INDIANAPOLIS – After another abysmal first half, Butler turned it on by shooting 69% in the second half and defeated Troy 70-59 in college basketball Saturday night at Hinkle Fieldhouse.
Chuck Harris scored 23 points and Jair Bolden 21 for Butler, which was 12-of-25 on 3-pointers.
The Bulldogs climbed to 3-0 ahead of Wednesday’s Gavitt Games showdown against Michigan State. Butler is 62-1 in its past 63 nonleague home games.
Troy, which led by 10 points in the first half, is 1-1.
Three reasons Butler won:
Bryce Nze’s 80-foot buzzer-beater
Turns out the Bulldogs really needed this one.