Butler Bulldogs vs. Villanova Wildcats

Mar 9, 2018

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
BUT	25	43			68
VILL	44	43			87

Game Recap

No. 2 Villanova crushes Butler on way to Big East title game. kal Bridges had 18 points and second-ranked Villanova scored the first 19 points and cruised toward its fourth straight trip in the Big East Tournament championship game in an 87-68 win over Butler on Friday night.

Player Stats

BUTLER	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
30Kelan Martin	37	5-11	2-5	1-3	4	4	0	1	2	2	13
4Tyler Wideman	12	4-4	0-0	2-2	4	0	0	0	2	4	10
22Sean McDermott	24	2-4	2-4	0-0	5	2	0	0	1	1	6
2Aaron Thompson	20	1-2	0-1	2-2	0	2	0	1	1	2	4
3Kamar Baldwin	34	6-13	0-2	0-0	3	2	1	0	1	3	12
51Nate Fowler	19	3-4	1-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	2	1	7
25Christian David	3	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
50Joey Brunk	7	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
21Jerald Gillens-Butler	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0Campbell Donovan	3	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20Henry Baddley	17	2-4	1-2	0-0	0	0	1	0	1	1	5
5Paul Jorgensen	22	2-8	1-3	6-6	5	4	1	0	1	0	11
TOTAL	-	25-5248.1%	7-2035.0%	11-1384.6%	22	14	3	3	12	15	68

VILLANOVA	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
14Omari Rasulala Spellman	28	3-8	2-3	4-4	12	2	1	0	1	1	12
4Eric Paschall	27	5-10	2-4	0-1	7	0	0	0	1	3	12
25Mikal Bridges	25	7-11	4-8	0-0	5	1	2	1	1	2	18
1Jalen Brunson	24	6-10	3-6	2-2	3	3	2	0	3	2	17
5Phil Booth	29	4-11	2-7	4-4	2	1	1	0	2	2	14
23Jermaine Samuels Jr.	6	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
21Dhamir Cosby-Roundtree	7	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
24Tom Leibig	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34Tim Delaney	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2Collin Gillespie	24	1-3	1-3	4-4	0	4	2	0	1	2	7
10Donte DiVincenzo	28	2-6	0-2	1-2	6	6	0	0	1	1	5

