Overview
- Marquette tied its season high with 14 made 3-pointers and shot 45.2% from deep, far above its 31.5% season average.
- Adrien Stevens scored a career-high 18 points on 6-for-9 from beyond the arc to power the perimeter surge.
- Chase Ross finished with 19 points, including 17 after halftime, and added four 3s, five assists and four rebounds.
- A 22-9 run to open the second half stretched a 32-28 lead, and Butler later endured a scoring drought of just over six minutes.
- The Golden Eagles moved to 9-15 (4-9 Big East) with a third straight home victory; Butler fell to 13-11 (4-9) for a fourth straight loss despite Finley Bizjack's 23 points and Michael Ajayi's 19 rebounds.