Butler Bulldogs vs. Villanova Wildcats

FINAL

Feb 25, 2026

Box Score

	1	2	T
BUT	28	45	73
VILL	42	40	82

Game Recap

Villanova wins 82-73 against Butler. Acaden Lewis scored 20 points as Villanova beat Butler 82-73 on Wednesday.

Player Stats

BUTLER	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
4Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor	25	5-7	0-1	0-0	1	2	1	0	1	1	10
5Michael Ajayi	37	5-10	1-2	6-8	9	2	0	0	3	3	17
13Drayton Jones	17	1-1	0-0	2-2	4	1	0	0	0	1	4
7Jamie Kaiser Jr.	37	3-11	1-5	4-5	7	1	2	0	2	4	11
11Finley Bizjack	37	4-12	1-4	3-4	2	2	1	0	4	1	12
0Jackson Keith	7	0-0	0-0	0-0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
21Yohan Traore	23	5-9	0-1	5-6	5	0	0	0	0	0	15
8Yame Butler	16	1-3	0-0	2-2	2	1	0	0	1	5	4

TOTAL	-	24-5345.3%	3-1323.1%	22-2781.5%	33	10	4	0	11	15	73

VILLANOVA	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
33Matt Hodge	21	2-5	1-4	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5
24Duke Brennan	34	4-6	0-0	0-1	10	5	0	0	1	3	8
4Tyler Perkins	27	5-13	1-6	0-0	5	4	3	0	2	1	11
2Bryce Lindsay	31	6-14	2-6	5-5	0	1	1	0	0	1	19
55Acaden Lewis	35	8-14	2-8	2-3	2	4	1	0	3	2	20
17Braden Pierce	5	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0
7Malachi Palmer	21	1-2	0-1	1-2	2	0	1	0	0	3	3
0Chris Jeffrey	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
5Devin Askew	22	5-8	4-7	2-3	3	2	2	0	3	3	16
TOTAL	-	31-6349.2%	10-3231.3%	10-1471.4%	24	17	8	1	9	19	82

