

    4897261 2nd Half
  51. Substitution 8:16 58-67

    Filip Borovicanin subbing out for Xavier

    5105569 2nd Half
  52. Substitution 8:16 58-67

    Roddie Anderson III subbing out for Xavier

    5107148 2nd Half
  53. Substitution 8:16 58-67

    Drayton Jones subbing in for Butler

    5143607 2nd Half
  54. Substitution 8:16 58-67

    Jamie Kaiser Jr. subbing in for Butler

    5060688 2nd Half
  55. Substitution 8:16 58-67

    Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor subbing in for Butler

    5311946 2nd Half
  56. Substitution 8:16 58-67

    Yohan Traore subbing out for Butler

    4869741 2nd Half
  57. Substitution 8:16 58-67

    Yame Butler subbing out for Butler

    4700880 2nd Half
  58. Substitution 8:16 58-67

    Jackson Keith subbing out for Butler

    5101859 2nd Half
  59. LayUpShot 8:17 58-67

    Michael Ajayi makes driving layup

    5176517 2nd Half
  60. LayUpShot 9:22 58-65

    Finley Bizjack makes driving layup

    4848619 2nd Half
  1. End Game 0:00 75-80

    End of Game

    2nd Half
  2. End Period 0:00 75-80

    End of 2nd half

    2nd Half
  3. Defensive Rebound 0:01 75-80

    Jackson Keith Defensive Rebound.

    5101859 2nd Half
  4. JumpShot 0:05 75-80

    All Wright misses 28-foot three point jumper

    5241430 2nd Half
  5. Substitution 0:12 75-80

    Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor subbing in for Butler

    5311946 2nd Half
  6. Substitution 0:12 75-80

    Finley Bizjack subbing out for Butler

    4848619 2nd Half
  7. MadeFreeThrow 0:12 75-80

    Finley Bizjack makes free throw 2 of 2

    4848619 2nd Half
  8. MadeFreeThrow 0:12 75-79

    Finley Bizjack makes free throw 1 of 2

    4848619 2nd Half
  9. Substitution 0:12 75-78

    Roddie Anderson III subbing in for Xavier

    5107148 2nd Half
  10. Substitution 0:12 75-78

    Isaiah Walker subbing out for Xavier

    4897261 2nd Half
  11. PersonalFoul 0:12 75-78

    Foul on Isaiah Walker.

    4897261 2nd Half
  12. Defensive Rebound 0:14 75-78

    Finley Bizjack Defensive Rebound.

    4848619 2nd Half
  13. JumpShot 0:16 75-78

    Filip Borovicanin misses 15-foot pullup jump shot

    5105569 2nd Half
  14. Defensive Rebound 0:22 75-78

    Filip Borovicanin Defensive Rebound.

    5105569 2nd Half
  15. MadeFreeThrow 0:23 75-78

    Finley Bizjack misses free throw 2 of 2

    4848619 2nd Half
  16. RegularTimeOut 0:23 75-78

    Xavier Timeout

    2nd Half
  17. MadeFreeThrow 0:23 75-78

    Finley Bizjack makes free throw 1 of 2

    4848619 2nd Half
  18. PersonalFoul 0:23 75-77

    Foul on All Wright.

    5241430 2nd Half
  19. Defensive Rebound 0:35 75-77

    Jamie Kaiser Jr. Defensive Rebound.

    5060688 2nd Half
  20. JumpShot 0:39 75-77

    Tre Carroll misses 14-foot turnaround jump shot

    4684289 2nd Half
  21. Defensive Rebound 0:54 75-77

    Tre Carroll Defensive Rebound.

    4684289 2nd Half
  22. JumpShot 0:57 75-77

    Finley Bizjack misses 5-foot floating jump shot

    4848619 2nd Half
  23. Defensive Rebound 1:13 75-77

    Michael Ajayi Defensive Rebound.

    5176517 2nd Half
  24. JumpShot 1:15 75-77

    Malik Messina-Moore misses 20-foot jumper

    5105454 2nd Half
  25. Defensive Rebound 1:26 75-77

    Tre Carroll Defensive Rebound.

    4684289 2nd Half
  26. MadeFreeThrow 1:27 75-77

    Michael Ajayi misses free throw 2 of 2

    5176517 2nd Half
  27. Substitution 1:27 75-77

    Jackson Keith subbing in for Butler

    5101859 2nd Half
  28. Substitution 1:27 75-77

    Yohan Traore subbing out for Butler

    4869741 2nd Half
  29. Dead Ball Rebound 1:27 75-77

    Butler Deadball Team Rebound.

    2nd Half
  30. MadeFreeThrow 1:27 75-77

    Michael Ajayi misses free throw 1 of 2

    5176517 2nd Half
  31. Substitution 1:27 75-77

    Isaiah Walker subbing in for Xavier

    4897261 2nd Half
  32. Substitution 1:27 75-77

    Jovan Milicevic subbing out for Xavier

    5101673 2nd Half
  33. PersonalFoul 1:27 75-77

    Foul on Jovan Milicevic.

    5101673 2nd Half
  34. LayUpShot 1:55 75-77

    Jovan Milicevic makes layup (Tre Carroll assists)

    5101673 2nd Half
  35. MadeFreeThrow 2:10 73-77

    Yohan Traore makes free throw 2 of 2

    4869741 2nd Half
  36. Substitution 2:10 73-76

    Filip Borovicanin subbing in for Xavier

    5105569 2nd Half
  37. Substitution 2:10 73-76

    Isaiah Walker subbing out for Xavier

    4897261 2nd Half
  38. MadeFreeThrow 2:10 73-76

    Yohan Traore makes free throw 1 of 2

    4869741 2nd Half
  39. PersonalFoul 2:10 73-75

    Foul on Jovan Milicevic.

    5101673 2nd Half
  40. LayUpShot 2:39 73-75

    All Wright makes driving layup

    5241430 2nd Half

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