Butler Bulldogs vs. Marquette Golden Eagles

Feb 7, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
BUT	28	27	55
MARQ	32	38	70

Game Recap

Ross scores 19 as Marquette knocks off Butler 70-55. Chase Ross scored 19 points as Marquette beat Butler 70-55 on Saturday.

Player Stats

BUTLER	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
4Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor	25	1-5	0-0	2-6	4	1	0	1	3	1	4
5Michael Ajayi	38	3-15	0-4	2-2	19	2	4	0	5	3	8
13Drayton Jones	16	0-1	0-0	3-4	0	1	1	0	1	3	3
1Evan Haywood	28	1-9	1-7	0-0	4	1	1	0	0	3	3
11Finley Bizjack	40	8-12	5-7	2-2	5	3	1	0	3	1	23
0Jackson Keith	19	4-7	0-2	0-1	3	0	0	0	1	0	8
21Yohan Traore	19	1-7	0-0	0-0	5	0	1	0	1	0	2
8Yame Butler	15	2-5	0-1	0-0	1	3	1	1	1	3	4


TOTAL	-	20-6132.8%	6-2128.6%	9-1560.0%	41	11	9	2	15	14	55

MARQUETTE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
12Ben Gold	23	1-5	1-5	0-0	10	0	0	0	0	1	3
13Royce Parham	25	4-6	3-4	1-2	0	2	0	0	2	4	12
10Adrien Stevens	37	6-11	6-9	0-0	4	3	2	0	2	1	18
0Nigel James Jr.	32	6-15	0-5	4-4	2	4	4	0	2	4	16
2Chase Ross	33	7-10	4-5	1-1	4	5	3	0	4	3	19
35Michael Phillips II	7	0-1	0-1	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	2	0
8Joshua Clark	4	0-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
18Caedin Hamilton	13	0-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	2	0	0	2	0
9Damarius Owens	19	1-2	0-1	0-2	2	1	0	1	1	2	2
5Tre Norman	7	0-1	0-1	0-1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0
TOTAL	-	25-5446.3%	14-3145.2%	6-1060.0%	28	16	12	2	12	19	70

