DePaul Blue Demons @ Butler Bulldogs

11-8, 3-5 Big East

Final

	1	2	T
DePaul DEP	37	43	80
Butler BUT	33	54	87

Butler BulldogsButlerBUT

12-7, 3-5 Big East

Shot Made

Shot Missed

CJ Gunn misses 24-foot three point jumper
Finley Bizjack makes driving layup (Drayton Jones assists)
Layden Blocker makes 24-foot three point jumper (RJ Smith assists)
CJ Gunn makes 14-foot turnaround jump shot
Jamie Kaiser Jr. misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
RJ Smith misses driving layup
CJ Gunn misses 30-foot three point jumper
Drayton Jones misses 7-foot jumper
Théo Pierre-Justin makes 27-foot three point jumper (CJ Gunn assists)
Azavier Robinson misses driving layup
Jamie Kaiser Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper
CJ Gunn makes 27-foot three point jumper (NJ Benson assists)
Drayton Jones makes 3-foot dunk (Azavier Robinson assists)
Michael Ajayi makes 16-foot jumper (Yame Butler assists)
Kaleb Banks misses 24-foot three point jumper
NJ Benson misses 5-foot turnaround jump shot
Finley Bizjack makes free throw 1 of 2
Finley Bizjack makes free throw 2 of 2
CJ Gunn makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Brandon Maclin assists)
Michael Ajayi misses driving layup
Kaleb Banks makes free throw 1 of 2
Kaleb Banks makes free throw 2 of 2
Michael Ajayi misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
CJ Gunn misses 11-foot turnaround jump shot
Kaleb Banks misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Yohan Traore makes 1-foot dunk (Michael Ajayi assists)
CJ Gunn makes 30-foot three point jumper
Michael Ajayi makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
Kaleb Banks makes 1-foot dunk (Layden Blocker assists)
Evan Haywood makes 27-foot three point jumper (Michael Ajayi assists)
CJ Gunn misses 28-foot three point step back jumpshot
Brandon Maclin misses driving layup
Brandon Maclin misses 28-foot three point jumper
Evan Haywood makes 30-foot three point jumper (Azavier Robinson assists)
Layden Blocker misses 27-foot three point jumper
Evan Haywood makes driving layup (Jamie Kaiser Jr. assists)
NJ Benson makes free throw 1 of 2
NJ Benson makes free throw 2 of 2
Evan Haywood misses 29-foot three point jumper
Michael Ajayi misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
Brandon Maclin makes 27-foot three point jumper (Théo Pierre-Justin assists)
Drayton Jones misses free throw 1 of 2
Drayton Jones makes free throw 2 of 2
Michael Ajayi makes free throw 1 of 2
Michael Ajayi makes free throw 2 of 2
Théo Pierre-Justin misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jamie Kaiser Jr. makes driving layup (Finley Bizjack assists)
Layden Blocker misses 25-foot three point jumper
Théo Pierre-Justin makes 27-foot three point jumper (CJ Gunn assists)
CJ Gunn makes 13-foot jumper (Théo Pierre-Justin assists)
Finley Bizjack misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
RJ Smith misses 28-foot three point jumper
Layden Blocker misses driving layup
CJ Gunn makes 0-foot tip in layup
Jamie Kaiser Jr. misses 30-foot three point jumper
Théo Pierre-Justin misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Azavier Robinson makes 6-foot turnaround jump shot
Jamie Kaiser Jr. misses driving layup
NJ Benson makes 4-foot alley oop dunk (Layden Blocker assists)
Michael Ajayi makes 3-foot dunk (Azavier Robinson assists)
RJ Smith misses 27-foot three point step back jumpshot
Finley Bizjack misses 25-foot three point jumper
Finley Bizjack makes 12-foot floating jump shot
Théo Pierre-Justin makes 23-foot three point jumper (RJ Smith assists)
Azavier Robinson makes free throw 1 of 2
Azavier Robinson misses free throw 2 of 2
NJ Benson misses 77-foot three point jumper
Layden Blocker makes free throw 1 of 2
Layden Blocker makes free throw 2 of 2
Drayton Jones makes 3-foot turnaround jump shot (Finley Bizjack assists)
Layden Blocker misses driving layup
NJ Benson makes 0-foot dunk
Drayton Jones misses 16-foot jumper
