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NCAA Division I Basketball Mens, round 0

AwayButler81
Final
HomeDePaul71
Saturday, March 7, 2026Wintrust ArenaAll DeKalb sports
FinalFinalFS1Play by play
12T
BTLR394281
DEP323971
Final

Butler beats DePaul 81-71

Butler Bulldogs beat DePaul Blue Demons 81-71 on Saturday at Wintrust Arena.

The first half made the difference: Butler outscored DePaul 39-32.

Butler shot 41% to 38% and won the boards 48-35.

For Butler, Finley Bizjack (G): 19. For DePaul, NJ Benson (F): 24.

Butler improves to 16-15. DePaul falls to 16-15.

Attendance: 6,005.

Full recap at ESPN: Butler wins 81-71 against DePaul

Written automatically from the box score. Every number comes straight from the game feed.

Top performers

#11
BTLR · PointsFinley Bizjack G19
#5
BTLR · AssistsMichael Ajayi F5
#5
BTLR · ReboundsMichael Ajayi F11
#35
DEP · PointsNJ Benson F24
#0
DEP · AssistsBrandon Maclin G7
#35
DEP · ReboundsNJ Benson F10
StatsMINPTSFG3PTFTREBASTTOSTLBLKOREBDREBPF
M. Ajayi F32145-160-14-5115630475
J. Kaiser Jr. F32156-83-50-031110032
D. Jones C1742-30-00-064303331
E. Oliogu-Elabor G29154-70-17-874140164
F. Bizjack G39196-152-55-641200221
J. Keith F1200-00-00-011100012
Y. Traore F23101-70-18-952000141
E. Haywood G1431-51-50-030000121
Y. Butler G210-00-01-210001010
Team8125-616-1825-3048181684183017

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