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Butler vs. Dayton: Beyond the box score

JOSHUA DOERING | SPORTS EDITOR | jdoering@butler.edu

The Butler men’s basketball team suffered its first loss of the season, falling to Dayton in the quarterfinals of the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament, 69-64. Butler rallied late but never got closer than 63-58 with 45 seconds left. Here are three takeaways from a rough performance.

1. The first half couldn’t have gone much worse offensively for Butler.

The Bulldogs shot 33 percent from the floor and did not score a single point for the final 4:15 of the half. As a result, they headed into the locker room down 37-26.