Saint Louis vs. Butler: Recap, Stats, and Box Score

Saint Louis 65

(21-5, 5-3 away)

(15) Butler 61

(22-6, 13-2 home)

Venue: Hinkle Fieldhouse

7:00PM ET / 4:00PM PT, February 22, 2013

Box Score

	1st	2nd	Final
Saint Louis	29	36	65
Butler	34	27	61

Top Performers

	Points	Rebounds	Assists
Saint Louis	M McCall Jr 18	R Loe 6	J Jett 3
Butler	K Dunham 14	A Smith 9	A Smith 3

No. 15 Butler faced off with Saint Louis on Friday, Feb. 22 and got beat at home by the Billikens 65-61 in conference play. The Bulldogs are now 0-2 against Saint Louis this season. The Bulldogs got 13 points and six rebounds (4 Blk 3 Ast) from Roosevelt Jones. Kellen Dunham had a team-high 14 points and added five rebounds. For the Billikens, Dwayne Evans got 17 points and four rebounds. Butler (22-6, 9-4 A-10) goes to 24th-ranked Virginia Commonwealth (20-6, 8-3 A-10) on Saturday, Mar. 2.

Butler Game Notes

The Bulldogs have been unlucky three times this season in games decided by five or fewer points. Since 2007, Butler is 42-24 in close games.
The Bulldogs have recorded more three-pointers than their opponents for the past seven games.
This is the second loss of the season where the Bulldogs opponent came back to win after being down at halftime.
This is the 15th game at home this season--Butler has a 12.3 average scoring margin against opponents at home.
Roosevelt Jones recorded a team season high in blocks with four.
The top two scorers (Kellen Dunham and Roosevelt Jones) accounted for 44.2 percent of the points.
The top two rebounders (Andrew Smith and Rotnei Clarke) accounted for 41.0 percent of the rebounds.
Kellen Dunham has led the team in scoring in five out of 28 games this season.
Andrew Smith has led the team in rebounding in eight out of 28 games this season.
Rotnei Clarke has nine straight double-digit point games.
Rotnei Clarke had career highs with seven rebounds and seven defensive rebounds.
This was the third foul out of the season for Roosevelt Jones.
Roosevelt Jones had a career high with four blocks.

Saint Louis Game Notes

The Billikens won this one, but have lost two times this season in games decided by five or fewer points. Since 2007, Saint Louis is 28-24 in close games.
The top two scorers (Mike McCall Jr and Dwayne Evans) accounted for 53.8 percent of the points.
Mike McCall Jr has led the team in scoring five times in 26 games this season.
Dwayne Evans has nine straight double-digit point games.

SLU Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
A	Dwayne Evans	32	17	4	1	2	2	0
A	Mike McCall Jr	35	18	3	1	1	0	0
B	Rob Loe	32	7	6	1	1	1	1
B-	K. Mitchell	26	12	4	0	0	0	0
C+	Grandy Glaze	19	2	3	3	0	0	0
C+	Jordair Jett	24	7	3	3	0	0	2
C	Jake Barnett	8	2	1	1	1	0	1
D	Cody Ellis	17	0	2	0	0	0	0
-	Cory Remekun	7	0	1	0	0	0	0

BUTLER Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
A	Roosevelt Jones	33	13	6	3	1	4	1
A	Kellen Dunham	24	14	5	2	1	0	0
A	Andrew Smith	35	9	9	3	1	1	3
B-	Rotnei Clarke	36	13	7	2	0	0	6
C	Khyle Marshall	19	5	3	0	0	0	1
C-	Chase Stigall	6	5	0	0	0	0	1
C-	Kameron Woods	21	2	4	1	0	0	2
D	Alex Barlow	19	0	2	0	0	0	0
-	Erik Fromm	7	0	0	0	0	1	0