Play-by-Play

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1st halfBUTMARQ

(20:00) Start game.
(19:57) Jump Ball won by Butler.
(19:57) Jump Ball lost by Marquette.
(19:27) team shot clock turnover .
+2 (19:14) Royce Parham makes 7-foot hook shot (Nigel James Jr. assists).
02
(18:51) Foul on Chase Ross.
(18:51) Drayton Jones misses free throw 1 of 2.
(18:51) Butler Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (18:51) Drayton Jones makes free throw 2 of 2.
12
(18:36) Adrien Stevens misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(18:35) Michael Ajayi Defensive Rebound.
(18:24) Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor bad pass turnover.
(18:24) Chase Ross Steal.
(18:10) Foul on Drayton Jones.
(18:10) Royce Parham misses free throw 1 of 2.
(18:10) Marquette Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (18:10) Royce Parham makes free throw 2 of 2.
13
(17:57) Foul on Nigel James Jr..
(17:47) Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor misses driving layup.
(17:42) Yohan Traore Offensive Rebound.
(17:42) Yohan Traore misses tip in dunk.
(17:42) Evan Haywood Offensive Rebound.
(17:32) Yohan Traore misses 5-foot turnaround jump shot.
(17:29) Nigel James Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(17:19) Ben Gold misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(17:19) Foul on Royce Parham.
(17:15) Michael Ajayi Defensive Rebound.
(17:07) Michael Ajayi bad pass turnover.
(17:07) Nigel James Jr. Steal.
+2 (17:02) Nigel James Jr. makes 3-foot dunk (Adrien Stevens assists).
15
(16:44) Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor bad pass turnover.
(16:44) Adrien Stevens Steal.
(16:40) Adrien Stevens misses driving layup.
(16:34) Chase Ross Offensive Rebound.
+2 (16:34) Chase Ross makes 0-foot tip in layup.
17
(16:19) Foul on Ben Gold.
+3 (16:11) Evan Haywood makes 26-foot three point jumper (Finley Bizjack assists).
47
(15:48) Adrien Stevens misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(15:48) Marquette Deadball Team Rebound.
(15:48) Foul on Evan Haywood.
(15:47) Adrien Stevens bad pass turnover.
(15:47) Finley Bizjack Steal.
+2 (15:43) Finley Bizjack makes driving layup.
67
(15:33) Chase Ross bad pass turnover.
(15:33) Evan Haywood Steal.
(15:16) Evan Haywood misses 30-foot three point jumper.
(15:12) Caedin Hamilton Defensive Rebound.
+3 (14:53) Royce Parham makes 26-foot three point jumper.
610
(14:16) Evan Haywood misses 13-foot floating jump shot.
(14:12) Evan Haywood Offensive Rebound.
(14:12) Evan Haywood misses tip in layup.
(14:12) Damarius Owens Block.
(14:10) Chase Ross Defensive Rebound.
+2 (14:09) Damarius Owens makes driving layup (Chase Ross assists).
612
(13:53) Yame Butler bad pass turnover.
(13:53) Adrien Stevens Steal.
(13:53) Foul on Yame Butler.
(13:47) Foul on Yame Butler.
+1 (13:47) Nigel James Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2.
613
+1 (13:47) Nigel James Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2.
614
(13:35) Foul on Damarius Owens.
(13:18) Finley Bizjack misses 9-foot floating jump shot.
(13:14) Jackson Keith Offensive Rebound.
(13:12) Michael Ajayi misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(13:10) Ben Gold Defensive Rebound.
(13:02) Ben Gold misses 30-foot three point jumper.
(12:58) Michael Ajayi Defensive Rebound.
+2 (12:48) Finley Bizjack makes 17-foot floating jump shot.
814
(12:27) Ben Gold misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(12:24) Yohan Traore Defensive Rebound.
(12:18) Jackson Keith misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(12:15) Michael Phillips II Defensive Rebound.
(12:08) Nigel James Jr. misses driving layup.
(12:06) Michael Ajayi Defensive Rebound.
(12:02) Jackson Keith bad pass turnover.
(12:02) Caedin Hamilton Steal.
(11:41) Nigel James Jr. misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(11:39) Michael Ajayi Defensive Rebound.
(11:24) Foul on Michael Phillips II.
(11:24) Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor misses free throw 1 of 2.
(11:24) Butler Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (11:24) Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor makes free throw 2 of 2.
914
(11:12) Michael Phillips II misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(11:09) Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor Defensive Rebound.
