MILWAUKEE – Avery Woodson, a Mississippi native, is so cold in Milwaukee that he wore a parka to a pregame news conference held inside a warm basketball arena. To make himself more comfortable, he heated up the BMO Harris Bradley Center on Thursday.
Woodson sank five of his six 3-pointers in the first half, and No. 4 seed Butler went on to defeat Winthrop 76-64 in the first round of the NCAA South Regional.
Woodson, a graduate transfer playing in his first NCAA tournament game, scored 18 points in the same arena where he scored 17 in a Butler victory at Marquette last month.