Jamie Kaiser Jr. makes layup
Layden Blocker makes free throw 1 of 2
Layden Blocker makes free throw 2 of 2
Azavier Robinson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Michael Ajayi assists)
Azavier Robinson makes free throw 1 of 2
Azavier Robinson makes free throw 2 of 2
NJ Benson misses driving layup
Finley Bizjack makes 29-foot three point jumper (Drayton Jones assists)
Théo Pierre-Justin misses 11-foot turnaround jump shot
Drayton Jones makes 2-foot dunk (Azavier Robinson assists)
Layden Blocker misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
Finley Bizjack makes driving layup (Michael Ajayi assists)
Finley Bizjack makes free throw 1 of 1
Brandon Maclin makes 24-foot three point jumper (NJ Benson assists)
Azavier Robinson misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
Azavier Robinson misses driving layup
Finley Bizjack makes 25-foot three point jumper (Yohan Traore assists)
NJ Benson misses free throw 1 of 2
NJ Benson makes free throw 2 of 2
Finley Bizjack misses 25-foot three point jumper
Brandon Maclin misses 24-foot three point jumper
Evan Haywood misses driving layup
CJ Gunn misses 28-foot three point jumper
CJ Gunn misses 26-foot three point jumper
Yame Butler makes driving layup
Kaleb Banks misses layup
Finley Bizjack makes free throw 1 of 3
Finley Bizjack makes free throw 2 of 3
Finley Bizjack misses free throw 3 of 3
RJ Smith makes 7-foot jumper
Evan Haywood makes free throw 1 of 2
Evan Haywood makes free throw 2 of 2
Layden Blocker misses driving layup
Kaleb Banks makes layup
Evan Haywood makes 29-foot three point jumper (Yohan Traore assists)
Kaleb Banks misses free throw 1 of 2
Kaleb Banks makes free throw 2 of 2
Michael Ajayi misses free throw 1 of 1
Evan Haywood makes driving layup
Jamie Kaiser Jr. makes layup
CJ Gunn misses 23-foot three point jumper
NJ Benson misses layup
Layden Blocker makes 29-foot three pointer
Azavier Robinson makes driving layup
Théo Pierre-Justin misses 28-foot three point jumper
Michael Ajayi makes 10-foot turnaround jump shot
Layden Blocker misses 27-foot three point jumper
Layden Blocker makes 1-foot jumper (Théo Pierre-Justin assists)
Michael Ajayi misses 23-foot three point step back jumpshot
CJ Gunn makes free throw 1 of 2
CJ Gunn makes free throw 2 of 2
Evan Haywood misses 27-foot three point jumper
Michael Ajayi misses driving layup
Brandon Maclin makes 9-foot turnaround jump shot
Finley Bizjack makes 24-foot three point jumper (Michael Ajayi assists)
Théo Pierre-Justin makes 29-foot three point jumper (RJ Smith assists)
Michael Ajayi makes 12-foot pullup jump shot
Layden Blocker makes driving layup
Michael Ajayi misses 24-foot three point jumper
RJ Smith misses 23-foot three point jumper
NJ Benson misses layup
Finley Bizjack makes driving layup
Azavier Robinson misses free throw 1 of 2
Azavier Robinson makes free throw 2 of 2
Layden Blocker misses driving layup
Michael Ajayi misses free throw 1 of 2
Michael Ajayi makes free throw 2 of 2
NJ Benson makes free throw 1 of 2
NJ Benson makes free throw 2 of 2
Michael Ajayi misses free throw 1 of 2
Michael Ajayi misses free throw 2 of 2
Michael Ajayi makes layup
CJ Gunn misses 29-foot three point jumper
NJ Benson makes 1-foot dunk
Finley Bizjack misses driving layup
Brandon Maclin makes free throw 1 of 2
Brandon Maclin makes free throw 2 of 2
CJ Gunn misses 27-foot three point jumper
Brandon Maclin makes layup
Brandon Maclin misses free throw 1 of 1
Drayton Jones misses free throw 1 of 2
Drayton Jones makes free throw 2 of 2
RJ Smith misses 27-foot three point jumper
Michael Ajayi misses free throw 1 of 2
Michael Ajayi makes free throw 2 of 2
Layden Blocker makes free throw 1 of 2
Layden Blocker makes free throw 2 of 2
Finley Bizjack makes free throw 1 of 2
Finley Bizjack makes free throw 2 of 2
Layden Blocker makes driving layup
Azavier Robinson makes free throw 1 of 2
Azavier Robinson makes free throw 2 of 2
Layden Blocker makes driving layup

