After a dominating victory on Tuesday against Morehead State, Butler coach LaVall Jordan still wasn’t satisfied. “We still haven’t put 40 minutes together, right?” he asked his players in the locker room after the game. “We got about 32 minutes today – but we’re reaching for 40.”
On Thursday night against Western Illinois, the Bulldogs gave LaVall Jordan all 40 minutes. And the result was a 107-46 victory in Hinkle Fieldhouse. Butler leaped out to a 13-2 lead in the first three minutes and Western Illinois quickly called a timeout, but nothing could slow down the Dawgs.