Butler got smacked around a bit on Monday afternoon in Las Vegas. The Bulldogs’ opener in the Maui Invitational didn’t go too well, as the 15th-ranked Houston Cougars took them out 70-52.
The Dawgs faced an early uphill battle and couldn’t recover. They fell behind 17-0 through the first 6+ minutes of the game. Jair Bolden’s 3-pointer finally put them on the board at the 13:39 mark of the game. Bolden, in fact, was the only player for the Bulldogs to record points up until the 7:33 mark of the first half. He scored the team’s first 11, but that obviously wasn’t a predictor of success at all.