TOTAL	-	29-6147.5%	14-3441.2%	15-1788.2%	36	17	9	1	11	15	87

Play-by-Play

Scores OnlyExpand All

1st halfBUTVILL

(20:00) Jump Ball won by Villanova.
+3 (19:57) Mikal Bridges made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jalen Brunson.
03
(19:32) Aaron Thompson Turnover.
+2 (19:04) Mikal Bridges made Dunk.
05
(18:45) Tyler Wideman Turnover.
(18:45) Mikal Bridges Steal.
+3 (18:30) Eric Paschall made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jalen Brunson.
08
(18:00) Kelan Martin missed Jumper.
(18:00) Omari Spellman Defensive Rebound.
(17:51) Foul on Kamar Baldwin.
+1 (17:51) Jalen Brunson made Free Throw.
09
+1 (17:51) Jalen Brunson made Free Throw.
010
(17:32) Kamar Baldwin missed Jumper.
(17:32) Jalen Brunson Defensive Rebound.
(17:22) Foul on Sean McDermott.
(17:17) Mikal Bridges missed Three Point Jumper.
(17:17) Omari Spellman Offensive Rebound.
+2 (17:13) Eric Paschall made Jumper. Assisted by Donte DiVincenzo.
012
(17:13) Foul on Tyler Wideman.
(17:13) Eric Paschall missed Free Throw.
(17:13) Sean McDermott Defensive Rebound.
(16:52) Paul Jorgensen missed Jumper.
(16:52) Eric Paschall Defensive Rebound.
+2 (16:29) Mikal Bridges made Jumper.
014
(16:12) Sean McDermott missed Three Point Jumper.
(16:12) Donte DiVincenzo Defensive Rebound.
+2 (15:46) Jalen Brunson made Jumper.
016
(15:29) Foul on Nate Fowler.
(15:29) Nate Fowler Turnover.
(15:20) Phil Booth Turnover.
(15:20) Foul on Donte DiVincenzo.
(15:02) Aaron Thompson missed Three Point Jumper.
(15:02) Jalen Brunson Defensive Rebound.
+3 (14:54) Omari Spellman made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jalen Brunson.
019
(14:39) Foul on Dhamir Cosby-Roundtree.
+2 (14:30) Aaron Thompson made Jumper. Assisted by Kelan Martin.
219
(14:15) Phil Booth missed Three Point Jumper.
(14:15) Sean McDermott Defensive Rebound.
+3 (14:07) Sean McDermott made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kelan Martin.
519
(13:41) Foul on Aaron Thompson.
+3 (13:23) Phil Booth made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mikal Bridges.
522
(12:51) Kelan Martin Turnover.
(12:51) Collin Gillespie Steal.
(12:51) Foul on Kelan Martin.
(12:25) Foul on Tyler Wideman.
+1 (12:25) Phil Booth made Free Throw.
523
+1 (12:25) Phil Booth made Free Throw.
524
(12:11) Foul on Kamar Baldwin.
(12:11) Kamar Baldwin Turnover.
+2 (11:40) Phil Booth made Layup. Assisted by Omari Spellman.
526
+3 (11:31) Paul Jorgensen made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Aaron Thompson.
826
+2 (11:13) Jalen Brunson made Jumper.
828
(10:58) Kamar Baldwin missed Jumper.
(10:58) Mikal Bridges Defensive Rebound.
(10:47) Eric Paschall missed Three Point Jumper.
(10:47) Kelan Martin Defensive Rebound.
(10:38) Kelan Martin missed Three Point Jumper.
(10:38) Mikal Bridges Defensive Rebound.
(10:16) Foul on Omari Spellman.
(10:16) Omari Spellman Turnover.
(9:50) Foul on Jalen Brunson.
(9:33) Nate Fowler Turnover.
(9:33) Collin Gillespie Steal.
(9:11) Donte DiVincenzo missed Three Point Jumper.
(9:11) Butler Defensive Rebound.
(8:55) Foul on Collin Gillespie.
+1 (8:55) Aaron Thompson made Free Throw.
928
+1 (8:55) Aaron Thompson made Free Throw.
1028
(8:38) Jalen Brunson missed Three Point Jumper.
(8:38) Eric Paschall Offensive Rebound.
(8:30) Omari Spellman missed Three Point Jumper.
(8:30) Paul Jorgensen Defensive Rebound.
(8:05) Paul Jorgensen missed Jumper.
(8:05) Omari Spellman Defensive Rebound.
(8:00) Foul on Jalen Brunson.
(8:00) Jalen Brunson Turnover.
+2 (7:45) Nate Fowler made Layup. Assisted by Aaron Thompson.
1228
(7:24) Foul on Aaron Thompson.
+1 (7:24) Collin Gillespie made Free Throw.
1229
+1 (7:24) Collin Gillespie made Free Throw.
1230
+2 (7:03) Kamar Baldwin made Jumper.
1430
+3 (6:28) Eric Paschall made Three Point Jumper.
1433
+3 (6:12) Sean McDermott made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Paul Jorgensen.
1733
(5:45) Foul on Eric Paschall.
(5:45) Eric Paschall Turnover.
(5:26) Paul Jorgensen missed Jumper.
(5:26) Mikal Bridges Block.
(5:26) Phil Booth Defensive Rebound.
(5:20) Phil Booth missed Three Point Jumper.
(5:20) Omari Spellman Offensive Rebound.
(5:10) Omari Spellman missed Jumper.
(5:10) Kelan Martin Defensive Rebound.
(4:59) Nate Fowler missed Layup.
(4:59) Mikal Bridges Defensive Rebound.
(4:40) Eric Paschall missed Jumper.
(4:40) Kamar Baldwin Defensive Rebound.
+2 (4:27) Kelan Martin made Layup. Assisted by Paul Jorgensen.
1933
+2 (4:03) Donte DiVincenzo made Jumper.
1935
+2 (3:35) Paul Jorgensen made Jumper.
2135
+2 (3:11) Phil Booth made Jumper.
2137
+2 (2:49) Kelan Martin made Jumper.
2337
(2:23) Donte DiVincenzo missed Jumper.
(2:23) Omari Spellman Offensive Rebound.
(2:23) Foul on Joey Brunk.
+1 (2:23) Omari Spellman made Free Throw.
2338
+1 (2:23) Omari Spellman made Free Throw.
2339
(2:04) Kelan Martin missed Jumper.
(2:04) Donte DiVincenzo Defensive Rebound.
(1:54) Collin Gillespie missed Three Point Jumper.
(1:54) Omari Spellman Offensive Rebound.
(1:49) Omari Spellman missed Layup.
(1:49) Joey Brunk Block.
(1:49) Omari Spellman Offensive Rebound.
+2 (1:40) Omari Spellman made Layup.
2341
+2 (1:14) Kamar Baldwin made Layup.
2541
(0:58) Collin Gillespie Turnover.
(0:53) Paul Jorgensen missed Three Point Jumper.
(0:53) Eric Paschall Defensive Rebound.
(0:46) Donte DiVincenzo missed Layup.
(0:46) Kelan Martin Block.
(0:46) Paul Jorgensen Defensive Rebound.
(0:34) Paul Jorgensen Turnover.
(0:34) Omari Spellman Steal.
+3 (0:05) Phil Booth made Three Point Jumper.
2544

2nd half

Team Stats

BUT

VILL

68Points87

25-52(48.1%)Field Goal(%)29-61(47.5%)

7-20(35.0%)3-Point(%)14-34(41.2%)

11-13(84.6%)Free Throw(%)15-17(88.2%)

25(3)Rebounds(Offensive)37(12)

14Assists17

3Steals9

3Blocks1

12Turnovers11

15(0)Fouls(Technical)15(0)

0Largest Lead27

Game Details

Friday, March 9, 2018 · 9:25 PM

Finneran Pavilion · Villanova, PA

attendance: 19,812 (304.8%)

tv: FS1

spread: VILL -8.5

over/under: 151