Butler Bulldogs vs DePaul Blue Demons Match Player Stats On Mar 02, 2024

DJ Davis scored 24 points and Pierre Brooks II added 16 to lead visiting Butler to an 82-63 win over reeling DePaul on Saturday afternoon in Chicago.

Davis also led the Bulldogs (17-13, 8-11 Big East) with seven rebounds. Jalen Thomas added 15 points and Andre Screen scored 13 as Butler snapped a five-game losing skid.

Jaden Henley scored 15 points, Jalen Terry had 14 and Elijah Fisher added 12 for the Blue Demons (3-26, 0-18), who have lost 17 in a row.

Butler began to pull away in the middle of the first half with a huge scoring run. After a 17-0 run put the Bulldogs up 32-19, they eventually went on another 9-0 run to seize a 41-21 advantage.

Over nearly a 10-minute stretch of the half, Butler's run totaled 27-2. The Bulldogs' made nine of 10 field goals in that stretch while DePaul failed to score for over six minutes.

The Bulldogs went into the break leading 45-27, led by all 16 of Brooks' points. They shot 55 percent from the floor and committed just one turnover after committing 63 turnovers during their five-game losing streak.

DePaul fought back in the second half, shooting just under 50 percent from the floor as a team led by 11 points from both Henley and Terry in the second half alone.

Despite that, they were never able to get over the hump of their double-digit deficit. With about four minutes to go, Butler put the game to bed by re-gaining a nearly 20-point advantage. Davis scored 16 of his 24 in the half including three 3-pointers.

Butler won its ninth consecutive matchup against DePaul after sweeping the two-game season series for the fourth season in a row. The Bulldogs improve to 20-2 against their conference rival since 2014.

--Field Level Media