The final nail in the coffin for Butler basketball\u2019s season came on Wednesday as the Nebraska Cornhuskers (19-16) took down the Bulldogs (16-17) 80-76 in Lincoln.<\/p>\n
After starting out hot with a 14-2 run to begin the game, the Bulldogs would be outscored 29-16 to close out the half.<\/p>\n
Butler trailed 64-52 with less than five minutes left in the game. In a rare comeback effort, the Bulldogs would pull it to a 71-70 Nebraska lead with 91 seconds left, led by back-to-back 3-pointers by Sean McDermott, and three-point plays from Aaron Thompson and Jordan Tucker.<\/p>\n
Nebraska would close it out by scoring on their final five possessions. The win gave the Cornhuskers their first postseason victory since 2008.<\/p>\n
Isaiah Roby led Nebraska with 28 points. James Palmer would add 23, while Glynn Watson Jr. would put up 17.<\/p>\n
The story of the game for Nebraska was how they played the game with just five scholarship players. Senior walk-on Johnny Trueblood would have his breakout game, scoring a career high six points, while adding seven rebounds and five assists.<\/p>\n
Sean McDermott would lead the way for Butler with 14 points, Paul Jorgensen would score 12 as well.<\/p>\n
The big performer for the Bulldogs was sophomore Aaron Thompson, scoring 11 points and dishing out 12 assists. The assists mark was the most since 2006 for a Bulldog.<\/p>\n
Butler finished the season as the only Big East team with a losing record. It was their first losing season since 2013-2014.<\/p>\n
Nebraska moves on to face TCU in the second round of the NIT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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