
Butler Bulldogs at Houston Cougars
· Big 12-Big East BattleL.J. Cryer scores 18 of his 20 points in 2nd half and No. 17 Houston beats Butler 79-51

Terrance Arceneaux had 14 points off the bench, and Milos Uzan scored 13 points for Houston (5-3), which won its 26th straight at home.
Patrick McCaffery and Augusto Cassia had 11 points each to lead Butler (7-2), which had its six-game winning streak snapped.
The Cougars, who outrebounded Butler 41-22, shot 53% and were 9 of 18 on 3-pointers. Houston shot 67%, including 7 of 11 on 3s, in the second half. Cryer, Sharp, Arceneaux and Uzan combined to score 47 of Houston’s 51 points in the second half.
The Bulldogs shot 28% and were 9 of 28 on 3-pointers.
Houston: After dropping two out of three games in Las Vegas last week, the Cougars bounced back, especially on the defensive end. Houston improved to 5-0 this season when holding opponents to fewer than 70 points.
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Recent Plays
2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 51 - 79 |
2nd 0:00 | End of 2nd half | 51 - 79 |
2nd 0:26 | Boden Kapke made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kolby King. | 51 - 79 |
2nd 0:36 | Kordelius Jefferson made Jumper. | 48 - 79 |
2nd 0:49 | Mylik Wilson Steal. | 48 - 77 |
Statistics
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13-46 | FG | 32-60 |
28.3 | Field Goal % | 53.3 |
9-28 | 3PT | 9-18 |
32.1 | Three Point % | 50.0 |
16-22 | FT | 6-6 |
72.7 | Free Throw % | 100.0 |
22 | Rebounds | 41 |
7 | Offensive Rebounds | 13 |
15 | Defensive Rebounds | 28 |
10 | Assists | 8 |
5 | Steals | 6 |
1 | Blocks | 5 |
12 | Turnovers | 11 |
0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
12 | Total Turnovers | 11 |
0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
11 | Points Off Turnovers | 14 |
2 | Fast Break Points | 6 |
6 | Points in Paint | 28 |
12 | Fouls | 17 |
0 | Largest Lead | 31 |
Game Information
Location: Houston, TX
Attendance: 7,035 | Capacity:
2024-25 Big East Conference Standings
TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
---|---|---|---|
St. John's | 18-2 | - | 31-5 |
Creighton | 15-5 | 3 | 25-11 |
UConn | 14-6 | 4 | 24-11 |
Marquette | 13-7 | 5 | 23-11 |
Xavier | 13-7 | 5 | 22-12 |
Villanova | 11-9 | 7 | 21-14 |
Georgetown | 8-12 | 10 | 18-16 |
Butler | 6-14 | 12 | 15-20 |
Providence | 6-14 | 12 | 12-20 |
DePaul | 4-16 | 14 | 14-20 |
Seton Hall | 2-18 | 16 | 7-25 |
2024-25 Big 12 Conference Standings
TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
---|---|---|---|
Houston | 19-1 | - | 34-4 |
Texas Tech | 15-5 | 4 | 28-9 |
BYU | 14-6 | 5 | 26-10 |
Arizona | 14-6 | 5 | 24-13 |
Iowa State | 13-7 | 6 | 25-10 |
Kansas | 11-9 | 8 | 21-13 |
West Virginia | 10-10 | 9 | 19-13 |
Baylor | 10-10 | 9 | 20-15 |
TCU | 9-11 | 10 | 16-16 |
Kansas State | 9-11 | 10 | 16-17 |
Utah | 8-12 | 11 | 16-17 |
Cincinnati | 7-13 | 12 | 19-16 |
UCF | 7-13 | 12 | 19-16 |
Oklahoma State | 7-13 | 12 | 17-18 |
Arizona State | 4-16 | 15 | 13-20 |
Colorado | 3-17 | 16 | 14-21 |