(11:07) Foul on Michael Phillips II.
+1 (11:07) Michael Ajayi makes free throw 1 of 2.
1014
+1 (11:07) Michael Ajayi makes free throw 2 of 2.
1114
+2 (10:54) Nigel James Jr. makes layup.
1116
+2 (10:37) Michael Ajayi makes 11-foot hook shot (Drayton Jones assists).
1316
(10:13) Chase Ross misses 28-foot three point step back jumpshot.
(10:10) Finley Bizjack Defensive Rebound.
(10:03) Finley Bizjack bad pass turnover.
(10:03) Nigel James Jr. Steal.
(9:53) Nigel James Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(9:50) Michael Ajayi Defensive Rebound.
(9:22) Finley Bizjack misses 6-foot floating jump shot.
(9:20) Chase Ross Defensive Rebound.
(9:15) Foul on Royce Parham.
(9:15) Royce Parham turnover.
(9:00) Evan Haywood misses 30-foot three point jumper.
(8:56) Butler Offensive Rebound.
(8:48) Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor misses driving layup.
(8:46) Ben Gold Defensive Rebound.
(8:36) Foul on Evan Haywood.
(8:24) Chase Ross misses 8-foot hook shot.
(8:21) Finley Bizjack Defensive Rebound.
(8:10) Yame Butler misses 12-foot hook shot.
(8:07) Ben Gold Defensive Rebound.
(8:01) Chase Ross misses driving layup.
(7:59) Finley Bizjack Defensive Rebound.
+2 (7:56) Yame Butler makes driving layup (Finley Bizjack assists).
1516
(7:40) Foul on Finley Bizjack.
+3 (7:25) Adrien Stevens makes 28-foot three point jumper (Tre Norman assists).
1519
+2 (7:01) Michael Ajayi makes driving layup (Yame Butler assists).
1719
(6:48) Damarius Owens misses 22-foot three point jumper.
(6:45) Finley Bizjack Defensive Rebound.
+3 (6:43) Finley Bizjack makes 28-foot three point jumper (Evan Haywood assists).
2019
(6:17) Nigel James Jr. misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(6:15) Damarius Owens Offensive Rebound.
(6:13) Foul on Michael Ajayi.
(6:13) Damarius Owens misses free throw 1 of 2.
(6:13) Marquette Deadball Team Rebound.
(6:13) Damarius Owens misses free throw 2 of 2.
(6:12) Jackson Keith Defensive Rebound.
(6:02) Michael Ajayi bad pass turnover.
(6:02) Tre Norman Steal.
(6:02) Foul on Michael Ajayi.
(6:02) Tre Norman misses free throw 1 of 1.
(6:00) Michael Ajayi Defensive Rebound.
(5:30) Michael Ajayi misses 11-foot turnaround jump shot.
(5:28) Caedin Hamilton Defensive Rebound.
(5:17) Adrien Stevens bad pass turnover.
(5:17) Yohan Traore Steal.
(5:09) Michael Ajayi misses driving layup.
(5:06) Jackson Keith Offensive Rebound.
(5:06) Jackson Keith misses tip in layup.
(5:05) Michael Phillips II Defensive Rebound.
(4:52) Caedin Hamilton misses 13-foot hook shot.
(4:49) Evan Haywood Defensive Rebound.
(4:32) Jackson Keith misses 22-foot three point jumper.
(4:31) Adrien Stevens Defensive Rebound.
+3 (4:00) Adrien Stevens makes 26-foot three point jumper (Chase Ross assists).
2022
+3 (3:47) Finley Bizjack makes 34-foot three point jumper (Michael Ajayi assists).
2322
(3:33) Nigel James Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(3:31) Michael Ajayi Defensive Rebound.
+2 (3:26) Jackson Keith makes driving layup.
2522
+2 (2:52) Nigel James Jr. makes driving layup.
2524
+3 (2:14) Finley Bizjack makes 26-foot three point jumper.
2824
+3 (1:55) Royce Parham makes 24-foot three point jumper (Chase Ross assists).
2827
(1:34) Finley Bizjack bad pass turnover.
(1:34) Chase Ross Steal.
+3 (1:20) Adrien Stevens makes 27-foot three point jumper (Nigel James Jr. assists).
2830
(0:59) Michael Ajayi misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(0:59) Nigel James Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(0:46) Foul on Drayton Jones.
+1 (0:46) Nigel James Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2.
2831
+1 (0:46) Nigel James Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2.
2832
(0:26) Yohan Traore misses driving layup.
(0:23) Ben Gold Defensive Rebound.
(0:01) Nigel James Jr. misses driving layup.
(0:01) Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor Block.
(0:01) Marquette Offensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

BUT

MARQ

55Points70

20-61(32.8%)Field Goal(%)25-54(46.3%)

6-21(28.6%)3-Point(%)14-31(45.2%)

9-15(60.0%)Free Throw(%)6-10(60.0%)

43(17)Rebounds(Offensive)30(4)

11Assists16

9Steals12

2Blocks2

16Turnovers12

14(0)Fouls(Technical)19(0)

4Largest Lead17

Game Details

Saturday, February 7, 2026 · 2:00 PM

Fiserv Forum · Milwaukee, WI

attendance: 17,568 (101.3%)

tv: FS1

spread: MARQ -3.5

over/under: 155.5