PHILADELPHIA – One step forward. One mile backward off the cliff.
No. 14 Villanova shot 60% and held Butler to 31%, leading to an 82-42 humiliation Sunday in Big East basketball at the Wells Fargo Center.
Butler, coming off a 72-58 road win at Georgetown, fell to 9-7 and 2-3.
It was an historic game, and for all the wrong reasons.
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Butler had not lost by so many points since a 104-64 defeat at No. 4 North Carolina on Jan.