PEAY

BUTLER

Thomas scores 29, including game-winner, to lead Austin Peay past Butler 68-66

AP
Nov 08, 2024

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) LJ Thomas scored 29 points and secured the victory with a layup with 46 seconds remaining as Austin Peay Governors knocked off Butler Bulldogs 68-66 on Friday night.

Thomas added eight rebounds for the Governors (2-0). Sai Witt scored nine points while going 4 of 7 and 1 of 4 from the free-throw line. Quan Lax had nine points and shot 3 of 8 from the field, including 1 for 3 from 3-point range, and went 2 for 3 from the line.

The Bulldogs (1-1) were led by Patrick McCaffery, who recorded 23 points and eight rebounds. Butler also got 13 points and seven rebounds from Pierre Brooks. Finley Bizjack also had 10 points, six assists and two steals.

Thomas scored a team-high 12 points for Austin Peay in the second half, including their game-winner.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

1st Half
PEAY
Governors
39
BUT
Bulldogs
34

Time		Play	Score
20:00		(Bulldogs gains possession)
19:48		Quan Lax personal foul
19:27		Patrick McCaffery turnover
19:20		Isaac Haney misses two point layup
19:18		Patrick McCaffery defensive rebound
19:04		Isaac Haney shooting foul (Jahmyl Telfort draws the foul)
19:04	+1	Jahmyl Telfort makes regular free throw 1 of 2	0-1
19:04	+1	Jahmyl Telfort makes regular free throw 2 of 2	0-2
18:44	+2	Sai Witt makes two point jump shot	2-2
18:44		Andre Screen shooting foul (Sai Witt draws the foul)
18:44	+1	Sai Witt makes regular free throw 1 of 1	3-2
18:17		LJ Thomas shooting foul (Finley Bizjack draws the foul)
18:17	+1	Finley Bizjack makes regular free throw 1 of 3	3-3
18:17	+1	Finley Bizjack makes regular free throw 2 of 3	3-4
18:17	+1	Finley Bizjack makes regular free throw 3 of 3	3-5
17:59		Sai Witt offensive foul
17:59		Sai Witt turnover (offensive foul)
17:35	+3	Patrick McCaffery makes three point jump shot (Finley Bizjack assists)	3-8
17:18		Quan Lax misses three point jump shot
17:16		Patrick McCaffery defensive rebound
17:10		Patrick McCaffery misses three point jump shot
17:08		Hansel Enmanuel defensive rebound
16:49	+2	LJ Thomas makes two point layup	5-8
16:37		Finley Bizjack misses two point layup
16:35		Isaac Haney defensive rebound
16:13	+2	LJ Thomas makes two point jump shot	7-8
15:49		Isaac Haney personal foul
15:49		TV timeout
15:34	+2	Pierre Brooks II makes two point jump shot (Jahmyl Telfort assists)	7-10
15:13		Quan Lax misses two point layup
15:11		Daniel Loos offensive rebound
15:08		LJ Thomas misses three point jump shot
15:06		Kolby King defensive rebound
14:55	+3	Patrick McCaffery makes three point jump shot (Kolby King assists)	7-13
14:20	+3	Tekao Carpenter makes three point jump shot	10-13
14:01		Daniel Loos personal foul
13:58	+2	Augusto Cassia makes two point layup (Landon Moore assists)	10-15
13:38		Sai Witt turnover (lost ball) (Augusto Cassia steals)
13:28		Kolby King turnover (lost ball) (Hansel Enmanuel steals)
13:26	+2	Hansel Enmanuel makes two point dunk	12-15
12:53		Landon Moore misses three point bank jump shot
12:51		Augusto Cassia offensive rebound
12:50		Bulldogs turnover (shot clock violation)
12:25	+2	Sai Witt makes two point layup (Hansel Enmanuel assists)	14-15
12:25		Augusto Cassia shooting foul (Sai Witt draws the foul)
12:25		Sai Witt misses regular free throw 1 of 1
12:25		Pierre Brooks II defensive rebound
12:12		Landon Moore turnover (lost ball) (Sai Witt steals)
12:01	+2	LJ Thomas makes two point jump shot	16-15
11:43		Pierre Brooks II misses three point jump shot
11:41		Quan Lax defensive rebound
11:33		Tekao Carpenter misses three point jump shot
11:31		Hansel Enmanuel offensive rebound
11:27	+2	Sai Witt makes two point layup (Hansel Enmanuel assists)	18-15
