National Basketball Association
Butler 64, Seton Hall 57
When: 9:00 PM ET, Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Where: Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey
Officials:
# Evon Burroughs, # Pat Driscoll, # Lamar Simpson
Attendance:
5826
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Butler 64, Seton Hall 57: Kellen Dunham overcame a cold-shooting night by burying back-to-back 3-pointers to spark a game-ending 13-2 run as the visiting Bulldogs rallied to sink the Pirates.
Khyle Marshall scored 13 points and Elijah Brown came off the bench to add 12 as Butler (12-9, 2-7 Big East) won for only the second time in its last nine games. Andrew Chrabascz and Kameron Woods scored 11 apiece and Dunham, the third-leading scoring in the Big East, finished with nine.
Fuquan Edwin scored 15 of his 20 points in the first half for Seton Hall (12-9, 3-5), which was held to two points over the final 4 1/2 minutes. Eugene Teague had 13 points and Brandon Mobley added 10 points, 10 rebounds and five blocks for the Pirates.
Seton Hall scored 10 straight points to go ahead 46-40 with just over 12 1/2 minutes to play, but Butler responded with a 10-2 spurt to reclaim the lead with 7:38 remaining. After the Pirates went ahead 55-51 on a 3-pointer by Sterling Gibbs with just over 4 1/2 minutes left, Dunham knocked down consecutive 3-pointers for a 57-55 lead.
A layup by Gibbs forged a 57-57 tie but Marshall scored inside and Woods and Alex Barlow each hit a pair of free throws to stretch the lead to 63-57 with 30.7 seconds to play. Edwin scored 15 points in the opening 20 minutes to keep the Pirates within 34-33 at the break.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Edwin, who is averaging 21.5 points over his last four games, had six steals to boost his school-record total to 271. ... Dunham, who came in averaging 18.3 points, finished 3-of-10 from the floor. ... It was the first meeting between the schools.
Top Game Performances
Butler |
|
Seton Hall |
Khyle Marshall 13 |
Scoring |
Fuquan Edwin 20 |
Kameron Woods 4 |
Assists |
Sterling Gibbs 5 |
Alex Barlow 8 |
Rebounds |
Brandon Mobley 10 |
Andrew Chrabascz 5 |
Free Throws Made |
Brandon Mobley 2 |
Alex Barlow 2 |
Steals |
Fuquan Edwin 6 |
Kameron Woods 1 |
Blocks |
Brandon Mobley 5 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Butler
|
64 |
44.2 |
7-16 |
11-15 |
14 |
30 |
1 |
8 |
11 |
Seton Hall
|
57 |
40.4 |
7-22 |
4-8 |
13 |
34 |
8 |
9 |
10 |