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Wright State at Butler

Wright St. 59, Butler 54
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Zach Williams had 17 points and six rebounds, and Drew Burleson scored 14 more to lead Wright State to a 59-54 win over Horizon League opponent Butler on Saturday.

Wright State (9-9, 4-3) overcame a 28-24 halftime deficit to outscore Butler 35-26 in the second period to secure the win.

Three players scored in double digits for Butler (7-9, 2-4), Avery Sheets with 14, A.J. Graves with 12 and Brandon Polk with 11.

The Bulldogs built on their halftime lead to go up by 11 points, 44-33, with 12:22 left in the second half.

But then the Raiders went on a 12-0 run to take a brief 45-44 lead with 7:30 to go. Butler retook the lead about a minute and half later and led 54-49 with 4:23 left.

Wright State grabbed the lead for good with 1:15 to go on a basket by Zakee Boyd.

Also scoring in double digits for Wright State were DaShaun Woods and Boyd with 10 points each.

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Scoreboard
Wright State «243559
Butler282654
 

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Wright State Raiders
D. Burleson, F325-104-430214
Z. Williams, F328-131-463417
Z. Boyd, F363-73-451110
D. Wood, G383-112-231010
E. Spencer, G331-32-24505
L. Shine, G30-10-00000
J. Taylor, C90-00-03010
J. Pleiman, F171-21-46043
Totals20021-4713-2030101259
 .447.650Team Reb: 7
Butler Bulldogs
B. Polk, F324-103-352211
B. Crone, F180-10-03240
N. Brooks, G164-60-03029
A. Graves, G394-102-213012
A. Sheets, G215-82-221314
B. Horan, G331-40-01023
B. Ligon, F110-00-01020
J. Smalligan, C121-20-01012
G. Patterson 181-10-00123
Totals20020-427-71791854
 .4761.000Team Reb: 2
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TeamConf. W-LTot. W-L
Valparaiso14-422-12
Cleveland St.12-622-11
Detroit11-722-14
Butler11-722-15
UW-Milwaukee11-720-14
Youngstown St.10-816-15
Green Bay10-815-15
Wright St.7-1113-19
Ill.-Chicago3-158-22
Loyola (Ill.)1-177-23
 
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