11:06		Sai Witt shooting foul
11:06		TV timeout
11:06	+1	Kolby King makes regular free throw 1 of 2	18-16
11:06	+1	Kolby King makes regular free throw 2 of 2	18-17
10:54		LJ Thomas turnover (lost ball) (Finley Bizjack steals)
10:27		Finley Bizjack misses three point jump shot
10:25		Hansel Enmanuel defensive rebound
10:08		Andre Screen personal foul
10:07	+2	LJ Thomas makes two point layup (Quan Lax assists)	20-17
9:48		Quan Lax personal foul
9:48	+1	Jahmyl Telfort makes regular free throw 1 of 2	20-18
9:48	+1	Jahmyl Telfort makes regular free throw 2 of 2	20-19
9:31	+2	Darius Dawson makes two point jump shot (LJ Thomas assists)	22-19
9:19	+3	Patrick McCaffery makes three point jump shot (Pierre Brooks II assists)	22-22
9:04		Darius Dawson misses three point jump shot
9:02		Pierre Brooks II defensive rebound
8:55		Pierre Brooks II misses two point jump shot
8:53		Darius Dawson defensive rebound
8:36	+2	LJ Thomas makes two point jump shot	24-22
8:11		Hansel Enmanuel blocks Jahmyl Telfort's three point jump shot
8:09		Jahmyl Telfort offensive rebound
8:04	+2	Boden Kapke makes two point layup	24-24
8:04		Tekao Carpenter shooting foul (Boden Kapke draws the foul)
8:04	+1	Boden Kapke makes regular free throw 1 of 1	24-25
8:04		TV timeout
7:34		Isaac Haney misses three point jump shot
7:32		Patrick McCaffery defensive rebound
7:12		Finley Bizjack misses two point layup
7:10		Pierre Brooks II offensive rebound
7:08	+3	Patrick McCaffery makes three point jump shot (Pierre Brooks II assists)	24-28
6:40		Isaac Haney misses three point jump shot
6:38		Pierre Brooks II defensive rebound
6:24	+3	Kolby King makes three point jump shot (Finley Bizjack assists)	24-31
6:14		Governors 30 second timeout
6:00	+3	Quan Lax makes three point jump shot	27-31
5:31	+2	Pierre Brooks II makes two point layup	27-33
5:16		Sai Witt misses two point layup
5:14		Boden Kapke defensive rebound
5:05		Pierre Brooks II misses three point jump shot
5:03		Anton Brookshire defensive rebound
4:45		Quan Lax misses three point jump shot
4:43		Kolby King defensive rebound
4:23		Patrick McCaffery misses three point jump shot
4:21		LJ Thomas defensive rebound
4:16		LJ Thomas misses two point layup
4:14		Patrick McCaffery defensive rebound
3:55		Boden Kapke misses three point jump shot
3:53		Anton Brookshire defensive rebound
3:36		Kolby King personal foul
3:36		TV timeout
3:26		Sai Witt misses two point layup
3:24		LJ Thomas offensive rebound
3:23		Augusto Cassia shooting foul (LJ Thomas draws the foul)
3:23	+1	LJ Thomas makes regular free throw 1 of 2	28-33
3:23	+1	LJ Thomas makes regular free throw 2 of 2	29-33
3:05		Evan Haywood misses three point jump shot
3:03		Anton Brookshire defensive rebound
2:36		LJ Thomas turnover (lost ball)
2:21		Kolby King turnover (bad pass) (Quan Lax steals)
2:16		Quan Lax misses two point layup
2:14		Augusto Cassia defensive rebound
2:00		Kolby King turnover (bad pass) (Anton Brookshire steals)
1:41		Kolby King personal foul
1:39		Finley Bizjack blocks LJ Thomas's two point layup
1:37		LJ Thomas offensive rebound
1:35	+2	LJ Thomas makes two point layup	31-33
1:21		Jahmyl Telfort turnover (bad pass) (Anton Brookshire steals)
1:13	+3	Tekao Carpenter makes three point jump shot (JaVar Daniel assists)	34-33
1:03		Bulldogs 30 second timeout
0:55		Pierre Brooks II misses three point jump shot
0:53		LJ Thomas defensive rebound
0:26	+2	Quan Lax makes two point layup (Anton Brookshire assists)	36-33
0:03		Anton Brookshire shooting foul (Finley Bizjack draws the foul)
0:03		Finley Bizjack misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:03	+1	Finley Bizjack makes regular free throw 2 of 2	36-34
0:00	+3	LJ Thomas makes three point jump shot	39-34
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
PEAY
Governors
29
BUT
Bulldogs
32

