Northwestern Wildcats vs. Butler Bulldogs

Dec 20, 2025

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
NU	23	35	58
BUT	29	32	61

Game Recap

Ajayi's double-double helps Butler edge Northwestern 61-58. Michael Ajayi posted a 19-point, 20-rebound double-double as Butler held off Northwestern 61-58 on Saturday night in the Indy Classic.

Player Stats

NORTHWESTERN	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
8Tre Singleton	34	4-9	0-2	0-0	5	3	0	1	2	2	8
22Arrinten Page	30	3-8	0-1	1-1	3	4	0	2	1	1	7
44Angelo Ciaravino	18	3-7	0-2	1-1	4	1	0	1	0	3	7
11Jordan Clayton	19	1-4	1-4	0-0	2	2	0	0	0	4	3
4Jayden Reid	32	5-13	1-4	3-3	2	6	0	0	5	2	14
1Tyler Kropp	10	1-3	0-1	3-4	1	0	0	0	0	1	5
10Max Green	26	3-10	1-4	0-0	6	1	2	0	0	1	7
3Jake West	8	1-3	0-1	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	2	2
20Justin Mullins	5	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
24K.J. Windham	18	2-6	1-3	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5
TOTAL	-	23-6435.9%	4-2317.4%	8-988.9%	27	18	3	4	8	16	58

BUTLER	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
5Michael Ajayi	36	8-14	0-2	3-5	20	2	3	2	3	1	19
13Drayton Jones	25	1-4	0-0	0-0	3	1	1	2	2	2	2
23Azavier Robinson	23	2-6	0-2	0-0	2	2	1	0	0	4	4
7Jamie Kaiser Jr.	22	5-9	2-5	2-2	4	1	1	0	1	0	14
11Finley Bizjack	31	2-10	2-9	0-0	1	1	0	0	1	0	6
4Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor	14	0-3	0-1	2-4	4	1	1	0	3	2	2
21Yohan Traore	15	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0
1Evan Haywood	22	3-10	2-9	3-3	2	1	0	0	0	1	11
8Yame Butler	12	1-2	1-2	0-0	2	1	0	0	1	1	3