Shot Made

Shot Missed

TIME		DEP	BUT
20:00	Start game	0	0
19:57	Jump Ball won by DePaul	0	0
19:57	Jump Ball lost by Butler	0	0
19:32	CJ Gunn misses 24-foot three point jumper	0	0
19:31	Butler Defensive Rebound.	0	0
19:31	Kaleb Banks subbing out for DePaul	0	0
19:31	Layden Blocker subbing in for DePaul	0	0
19:15	Finley Bizjack makes driving layup (Drayton Jones assists)	0	2
18:53	Layden Blocker makes 24-foot three point jumper (RJ Smith assists)	3	2
18:40	Azavier Robinson bad pass turnover	3	2
18:18	CJ Gunn makes 14-foot turnaround jump shot	5	2
18:04	Jamie Kaiser Jr. misses 12-foot pullup jump shot	5	2
18:04	RJ Smith Block.	5	2
17:59	CJ Gunn Defensive Rebound.	5	2
17:53	RJ Smith misses driving layup	5	2
17:50	Drayton Jones Defensive Rebound.	5	2
17:36	Michael Ajayi bad pass turnover	5	2
17:36	CJ Gunn Steal.	5	2
17:31	CJ Gunn misses 30-foot three point jumper	5	2
17:27	Azavier Robinson Defensive Rebound.	5	2
17:23	Foul on Layden Blocker.	5	2
17:02	Drayton Jones misses 7-foot jumper	5	2
17:00	NJ Benson Defensive Rebound.	5	2
16:49	Théo Pierre-Justin makes 27-foot three point jumper (CJ Gunn assists)	8	2
16:31	Azavier Robinson misses driving layup	8	2
16:29	Drayton Jones Offensive Rebound.	8	2
16:28	Jamie Kaiser Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper	8	2
16:25	RJ Smith Defensive Rebound.	8	2
16:18	CJ Gunn makes 27-foot three point jumper (NJ Benson assists)	11	2
15:52	Drayton Jones makes 3-foot dunk (Azavier Robinson assists)	11	4
15:19	team shot clock turnover	11	4
15:19	Official TV Timeout	11	4
15:19	Jamie Kaiser Jr. subbing out for Butler	11	4
15:19	Drayton Jones subbing out for Butler	11	4
15:19	Azavier Robinson subbing out for Butler	11	4
15:19	Evan Haywood subbing in for Butler	11	4
15:19	Yame Butler subbing in for Butler	11	4
15:19	Yohan Traore subbing in for Butler	11	4
15:19	Layden Blocker subbing out for DePaul	11	4
15:19	Théo Pierre-Justin subbing out for DePaul	11	4
15:19	Brandon Maclin subbing in for DePaul	11	4
15:19	Kaleb Banks subbing in for DePaul	11	4
14:52	Michael Ajayi makes 16-foot jumper (Yame Butler assists)	11	6
14:38	Kaleb Banks misses 24-foot three point jumper	11	6
14:35	Brandon Maclin Offensive Rebound.	11	6
14:17	NJ Benson misses 5-foot turnaround jump shot	11	6
14:15	DePaul Deadball Team Rebound.	11	6
14:15	team shot clock turnover	11	6
13:48	Foul on Kaleb Banks.	11	6
13:48	Finley Bizjack makes free throw 1 of 2	11	7
13:48	NJ Benson subbing out for DePaul	11	7
13:48	Khaman Maker subbing in for DePaul	11	7
13:48	Finley Bizjack makes free throw 2 of 2	11	8
13:34	CJ Gunn makes 17-foot pullup jump shot (Brandon Maclin assists)	13	8
13:16	Michael Ajayi misses driving layup	13	8
13:16	Khaman Maker Block.	13	8
13:13	Kaleb Banks Defensive Rebound.	13	8
13:04	Foul on Yohan Traore.	13	8
13:04	Kaleb Banks makes free throw 1 of 2	14	8
13:04	RJ Smith subbing out for DePaul	14	8
13:04	Layden Blocker subbing in for DePaul	14	8
13:04	Kaleb Banks makes free throw 2 of 2	15	8
12:42	Michael Ajayi misses 15-foot pullup jump shot	15	8
12:39	Khaman Maker Defensive Rebound.	15	8
12:21	CJ Gunn misses 11-foot turnaround jump shot	15	8
12:18	Kaleb Banks Offensive Rebound.	15	8
12:17	Kaleb Banks misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot	15	8
12:13	Michael Ajayi Defensive Rebound.	15	8
12:09	Yohan Traore makes 1-foot dunk (Michael Ajayi assists)	15	10
11:49	CJ Gunn makes 30-foot three point jumper	18	10
11:37	Michael Ajayi makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot	18	13
11:20	Kaleb Banks makes 1-foot dunk (Layden Blocker assists)	20	13
