Butler Bulldogs vs. DePaul Blue Demons

Mar 7, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
BUT	39	42	81
DEP	32	39	71

Game Recap

Butler wins 81-71 against DePaul. Finley Bizjack had 19 points in Butler's 81-71 victory against DePaul on Saturday.

Player Stats

BUTLER	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
4Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor	29	4-7	0-1	7-8	7	4	4	0	1	4	15
5Michael Ajayi	32	5-16	0-1	4-5	11	5	3	0	6	5	14
13Drayton Jones	17	2-3	0-0	0-0	6	4	0	3	3	1	4
7Jamie Kaiser Jr.	32	6-8	3-5	0-0	3	1	1	0	1	2	15
11Finley Bizjack	39	6-15	2-5	5-6	4	1	0	0	2	1	19
0Jackson Keith	12	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0
21Yohan Traore	23	1-7	0-1	8-9	5	2	0	0	0	1	10
1Evan Haywood	14	1-5	1-5	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	1	3
8Yame Butler	2	0-0	0-0	1-2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
TOTAL	-	25-6141.0%	6-1833.3%	25-3083.3%	41	18	8	4	14	17	81

DEPAUL	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
35NJ Benson	34	11-17	0-0	2-4	10	0	2	3	2	3	24
1Kaleb Banks	22	4-6	2-4	1-3	3	1	0	1	0	0	11
0Brandon Maclin	31	3-8	1-2	2-3	3	7	3	0	3	5	9
11CJ Gunn	34	3-15	1-8	2-4	6	5	1	1	2	4	9
2Layden Blocker	26	1-11	1-7	6-6	6	3	2	0	2	2	9
21Théo Pierre-Justin	14	2-3	1-2	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5
15Fabián Flores	6	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
22Kruz McClure	18	0-2	0-1	0-0	1	1	0	0	2	4	0
5RJ Smith	15	1-5	0-2	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
TOTAL	-	26-6937.7%	6-2623.1%	13-2065.0%	32	18	8	5	11	19	71