TOTAL	-	22-5837.9%	7-3023.3%	10-1471.4%	39	12	7	4	13	11	61

Play-by-Play

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1st halfNUBUT

(20:00) Start game.
(19:58) Jump Ball won by Butler.
(19:58) Jump Ball lost by Northwestern.
(19:29) Finley Bizjack misses 36-foot three point jumper.
(19:26) Tre Singleton Defensive Rebound.
(19:09) Jordan Clayton misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(19:07) Michael Ajayi Defensive Rebound.
(19:00) Michael Ajayi misses 13-foot pullup jump shot.
(18:57) Angelo Ciaravino Defensive Rebound.
(18:42) Arrinten Page misses alley oop dunk.
(18:39) Jamie Kaiser Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(18:35) Michael Ajayi misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(18:33) Angelo Ciaravino Defensive Rebound.
(18:13) Arrinten Page bad pass turnover.
(18:13) Drayton Jones Steal.
(18:13) Foul on Arrinten Page.
(18:03) Finley Bizjack misses 22-foot three point jumper.
(18:01) Northwestern Defensive Rebound.
(17:45) Tre Singleton misses 7-foot pullup jump shot.
(17:43) Butler Deadball Team Rebound.
(17:43) Foul on Tre Singleton.
(17:23) Finley Bizjack misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(17:20) Jamie Kaiser Jr. Offensive Rebound.
(17:03) Finley Bizjack misses 31-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(17:01) Jamie Kaiser Jr. Offensive Rebound.
(17:00) team shot clock turnover .
+2 (16:47) Jayden Reid makes 19-foot pullup jump shot.
20
(16:31) Drayton Jones bad pass turnover.
(16:18) Angelo Ciaravino misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(16:15) Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor Defensive Rebound.
+3 (16:03) Jamie Kaiser Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Yohan Traore assists).
23
(15:43) Angelo Ciaravino misses 7-foot floating jump shot.
(15:39) Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor Defensive Rebound.
(15:37) Foul on Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor.
(15:37) Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor turnover.
(15:21) Tre Singleton misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(15:16) Jamie Kaiser Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(15:06) Finley Bizjack bad pass turnover.
(14:54) Jordan Clayton misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(14:50) Michael Ajayi Defensive Rebound.
+2 (14:40) Jamie Kaiser Jr. makes driving layup.
25
(14:21) Foul on Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor.
(14:16) Jayden Reid misses 9-foot floating jump shot.
(14:14) Justin Mullins Offensive Rebound.
(14:06) Justin Mullins misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(14:03) Michael Ajayi Defensive Rebound.
+2 (13:57) Michael Ajayi makes driving layup.
27
(13:45) Jayden Reid bad pass turnover.
(13:45) Azavier Robinson Steal.
(13:40) Evan Haywood misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(13:36) Max Green Defensive Rebound.
(13:33) Foul on Azavier Robinson.
+1 (13:33) Jayden Reid makes free throw 1 of 2.
37
+1 (13:33) Jayden Reid makes free throw 2 of 2.
47
(13:14) Michael Ajayi misses 8-foot turnaround jump shot.
(13:11) Max Green Defensive Rebound.
+2 (12:48) K.J. Windham makes 15-foot pullup jump shot (Jake West assists).
67
(12:24) Azavier Robinson misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(12:21) Michael Ajayi Offensive Rebound.
+2 (12:20) Michael Ajayi makes layup.
69
(12:06) Jake West misses 9-foot turnaround jump shot.
(12:03) Michael Ajayi Defensive Rebound.
(11:40) Azavier Robinson misses driving layup.
(11:37) Arrinten Page Defensive Rebound.
+3 (11:25) Max Green makes 26-foot three point jumper (Arrinten Page assists).
99
(11:03) Foul on Jake West.
(10:58) Drayton Jones misses 6-foot floating jump shot.
(10:58) Arrinten Page Block.
(10:55) Max Green Defensive Rebound.
+2 (10:33) Max Green makes driving layup (Arrinten Page assists).
119
+3 (10:14) Evan Haywood makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jamie Kaiser Jr. assists).
1112
(9:53) Tre Singleton bad pass turnover.
(9:53) Jamie Kaiser Jr. Steal.
(9:48) Jamie Kaiser Jr. misses 9-foot turnaround jump shot.
(9:45) Northwestern Defensive Rebound.
+2 (9:22) Tre Singleton makes driving layup.
1312
(9:02) Drayton Jones misses 10-foot pullup jump shot.
(9:02) Tre Singleton Block.
(9:02) Butler Offensive Rebound.
(9:00) Evan Haywood misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(9:00) Angelo Ciaravino Block.
(8:57) Evan Haywood Offensive Rebound.
+2 (8:57) Evan Haywood makes driving layup.
1314
(8:57) Foul on Jordan Clayton.
+1 (8:57) Evan Haywood makes free throw 1 of 1.
1315
(8:43) Foul on Azavier Robinson.
+2 (8:29) Tyler Kropp makes 6-foot turnaround jump shot (Jordan Clayton assists).
1515
+2 (8:02) Jamie Kaiser Jr. makes driving layup.
1517
(7:48) Tyler Kropp misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(7:45) Finley Bizjack Defensive Rebound.
+3 (7:39) Jamie Kaiser Jr. makes 24-foot three point jumper.
1520
+2 (7:20) Arrinten Page makes 1-foot dunk (Jayden Reid assists).
1720
(6:58) Michael Ajayi misses layup.
(6:56) Michael Ajayi Offensive Rebound.
(6:53) Jamie Kaiser Jr. misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(6:49) Butler Offensive Rebound.
+3 (6:43) Yame Butler makes 24-foot three point jumper (Yohan Traore assists).
1723
(6:26) Arrinten Page misses 9-foot turnaround jump shot.
(6:24) Yohan Traore Defensive Rebound.
(6:10) Jamie Kaiser Jr. bad pass turnover.
+2 (5:53) Jayden Reid makes driving layup (Arrinten Page assists).
1923
(5:30) Yame Butler traveling turnover.
(5:16) Foul on Drayton Jones.
(5:16) Tyler Kropp misses free throw 1 of 2.
(5:16) Northwestern Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (5:16) Tyler Kropp makes free throw 2 of 2.
2023
(5:02) Jamie Kaiser Jr. misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(4:59) Jayden Reid Defensive Rebound.
(4:35) K.J. Windham misses 7-foot turnaround jump shot.
(4:33) Michael Ajayi Defensive Rebound.
(4:26) Michael Ajayi misses 11-foot pullup jump shot.
(4:21) Tyler Kropp Defensive Rebound.
(4:05) Max Green misses 24-foot three point step back jumpshot.
(4:02) Drayton Jones Defensive Rebound.
(3:57) Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor turnover.
(3:46) Jayden Reid misses driving layup.
(3:46) Northwestern Offensive Rebound.
(3:46) Drayton Jones Block.
(3:30) Jayden Reid misses 17-foot turnaround jump shot.
(3:28) Michael Ajayi Defensive Rebound.
(3:00) Evan Haywood misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(2:58) Michael Ajayi Offensive Rebound.
+2 (2:51) Drayton Jones makes 3-foot dunk (Finley Bizjack assists).
2025
(2:26) Arrinten Page misses driving layup.
(2:24) Drayton Jones Defensive Rebound.
+2 (2:19) Michael Ajayi makes driving layup.
2027
(1:46) Arrinten Page misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(1:43) Michael Ajayi Defensive Rebound.
(1:36) Michael Ajayi bad pass turnover.
(1:16) Tre Singleton bad pass turnover.
(1:16) Michael Ajayi Steal.
(0:56) Finley Bizjack misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(0:53) Northwestern Defensive Rebound.
+3 (0:36) K.J. Windham makes 28-foot three point jumper (Tre Singleton assists).
2327
(0:06) Foul on Jake West.
(0:03) Foul on Jordan Clayton.
+1 (0:03) Michael Ajayi makes free throw 1 of 2.
2328
+1 (0:03) Michael Ajayi makes free throw 2 of 2.
2329
(0:00) Jayden Reid misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(0:00) Northwestern Deadball Team Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

BUT

58Points61

23-64(35.9%)Field Goal(%)22-58(37.9%)

4-23(17.4%)3-Point(%)7-30(23.3%)

8-9(88.9%)Free Throw(%)10-14(71.4%)

35(9)Rebounds(Offensive)41(13)

18Assists12

3Steals7

4Blocks4

9Turnovers14

16(0)Fouls(Technical)11(0)

2Largest Lead11

Game Details

Saturday, December 20, 2025 · 4:00 PM

Hinkle Fieldhouse · Indianapolis, IN

attendance: 16,912 (185.8%)

tv: Peacock

spread: BUT -3.5

over/under: 154.5