11:06	Evan Haywood makes 27-foot three point jumper (Michael Ajayi assists)	20	16
10:39	CJ Gunn misses 28-foot three point step back jumpshot	20	16
10:36	Finley Bizjack Defensive Rebound.	20	16
10:28	Finley Bizjack bad pass turnover	20	16
10:28	CJ Gunn Steal.	20	16
10:24	Brandon Maclin misses driving layup	20	16
10:24	DePaul Deadball Team Rebound.	20	16
10:24	Foul on Evan Haywood.	20	16
10:24	Official TV Timeout	20	16
10:24	Yame Butler subbing out for Butler	20	16
10:24	Finley Bizjack subbing out for Butler	20	16
10:24	Yohan Traore subbing out for Butler	20	16
10:24	Jamie Kaiser Jr. subbing in for Butler	20	16
10:24	Drayton Jones subbing in for Butler	20	16
10:24	Azavier Robinson subbing in for Butler	20	16
10:24	CJ Gunn subbing out for DePaul	20	16
10:24	Khaman Maker subbing out for DePaul	20	16
10:24	RJ Smith subbing in for DePaul	20	16
10:24	NJ Benson subbing in for DePaul	20	16
10:17	Brandon Maclin misses 28-foot three point jumper	20	16
10:14	Michael Ajayi Defensive Rebound.	20	16
10:02	Evan Haywood makes 30-foot three point jumper (Azavier Robinson assists)	20	19
9:32	Layden Blocker misses 27-foot three point jumper	20	19
9:27	Jamie Kaiser Jr. Defensive Rebound.	20	19
9:22	Evan Haywood makes driving layup (Jamie Kaiser Jr. assists)	20	21
8:59	Foul on Evan Haywood.	20	21
8:59	NJ Benson makes free throw 1 of 2	21	21
8:59	Kaleb Banks subbing out for DePaul	21	21
8:59	Théo Pierre-Justin subbing in for DePaul	21	21
8:59	NJ Benson makes free throw 2 of 2	22	21
8:48	Evan Haywood misses 29-foot three point jumper	22	21
8:43	Jamie Kaiser Jr. Offensive Rebound.	22	21
8:43	Jamie Kaiser Jr. bad pass turnover	22	21
8:30	Layden Blocker bad pass turnover	22	21
8:30	Evan Haywood subbing out for Butler	22	21
8:30	Finley Bizjack subbing in for Butler	22	21
8:07	Michael Ajayi misses 12-foot pullup jump shot	22	21
8:05	NJ Benson Defensive Rebound.	22	21
7:46	Brandon Maclin makes 27-foot three point jumper (Théo Pierre-Justin assists)	25	21
7:27	Foul on Brandon Maclin.	25	21
7:27	Official TV Timeout	25	21
7:27	Drayton Jones misses free throw 1 of 2	25	21
7:27	Butler Deadball Team Rebound.	25	21
7:27	Drayton Jones makes free throw 2 of 2	25	22
7:27	Drayton Jones subbing out for Butler	25	22
7:27	Yohan Traore subbing in for Butler	25	22
7:17	Brandon Maclin bad pass turnover	25	22
7:17	Finley Bizjack Steal.	25	22
7:12	Foul on Brandon Maclin.	25	22
7:12	Michael Ajayi makes free throw 1 of 2	25	23
7:12	Brandon Maclin subbing out for DePaul	25	23
7:12	CJ Gunn subbing in for DePaul	25	23
7:12	Michael Ajayi makes free throw 2 of 2	25	24
6:59	Théo Pierre-Justin misses 26-foot three point jumper	25	24
6:55	Azavier Robinson Defensive Rebound.	25	24
6:33	Jamie Kaiser Jr. makes driving layup (Finley Bizjack assists)	25	26
6:16	Foul on Jamie Kaiser Jr..	25	26
6:13	Layden Blocker misses 25-foot three point jumper	25	26
6:09	Michael Ajayi Defensive Rebound.	25	26
5:58	Foul on Théo Pierre-Justin.	25	26
5:44	Michael Ajayi bad pass turnover	25	26
5:44	CJ Gunn Steal.	25	26
5:39	Théo Pierre-Justin makes 27-foot three point jumper (CJ Gunn assists)	28	26
5:19	Azavier Robinson bad pass turnover	28	26
5:19	RJ Smith Steal.	28	26
5:11	CJ Gunn makes 13-foot jumper (Théo Pierre-Justin assists)	30	26
5:07	Butler Timeout	30	26
5:07	Michael Ajayi subbing out for Butler	30	26
5:07	Azavier Robinson subbing out for Butler	30	26
5:07	Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor subbing in for Butler	30	26
5:07	Yame Butler subbing in for Butler	30	26
5:07	NJ Benson subbing out for DePaul	30	26