Time		Play	Score
19:51	+2	JaVar Daniel makes two point dunk (LJ Thomas assists)	41-34
19:39		Finley Bizjack turnover (bad pass)
19:28	+2	JaVar Daniel makes two point dunk (LJ Thomas assists)	43-34
19:17		LJ Thomas personal foul
19:10	+2	Finley Bizjack makes two point jump shot	43-36
18:50		JaVar Daniel misses two point jump shot
18:48		JaVar Daniel offensive rebound
18:48	+2	JaVar Daniel makes two point layup	45-36
18:25		Jahmyl Telfort turnover (bad pass) (LJ Thomas steals)
18:21		LJ Thomas misses two point layup
18:19		Quan Lax offensive rebound
18:19	+2	Quan Lax makes two point layup	47-36
18:19		Finley Bizjack shooting foul (Quan Lax draws the foul)
18:19	+1	Quan Lax makes regular free throw 1 of 1	48-36
18:17		Bulldogs 30 second timeout
18:17		TV timeout
18:07		Finley Bizjack misses three point jump shot
18:05		Anton Brookshire defensive rebound
17:54		LJ Thomas misses two point jump shot
17:52		Patrick McCaffery defensive rebound
17:47	+2	Pierre Brooks II makes two point layup (Patrick McCaffery assists)	48-38
17:21		Quan Lax misses two point jump shot
17:19		Andre Screen defensive rebound
17:16		Jahmyl Telfort turnover (lost ball)
17:05		Anton Brookshire misses three point jump shot
17:03		Andre Screen defensive rebound
16:54		Finley Bizjack misses three point jump shot
16:52		LJ Thomas defensive rebound
16:43		LJ Thomas misses two point layup
16:41		LJ Thomas offensive rebound
16:35	+2	LJ Thomas makes two point layup	50-38
16:20		Patrick McCaffery misses three point jump shot
16:18		Andre Screen offensive rebound
16:16		Andre Screen turnover (bad pass)
16:03		Andre Screen blocks LJ Thomas's two point layup
16:01		Sai Witt offensive rebound
16:00		Andre Screen blocks Sai Witt's two point layup
16:00		Sai Witt offensive rebound
15:59	+2	Sai Witt makes two point layup	52-38
15:55		Bulldogs 30 second timeout
15:55		TV timeout
15:42		Pierre Brooks II misses two point jump shot
15:40		Bulldogs offensive rebound
15:26	+2	Jahmyl Telfort makes two point jump shot	52-40
14:57		LJ Thomas misses two point layup
14:55		Pierre Brooks II defensive rebound
14:31		Quan Lax shooting foul (Pierre Brooks II draws the foul)
14:31	+1	Pierre Brooks II makes regular free throw 1 of 2	52-41
14:31	+1	Pierre Brooks II makes regular free throw 2 of 2	52-42
14:09		Isaac Haney turnover (bad pass) (Finley Bizjack steals)
14:00		Pierre Brooks II misses three point jump shot
13:58		Bulldogs offensive rebound
13:54		JaVar Daniel blocks Pierre Brooks II's two point layup
13:52		Isaac Haney defensive rebound
13:38		Augusto Cassia blocks Anton Brookshire's two point layup
13:36		Patrick McCaffery defensive rebound
13:31	+2	Finley Bizjack makes two point layup	52-44
13:30		Governors 30 second timeout
13:04		LJ Thomas misses two point layup
13:02		Jahmyl Telfort defensive rebound
12:57		Jahmyl Telfort misses three point jump shot
12:55		LJ Thomas defensive rebound
12:41	+2	LJ Thomas makes two point jump shot	54-44
12:20	+2	Patrick McCaffery makes two point jump shot	54-46
12:02		JaVar Daniel misses three point jump shot
12:00		Finley Bizjack defensive rebound
11:53		Tekao Carpenter personal foul
11:53		TV timeout
11:35		Quan Lax personal foul
11:22		Jahmyl Telfort turnover
10:59	+2	LJ Thomas makes two point jump shot	56-46
10:48		Tekao Carpenter shooting foul (Augusto Cassia draws the foul)
10:48	+1	Augusto Cassia makes regular free throw 1 of 2	56-47
10:48	+1	Augusto Cassia makes regular free throw 2 of 2	56-48
10:19		LJ Thomas misses three point jump shot
10:17		Governors offensive rebound
10:17		Governors turnover (shot clock violation)
10:01		Patrick McCaffery misses two point jump shot
9:59		Sai Witt defensive rebound
9:59		Augusto Cassia personal foul
