{"id":3952,"date":"2021-02-02T22:25:24","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T03:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/butler360\/?p=3952"},"modified":"2021-02-03T00:22:33","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T05:22:33","slug":"butler-mens-basketball-falls-short-of-comeback-against-marquette-for-their-third-straight-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/butler360\/2021\/02\/02\/butler-mens-basketball-falls-short-of-comeback-against-marquette-for-their-third-straight-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Butler Men’s Basketball Falls Short of Comeback Against Marquette for Their Third Straight Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Butler Men\u2019s Basketball team fell on the road to the Marquette Golden Eagles 67-70 Tuesday evening. The Bulldogs fall to 5-10 on the season as the Golden Eagles improve to 9-9.<\/span><\/p>\n

Both teams\u2019 defenses started out strong as they held each other under single digits until the twelve minute mark of the first half.<\/span><\/p>\n

After a slow start on offense, the Golden Eagles got into form and would establish a 33-21 lead going into the second half\u2014 with all 33 points coming from their starters.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Golden Eagles were led by sophomore guard <\/span>D.J. Carton<\/span><\/a> and senior guard <\/span>Koby McEwen<\/span><\/a>\u2014 who would both go on to finish the game with 18 points.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bulldogs junior forward <\/span>Bryce Golden<\/span><\/a> suffered a head injury at the nine minute mark in the first half, but would return in the second half to finish out the contest.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Golden Eagles would continue to pad their lead in the second half, stretching it to 18 points with twelve minutes remaining to play.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, the Bulldogs would continue to climb their way back into the game as time began to wind down.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bulldogs freshman point guard <\/span>Chuck Harris<\/span><\/a> led the comeback attempt as he scored 13 points in the second half alone. Harris would go on to finish the game with 16 points while shooting 5\/8 from the field (4\/5 from 3-point, 2-2 ft).<\/span><\/p>\n

The Bulldogs rallied back, cutting the lead down to two points with 18 seconds left to play in the contest.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In the final seconds, the Bulldogs had a chance to send the game into overtime, but senior guard <\/span>Jair Bolden<\/span><\/a> would miss the game tying 3-pointer\u2014 ultimately leading to the Golden Eagles pulling away with the victory in the end.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This loss by the Bulldogs has resulted in the team losing <\/span>the last five-out-of-six games<\/span><\/a> to the Golden Eagles stretching back to 2019. This also extends the Bulldogs losing streak to three games in a row.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Bulldogs next chance to snap their skid will be at home against the DePaul University Blue Devils on Feb. 5th at Hinkle Fieldhouse at noon on FS1.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Butler Men\u2019s Basketball team fell on the road to the Marquette Golden Eagles 67-70 Tuesday evening. The Bulldogs fall to 5-10 on the season as the Golden Eagles improve to 9-9. Both teams\u2019 defenses started out strong as they held each other under single digits until the twelve minute mark of the first half. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9196695,"featured_media":3953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[380324,11974,11891,380329],"tags":[442379,224,183893,173,255657],"class_list":["post-3952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mens-bb","category-news","category-sports","category-winter-sports","tag-442379","tag-basketball","tag-bigeast","tag-butler","tag-mens"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t