5:07	Khaman Maker subbing in for DePaul	30	26
4:50	Finley Bizjack misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot	30	26
4:50	Layden Blocker Block.	30	26
4:46	Layden Blocker Defensive Rebound.	30	26
4:32	RJ Smith misses 28-foot three point jumper	30	26
4:29	Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor Defensive Rebound.	30	26
4:21	Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor bad pass turnover	30	26
4:21	CJ Gunn Steal.	30	26
4:00	Layden Blocker misses driving layup	30	26
3:57	CJ Gunn Offensive Rebound.	30	26
3:57	CJ Gunn makes 0-foot tip in layup	32	26
3:35	Jamie Kaiser Jr. misses 30-foot three point jumper	32	26
3:32	Khaman Maker Defensive Rebound.	32	26
3:03	Théo Pierre-Justin misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot	32	26
2:59	Butler Defensive Rebound.	32	26
2:59	Official TV Timeout	32	26
2:59	Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor subbing out for Butler	32	26
2:59	Yame Butler subbing out for Butler	32	26
2:59	Finley Bizjack subbing out for Butler	32	26
2:59	Yohan Traore subbing out for Butler	32	26
2:59	Evan Haywood subbing in for Butler	32	26
2:59	Michael Ajayi subbing in for Butler	32	26
2:59	Drayton Jones subbing in for Butler	32	26
2:59	Azavier Robinson subbing in for Butler	32	26
2:59	Layden Blocker subbing out for DePaul	32	26
2:59	Brandon Maclin subbing in for DePaul	32	26
2:38	Azavier Robinson makes 6-foot turnaround jump shot	32	28
2:22	CJ Gunn bad pass turnover	32	28
2:22	Jamie Kaiser Jr. Steal.	32	28
2:17	Jamie Kaiser Jr. misses driving layup	32	28
2:17	CJ Gunn Block.	32	28
2:16	DePaul Defensive Rebound.	32	28
2:16	Brandon Maclin subbing out for DePaul	32	28
2:16	Layden Blocker subbing in for DePaul	32	28
2:16	Khaman Maker subbing out for DePaul	32	28
2:16	NJ Benson subbing in for DePaul	32	28
2:00	NJ Benson makes 4-foot alley oop dunk (Layden Blocker assists)	34	28
1:43	Drayton Jones bad pass turnover	34	28
1:43	NJ Benson Steal.	34	28
1:37	Layden Blocker bad pass turnover	34	28
1:37	Drayton Jones Steal.	34	28
1:32	Michael Ajayi makes 3-foot dunk (Azavier Robinson assists)	34	30
1:01	RJ Smith misses 27-foot three point step back jumpshot	34	30
0:59	DePaul Deadball Team Rebound.	34	30
0:59	team shot clock turnover	34	30
0:59	Jamie Kaiser Jr. subbing out for Butler	34	30
0:59	Finley Bizjack subbing in for Butler	34	30
0:47	Finley Bizjack misses 25-foot three point jumper	34	30
0:45	Butler Offensive Rebound.	34	30
0:45	Evan Haywood subbing out for Butler	34	30
0:45	Jamie Kaiser Jr. subbing in for Butler	34	30
0:45	Butler Coach's Challenge (Overturned) Butler retains its timeout	34	30
0:42	Finley Bizjack makes 12-foot floating jump shot	34	32
0:14	Théo Pierre-Justin makes 23-foot three point jumper (RJ Smith assists)	37	32
0:02	Foul on CJ Gunn.	37	32
0:02	Azavier Robinson makes free throw 1 of 2	37	33
0:02	Azavier Robinson misses free throw 2 of 2	37	33
0:00	NJ Benson Defensive Rebound.	37	33
0:00	NJ Benson misses 77-foot three point jumper	37	33
0:00	DePaul Deadball Team Rebound.	37	33
0:00	End of 1st half	37	33

Game Information

Indianapolis, IN

Referee:Mike Roberts

Referee:Evon Burroughs

Referee:Tim Smith

NCAA Division I

Big East Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
UConn	13-1	-	23-2
St. John's	12-1	0.5	19-5
Villanova	10-3	2.5	19-5
Seton Hall	7-7	6	17-8
Creighton	7-7	6	13-12
Georgetown	5-8	7.5	13-11
DePaul	5-9	8	13-12
Xavier	4-9	8.5	12-12
Butler	4-10	9	13-12
Providence	4-10	9	11-14
Marquette	4-10	9	9-16

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