National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Marquette 78, Butler 72
When: 6:30 PM ET, Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Where: Hinkle Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Indiana
Officials: # Tommy Morrissey, # Matt Potter, # Jeff Clark
Attendance: 8344

Tyler Kolek scored 27 points and Oso Ighodaro added 17 to lead No. 4 Marquette to a 78-72 win against Butler on Tuesday night in Indianapolis.

Kolek, the reigning Big East Player of the Week, also dished out five assists and grabbed seven boards. Ighodaro finished with a double-double with 10 rebounds as Marquette (19-5, 10-3 Big East) won its eighth straight contest.

Freshman Finley Bizjack surprised off the bench, leading Butler (16-9, 7-7) with a career-high 19 points. Pierre Brooks II added 15, Jahmyl Telfort posted 12 and Jalen Thomas had 11.

Butler failed to sweep Marquette for the first time since the 2017-18 season after its upset victory in Milwaukee on Jan. 10. The Golden Eagles have won nine of the previous 12 matchups between the programs.

In a tightly contested first half, a 14-4 Golden Eagles run gave Marquette a seven-point edge early on, but it went into halftime with just a 34-32 lead.

Kolek and Telfort led their teams with 10 points apiece in the first half. The Golden Eagles scored 24 of their 34 points in the paint, while Butler made five 3-pointers to Marquette's one.

Both teams went cold for a stretch in the second, with Marquette missing six of seven shots from the field while Butler had an 0-for-6 rut.

The Golden Eagles were briefly able to establish a lead as high as 12 when Ben Gold dunked with 9:27 to play, but the Bulldogs then went on their key run of the game -- a 17-7 stretch that brought them within two.

The game remained close until the final minutes. Bizjack played a large role, scoring 16 of his points in the second half alone, including two 3-pointers.

With Butler within three and less than two minutes to go, Kolek and Ighodaro put the game to bed.

Kolek hit a step-back 3-pointer before Ighodaro finished a layup through a foul on the next possession. That put the Golden Eagles up by eight with 50 seconds to play.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Marquette   Butler
Tyler Kolek 27 Scoring Finley Bizjack 19
Tyler Kolek 5 Assists Jahmyl Telfort 6
Oso Ighodaro 10 Rebounds DJ Davis 7
Tyler Kolek 5 Free Throws Made Finley Bizjack 6
Stevie Mitchell 4 Steals Pierre Brooks II 2
David Joplin 2 Blocks Andre Screen 3
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Marquette 78 47.7 5-12 11-14 12 34 4 8 7
Butler 72 40.0 9-25 15-19 18 35 5 4 14