The Official Newsletter for Butler Athletics

Good Morning, Butler Fam. That’s how you close out the regular season!

What all do we have stirring in today’s Brew? Check it out below!

🏀 Finishing Strong
🏆 Tourney Time
🥎 Raising The Bar
🐶 And much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Finishing Strong. The Butler men’s hoops squad closed out the regular season in style, using a monster second half run to come away with an 81-71 victory in Chicago over DePaul on Saturday afternoon.

Scoring 28 of the first 34 points of the second half, the ‘Dawgs took a commanding lead to cruise to a win over the Blue Demons.

Leading five Bulldogs in double-figures was Finley Bizjack, who’s 19 points pushed him above 1,000 points in his three-year career at Butler. Michael Ajayi posted his 18th double-double of the season with 14 points and 11 rebounds, while Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor poured in a career-high 15 points, grabbed seven rebounds, four steals and dished out four assists.

🏀 The Full Recap

🔼 Tourney Time. With its win in Chicago, the ‘Dawgs wrapped up their regular season. Now, it’s Tourney Time.

This week, Butler heads east to the Madison Square Garden to take on the BIG EAST Tournament gauntlet.

Butler will take on ninth-seeded Providence in Wednesday’s first round. Tip time is set for 4 p.m. on Peacock.

🏆 Tournament Central

🔼 Dynamic Duo. Even before heading to Madison Square Garden for the BIG EAST Tournament, a pair of Bulldogs are already hauling in the hardware.

On Sunday, Michael Ajayi and Finley Bizjack both earned All-BIG EAST honors in the yearly accolades announced by the league. Ajayi earned a spot on the First Team, while Bizjack was named to the Third Team.

🏀 More On The Award-Winning Duo

🔼 Raising The Bar. For the past 16 seasons, Head Coach Scott Hall has helped raise the bar for the Butler Softball program.

This past weekend, he raised it even more as the ‘Dawgs blasted their way past Western Michigan, 12-5, on Friday to secure Hall’s 350th career victory at the helm, extending his current program record.

Butler also picked up a victory on Sunday, winning the back end of a doubleheader with Lipscomb in extra innings, 6-5.

🥎 Friday’s Recap: Butler 12, Western Michigan 5
🥎 Sunday’s Recap: Butler 6, Lipscomb 5

🤔 BUTLER TRIVIA

With Michael Ajayi earning First Team All-BIG EAST accolades, how many times has a Bulldog earned a spot on the first team since Butler joined the BIG EAST in 2013-14?

Got a guess?

Scroll down to see if you know your stuff!

📆 LOOKING AHEAD

*all times EST

Monday, March 9th
⛳️ Men’s Golf at Surf Club Intercollegiate (North Myrtle Beach, S.C.)
⛳️ Women’s Golf at Low Country Intercollegiate (Hilton Head, S.C.)

Tuesday, March 10th
🥎 Softball at Indiana State @ 2pm
⚾️ Baseball at Bellarmine @ 2pm
🎾 Women’s Tennis at UT Arlington @ 3pm EST
⛳️ Men’s Golf at Surf Club Intercollegiate (North Myrtle Beach, S.C.)
⛳️ Women’s Golf at Low Country Intercollegiate (Hilton Head, S.C.)

Wednesday, March 11th
🎾 Women’s Tennis at North Texas @ 10am EST
🥍 Women’s Lacrosse at Gardner-Webb @ 1pm
🎾 Women’s Tennis vs. Oral Roberts @ 2pm EST (Denton, Texas)
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Providence @ 4pm l Peacock
(BIG EAST Tournament - Madison Square Garden - New York, N.Y.)

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Five Times

(Kamar Baldwin, 2019-20; Kelan Martin, 2017-18; Andrew Chrabascz, 2016-17; Kellen Dunham, 2014-15).

🐶 Have a great one!