Play-by-Play

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1st halfBUTDEP

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by Butler.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by DePaul.
(19:31) Michael Ajayi misses layup.
(19:31) NJ Benson Block.
(19:28) Butler Deadball Team Rebound.
(19:28) team shot clock turnover .
(19:04) CJ Gunn misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(19:01) Jamie Kaiser Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(18:43) Michael Ajayi misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(18:40) Finley Bizjack Offensive Rebound.
+2 (18:35) Jamie Kaiser Jr. makes 9-foot floating jump shot.
20
+3 (18:10) Kaleb Banks makes 24-foot three point jumper (CJ Gunn assists).
23
+2 (17:55) Finley Bizjack makes driving layup (Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor assists).
43
(17:33) NJ Benson misses 7-foot floating jump shot.
(17:30) Michael Ajayi Defensive Rebound.
+2 (17:27) Drayton Jones makes 3-foot dunk (Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor assists).
63
(17:04) Layden Blocker misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(16:58) CJ Gunn Offensive Rebound.
(16:58) CJ Gunn misses tip in dunk.
(16:58) Drayton Jones Block.
(16:56) Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor Defensive Rebound.
(16:52) Finley Bizjack misses 12-foot floating jump shot.
(16:49) Finley Bizjack Offensive Rebound.
(16:49) Finley Bizjack misses tip in layup.
(16:47) Kaleb Banks Defensive Rebound.
(16:40) Brandon Maclin misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(16:36) Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor Defensive Rebound.
(16:32) Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor misses 3-foot floating jump shot.
(16:32) Kaleb Banks Block.
(16:29) Layden Blocker Defensive Rebound.
(16:26) Layden Blocker misses driving layup.
(16:25) Layden Blocker misses driving layup.
(16:23) Layden Blocker Offensive Rebound.
(16:23) Foul on Michael Ajayi.
+1 (16:23) Layden Blocker makes free throw 2 of 2.
65
+1 (16:23) Layden Blocker makes free throw 1 of 2.
64
(16:22) Layden Blocker Offensive Rebound.
+2 (16:12) Drayton Jones makes 3-foot dunk (Finley Bizjack assists).
85
(15:57) Layden Blocker misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(15:55) Jamie Kaiser Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(15:41) Michael Ajayi misses driving layup.
(15:38) NJ Benson Defensive Rebound.
+2 (15:32) Brandon Maclin makes 3-foot dunk.
87
(15:15) Drayton Jones bad pass turnover.
(15:15) Brandon Maclin Steal.
(15:08) CJ Gunn misses 10-foot pullup jump shot.
(15:05) Drayton Jones Defensive Rebound.
(14:35) Finley Bizjack misses 34-foot three point jumper.
(14:35) Butler Deadball Team Rebound.
(14:35) team shot clock turnover .
(14:25) Layden Blocker misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(14:21) NJ Benson Offensive Rebound.
+2 (14:10) NJ Benson makes layup (Brandon Maclin assists).
89
(14:00) Michael Ajayi bad pass turnover.
(13:45) Brandon Maclin bad pass turnover.
(13:45) Michael Ajayi Steal.
(13:39) Foul on Kruz McClure.
+1 (13:39) Yohan Traore makes free throw 1 of 2.
99
(13:39) Yohan Traore misses free throw 2 of 2.
(13:38) Brandon Maclin Defensive Rebound.
(13:28) Brandon Maclin misses 11-foot floating jump shot.
(13:25) NJ Benson Offensive Rebound.
+2 (13:25) NJ Benson makes 0-foot tip in dunk.
911
(13:09) Foul on Kruz McClure.
(13:09) Yame Butler misses free throw 1 of 2.
(13:09) Butler Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (12:55) Yame Butler makes free throw 2 of 2.
1011
(12:53) Brandon Maclin misses driving layup.
(12:53) Yame Butler Defensive Rebound.
(12:53) Yame Butler Block.
(12:46) Foul on Brandon Maclin.
+1 (12:46) Michael Ajayi makes free throw 1 of 2.
1111
+1 (12:46) Michael Ajayi makes free throw 2 of 2.
1211
+2 (12:25) NJ Benson makes 4-foot alley oop dunk (Brandon Maclin assists).
1213
+3 (12:08) Evan Haywood makes 25-foot three point jumper (Michael Ajayi assists).
1513
(11:56) NJ Benson misses 11-foot floating jump shot.
(11:53) Michael Ajayi Defensive Rebound.
(11:43) Finley Bizjack misses driving layup.
(11:43) NJ Benson Block.
(11:43) Butler Offensive Rebound.
(11:27) Michael Ajayi misses 11-foot pullup jump shot.
(11:25) Butler Offensive Rebound.
+2 (11:18) Michael Ajayi makes 9-foot floating jump shot (Yohan Traore assists).
1713
(10:55) RJ Smith misses driving layup.
(10:53) Michael Ajayi Defensive Rebound.
(10:45) Evan Haywood misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(10:43) Théo Pierre-Justin Defensive Rebound.
+2 (10:26) Théo Pierre-Justin makes layup.
1715
(9:59) Yohan Traore misses layup.
(9:57) CJ Gunn Defensive Rebound.