9:59		Official timeout
9:59		Sai Witt misses regular free throw 1 of 2
9:59		Sai Witt misses regular free throw 2 of 2
9:59		Governors offensive rebound
9:39		Tekao Carpenter turnover (bad pass) (Jahmyl Telfort steals)
9:24		Pierre Brooks II misses two point jump shot
9:22		Pierre Brooks II offensive rebound
9:11	+3	Pierre Brooks II makes three point jump shot (Finley Bizjack assists)	56-51
8:35		Anton Brookshire misses three point jump shot
8:33		Patrick McCaffery defensive rebound
8:24	+2	Patrick McCaffery makes two point layup (Finley Bizjack assists)	56-53
7:57		LJ Thomas misses two point layup
7:55		Patrick McCaffery defensive rebound
7:40		Pierre Brooks II turnover (bad pass) (LJ Thomas steals)
7:35		LJ Thomas turnover (bad pass) (Jahmyl Telfort steals)
7:30		Finley Bizjack misses two point layup
7:28		Pierre Brooks II offensive rebound
7:27	+2	Pierre Brooks II makes two point layup	56-55
7:11		Governors 30 second timeout
7:11		TV timeout
6:54		Finley Bizjack shooting foul (Isaac Haney draws the foul)
6:54	+1	Isaac Haney makes regular free throw 1 of 2	57-55
6:54	+1	Isaac Haney makes regular free throw 2 of 2	58-55
6:25		Patrick McCaffery misses two point jump shot
6:23		JaVar Daniel defensive rebound
6:04		Tekao Carpenter misses three point jump shot
6:02		Jahmyl Telfort defensive rebound
5:31		Bulldogs turnover (shot clock violation)
5:01		LJ Thomas misses two point jump shot
4:59		Augusto Cassia defensive rebound
4:57		Augusto Cassia turnover (bad pass) (JaVar Daniel steals)
4:40		Finley Bizjack shooting foul (Quan Lax draws the foul)
4:40		Quan Lax misses regular free throw 1 of 2
4:40	+1	Quan Lax makes regular free throw 2 of 2	59-55
4:22	+2	Patrick McCaffery makes two point dunk (Finley Bizjack assists)	59-57
3:50	+2	LJ Thomas makes two point layup	61-57
3:39		Finley Bizjack misses three point jump shot
3:37		Bulldogs offensive rebound
3:37		Isaac Haney personal foul
3:37		TV timeout
3:30	+2	Jahmyl Telfort makes two point layup	61-59
3:07	+2	LJ Thomas makes two point jump shot	63-59
2:39		JaVar Daniel blocks Jahmyl Telfort's two point jump shot
2:37		Quan Lax defensive rebound
2:16		LJ Thomas misses three point jump shot
2:14		Bulldogs defensive rebound
2:14		Quan Lax personal foul (Finley Bizjack draws the foul)
2:14		Finley Bizjack misses regular free throw 1 of 1
2:14		Finley Bizjack offensive rebound
2:11	+2	Finley Bizjack makes two point layup	63-61
1:42		LJ Thomas misses two point jump shot
1:40		LJ Thomas offensive rebound
1:17		JaVar Daniel misses two point layup
1:15		Augusto Cassia defensive rebound
1:07		JaVar Daniel shooting foul (Patrick McCaffery draws the foul)
1:07	+1	Patrick McCaffery makes regular free throw 1 of 2	63-62
1:07	+1	Patrick McCaffery makes regular free throw 2 of 2	63-63
0:46	+2	LJ Thomas makes two point layup	65-63
0:30		Pierre Brooks II turnover (bad pass) (Anton Brookshire steals)
0:27	+2	Anton Brookshire makes two point layup	67-63
0:19		Pierre Brooks II misses three point jump shot
0:17		Sai Witt defensive rebound
0:16		Augusto Cassia personal foul
0:16		Governors 60 second timeout
0:14		Pierre Brooks II personal foul
0:13		Pierre Brooks II personal foul
0:13	+1	Anton Brookshire makes regular free throw 1 of 2	68-63
0:13		Anton Brookshire misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:13		Jahmyl Telfort defensive rebound
0:06	+3	Patrick McCaffery makes three point jump shot (Finley Bizjack assists)	68-66
0:05		Bulldogs 60 second timeout
0:04		Kolby King personal foul
0:04		Terrell Gaines misses regular free throw 1 of 1
0:04		Jahmyl Telfort defensive rebound
0:00		Pierre Brooks II misses three point jump shot
0:00		Bulldogs offensive rebound
0:00		End of period

Bulldogs offensive rebound