Play-by-Play

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1st halfBUTVILL

(20:00) Start game.
(19:58) Jump Ball won by Villanova.
(19:58) Jump Ball lost by Butler.
(19:46) Bryce Lindsay misses 14-foot pullup jump shot.
(19:42) Michael Ajayi Defensive Rebound.
(19:16) Michael Ajayi misses 12-foot hook shot.
(19:12) Duke Brennan Defensive Rebound.
(19:06) Acaden Lewis misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(19:05) Butler Defensive Rebound.
+2 (18:52) Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor makes driving layup.
20
(18:41) Matt Hodge misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(18:36) Michael Ajayi Defensive Rebound.
+3 (18:18) Jamie Kaiser Jr. makes 27-foot three pointer.
50
(18:08) Tyler Perkins misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(18:04) Drayton Jones Defensive Rebound.
(17:51) Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(17:48) Duke Brennan Defensive Rebound.
+2 (17:39) Duke Brennan makes layup (Bryce Lindsay assists).
52
(17:21) Michael Ajayi misses 13-foot pullup jump shot.
(17:16) Duke Brennan Defensive Rebound.
+2 (17:12) Tyler Perkins makes driving layup.
54
(16:47) Jamie Kaiser Jr. bad pass turnover.
(16:47) Tyler Perkins Steal.
(16:41) Duke Brennan misses layup.
(16:38) Duke Brennan Offensive Rebound.
+2 (16:35) Matt Hodge makes 2-foot dunk (Duke Brennan assists).
56
(16:16) Yame Butler misses 8-foot floating jump shot.
(16:12) Tyler Perkins Defensive Rebound.
+2 (16:06) Acaden Lewis makes driving layup.
58
(16:06) Foul on Jamie Kaiser Jr..
(16:06) Acaden Lewis misses free throw 1 of 1.
(16:06) Yohan Traore Defensive Rebound.
+2 (15:42) Michael Ajayi makes 10-foot turnaround jump shot.
78
(15:29) Bryce Lindsay misses 17-foot jumper.
(15:25) Michael Ajayi Defensive Rebound.
+2 (15:16) Michael Ajayi makes layup.
98
+2 (15:04) Duke Brennan makes layup (Acaden Lewis assists).
910
(15:04) Foul on Michael Ajayi.
(15:04) Duke Brennan misses free throw 1 of 1.
(15:04) Yohan Traore Defensive Rebound.
(14:52) Foul on Matt Hodge.
(14:52) Michael Ajayi misses free throw 1 of 2.
(14:52) Butler Deadball Team Rebound.
(14:52) Michael Ajayi misses free throw 2 of 2.
(14:51) Tyler Perkins Defensive Rebound.
(14:49) Tyler Perkins bad pass turnover.
(14:49) Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor Steal.
+2 (14:44) Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor makes driving layup.
1110
(14:32) Tyler Perkins misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(14:29) Michael Ajayi Defensive Rebound.
(14:08) Jamie Kaiser Jr. misses 21-foot three point jumper.
(14:05) Acaden Lewis Defensive Rebound.
(13:53) Devin Askew misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(13:49) Jamie Kaiser Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(13:32) Yohan Traore misses layup.
(13:32) Braden Pierce Block.
(13:28) Braden Pierce Defensive Rebound.
(13:27) Tyler Perkins misses 16-foot pullup jump shot.
(13:24) Tyler Perkins Offensive Rebound.
+3 (13:22) Acaden Lewis makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tyler Perkins assists).
1113
(12:45) Finley Bizjack misses 17-foot jumper.
(12:45) Butler Offensive Rebound.
(12:45) team shot clock turnover .
(12:23) Braden Pierce misses 14-foot hook shot.
(12:19) Jackson Keith Defensive Rebound.
(12:13) Foul on Chris Jeffrey.
(12:09) Finley Bizjack misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(12:05) Chris Jeffrey Defensive Rebound.
+3 (11:52) Bryce Lindsay makes 25-foot three pointer.
1116
+2 (11:30) Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor makes driving layup (Drayton Jones assists).
1316
(11:11) Bryce Lindsay misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(11:06) Drayton Jones Defensive Rebound.
(10:38) team shot clock turnover .
+2 (10:06) Malachi Palmer makes 21-foot jumper (Chris Jeffrey assists).
1318
(9:45) Jamie Kaiser Jr. misses 29-foot three point jumper.
(9:42) Villanova Defensive Rebound.
+3 (9:29) Acaden Lewis makes 26-foot three point jumper (Duke Brennan assists).
1321
+2 (9:02) Michael Ajayi makes 10-foot turnaround jump shot.
1521
(8:49) Bryce Lindsay misses 14-foot jumper.
(8:48) Duke Brennan Offensive Rebound.
(8:48) Foul on Drayton Jones.
(8:47) Duke Brennan bad pass turnover.
(8:32) Finley Bizjack turnover.
(8:13) Duke Brennan misses 9-foot hook shot.
(8:09) Jackson Keith Defensive Rebound.
+2 (8:03) Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor makes layup (Jackson Keith assists).
1721
(7:32) Bryce Lindsay misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(7:27) Villanova Offensive Rebound.
(7:17) Devin Askew bad pass turnover.
(7:03) Finley Bizjack bad pass turnover.
(7:03) Tyler Perkins Steal.
(6:52) Tyler Perkins misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(6:49) Devin Askew Offensive Rebound.
(6:47) Devin Askew out of bounds bad pass turnover.
(6:32) Jamie Kaiser Jr. misses driving layup.
(6:28) Acaden Lewis Defensive Rebound.
+3 (6:21) Matt Hodge makes 24-foot three point jumper (Acaden Lewis assists).
1724
(5:47) Michael Ajayi misses 13-foot jumper.
(5:41) Drayton Jones Offensive Rebound.
(5:40) Yame Butler misses layup.
(5:36) Duke Brennan Defensive Rebound.
(5:30) Devin Askew misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(5:27) Jackson Keith Defensive Rebound.
(5:24) Foul on Acaden Lewis.
+1 (5:24) Michael Ajayi makes free throw 1 of 2.
1824
+1 (5:24) Michael Ajayi makes free throw 2 of 2.
1924
(5:08) Acaden Lewis misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(5:05) Villanova Offensive Rebound.
+2 (4:35) Acaden Lewis makes driving layup.
1926
+3 (4:12) Michael Ajayi makes 26-foot three point jumper (Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor assists).
2226
(3:52) Foul on Yame Butler.
+1 (3:52) Malachi Palmer makes free throw 1 of 2.
2227
(3:52) Malachi Palmer misses free throw 2 of 2.
(3:51) Michael Ajayi Defensive Rebound.
+2 (3:31) Yohan Traore makes 1-foot dunk (Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor assists).
2427
+2 (3:12) Acaden Lewis makes 11-foot turnaround jump shot.
2429
(2:50) Foul on Bryce Lindsay.
(2:45) Finley Bizjack misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(2:41) Duke Brennan Defensive Rebound.
+2 (2:33) Tyler Perkins makes 16-foot step back jumpshot.
2431
(1:59) team shot clock turnover .
+2 (1:45) Acaden Lewis makes driving layup.
2433
(1:22) Yohan Traore misses layup.
(1:16) Yohan Traore Offensive Rebound.
+2 (1:16) Yohan Traore makes 0-foot tip in layup.
2633
(1:09) Acaden Lewis misses 31-foot three point jumper.
(1:04) Duke Brennan Offensive Rebound.
+2 (1:04) Bryce Lindsay makes layup (Duke Brennan assists).
2635
(1:04) Foul on Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor.
+1 (1:04) Bryce Lindsay makes free throw 1 of 1.
2636
(0:56) Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor bad pass turnover.
(0:56) Bryce Lindsay Steal.
+3 (0:45) Bryce Lindsay makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tyler Perkins assists).
2639
(0:34) Jamie Kaiser Jr. misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(0:31) Yohan Traore Offensive Rebound.
(0:31) Foul on Duke Brennan.
+1 (0:31) Yohan Traore makes free throw 1 of 2.
2739
+1 (0:31) Yohan Traore makes free throw 2 of 2.
2839
+3 (0:04) Tyler Perkins makes 28-foot three point jumper (Acaden Lewis assists).
2842
(0:00) Finley Bizjack misses driving layup.
(0:00) Tyler Perkins Defensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

BUT

VILL

73Points82

24-53(45.3%)Field Goal(%)31-63(49.2%)

3-13(23.1%)3-Point(%)10-32(31.3%)

22-27(81.5%)Free Throw(%)10-14(71.4%)

38(10)Rebounds(Offensive)28(8)

10Assists17

4Steals8

0Blocks1

14Turnovers9

15(0)Fouls(Technical)19(0)

5Largest Lead14

Game Details

Wednesday, February 25, 2026 · 7:00 PM

Finneran Pavilion · Villanova, PA

attendance: 6,501 (100%)

tv: FS1

spread: VILL -10.5

over/under: 147.5