(9:53) Kruz McClure misses 22-foot three point jumper.
(9:50) Evan Haywood Defensive Rebound.
+3 (9:45) Finley Bizjack makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jackson Keith assists).
2015
+2 (9:25) NJ Benson makes 10-foot floating jump shot (CJ Gunn assists).
2017
(9:09) Yohan Traore misses 8-foot floating jump shot.
(9:08) Butler Offensive Rebound.
(9:08) Butler Coach's Challenge (Overturned) Butler retains its timeout.
(9:07) Evan Haywood misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(9:02) Drayton Jones Offensive Rebound.
+3 (8:51) Jamie Kaiser Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Michael Ajayi assists).
2317
+2 (8:32) CJ Gunn makes 17-foot jumper (RJ Smith assists).
2319
(8:15) Michael Ajayi misses 15-foot jumper.
(8:13) RJ Smith Defensive Rebound.
(8:03) Layden Blocker misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(8:01) Jamie Kaiser Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(7:48) Michael Ajayi bad pass turnover.
(7:48) NJ Benson Steal.
(7:43) Layden Blocker bad pass turnover.
(7:43) Jamie Kaiser Jr. Steal.
+3 (7:33) Finley Bizjack makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jamie Kaiser Jr. assists).
2619
+3 (7:11) Théo Pierre-Justin makes 24-foot three point jumper (CJ Gunn assists).
2622
(6:50) Drayton Jones bad pass turnover.
(6:33) CJ Gunn misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(6:30) Finley Bizjack Defensive Rebound.
(6:18) Jamie Kaiser Jr. bad pass turnover.
(6:18) Brandon Maclin Steal.
(6:13) Foul on Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor.
(6:13) CJ Gunn misses free throw 1 of 3.
(6:13) DePaul Deadball Team Rebound.
(6:13) CJ Gunn misses free throw 2 of 3.
(6:13) DePaul Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (6:13) CJ Gunn makes free throw 3 of 3.
2623
(5:59) Michael Ajayi misses 15-foot turnaround jump shot.
(5:56) Butler Offensive Rebound.
(5:54) Finley Bizjack misses 8-foot floating jump shot.
(5:50) Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor Offensive Rebound.
+3 (5:49) Jamie Kaiser Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor assists).
2923
(5:33) Brandon Maclin bad pass turnover.
(5:33) Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor Steal.
+2 (5:29) Jamie Kaiser Jr. makes driving layup (Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor assists).
3123
(5:12) CJ Gunn bad pass turnover.
(4:54) Finley Bizjack misses driving layup.
(4:51) Michael Ajayi Offensive Rebound.
(4:50) Michael Ajayi bad pass turnover.
(4:50) NJ Benson Steal.
(4:43) Foul on Drayton Jones.
(4:34) Foul on Jamie Kaiser Jr..
(4:18) CJ Gunn misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(4:10) NJ Benson Offensive Rebound.
+2 (4:10) NJ Benson makes 0-foot tip in layup.
3125
+2 (3:53) Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor makes layup.
3325
(3:42) Foul on Yohan Traore.
+1 (3:42) NJ Benson makes free throw 1 of 2.
3326
(3:42) NJ Benson misses free throw 2 of 2.
(3:40) Yohan Traore Defensive Rebound.
(3:40) Foul on CJ Gunn.
(3:22) Foul on NJ Benson.
+1 (3:22) Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor makes free throw 1 of 2.
3426
+1 (3:22) Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor makes free throw 2 of 2.
3526
+2 (3:07) NJ Benson makes 3-foot alley oop dunk (Brandon Maclin assists).
3528
(2:44) Foul on Michael Ajayi.
(2:44) Michael Ajayi turnover.
+2 (2:23) NJ Benson makes 3-foot alley oop dunk (Brandon Maclin assists).
3530
(2:13) Foul on Brandon Maclin.
+2 (2:08) Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor makes layup (Yohan Traore assists).
3730
(1:51) CJ Gunn misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(1:48) Evan Haywood Defensive Rebound.
(1:41) Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(1:36) DePaul Defensive Rebound.
+2 (1:25) RJ Smith makes driving layup (Kaleb Banks assists).
3732
+2 (1:03) Finley Bizjack makes layup.
3932
(0:42) RJ Smith misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(0:39) Yohan Traore Defensive Rebound.
(0:21) Finley Bizjack misses 30-foot three point jumper.
(0:17) CJ Gunn Defensive Rebound.
(0:01) RJ Smith misses 8-foot floating jump shot.
(0:00) Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor Defensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

BUT

DEP

81Points71

25-61(41.0%)Field Goal(%)26-69(37.7%)

6-18(33.3%)3-Point(%)6-26(23.1%)

25-30(83.3%)Free Throw(%)13-20(65.0%)

48(18)Rebounds(Offensive)35(16)

18Assists18

8Steals8

4Blocks5

16Turnovers11

17(0)Fouls(Technical)19(0)

29Largest Lead2

Game Details

Saturday, March 7, 2026 · 12:00 PM

Wintrust Arena · Chicago, IL

attendance: 6,005 (57.8%)

tv: FS1

spread: DEP -4.5

over/under: 142.5