Butler continued its early season offensive success with a 91-56 win over visiting Southeast Missouri State Friday night at Hinkle Fieldhouse.
 
The Bulldogs put five players in double figures and limited SEMO to 29-percent shooting in the lopsided win. Butler held a commanding 55-21 halftime lead and never looked back.
 
With the win, Butler improves to 2-0 on the young season, while SEMO falls to 0-2.
 
Posh Alexander led the Bulldogs with 15 points, going over 1,000 points for his collegiate career.

COACH THAD MATTA: "Obviously, we started out really well, moving the ball to get some good looks. Early in the second half, we were holding on to the ball too long. Inconsistency is bad for a team, but it allows us to come back in tomorrow and teach."
 
OF NOTE:

• Butler's last back-to-back 90-point outputs were actually a three-game series in December of 2017 as the Bulldogs posted wins over Western Illinois (107-46), Georgetown (91-86 in double overtime), and No. 1 Villanova (101-93).
• Alexander was joined in double figures by Pierre Brooks II (14), DJ Davis (13), Jahmyl Telfort (12), and Boden Kapke (11).
• Kapke's 11 were a career-high in his second career game and his first time in double figures.
• Alexander went 3-for-4 from behind the arc and made five of his eight attempts overall.
• Jalen Thomas led the Bulldogs with nine rebounds in just 14 minutes of action; Andre Screen added eight rebounds.
• Freshman Finley Bizjack had five assists against zero turnovers.
• Connor Turnbull matched a career-high with three blocked shots.
• The Bulldogs went to the line 34 times, making 26.
• Only one SEMO player found double figures, as Adam Larson scored 11.
• Butler had a 47-36 rebounding advantage.
• Butler is 72-2 over its last 74 non-conference home games.
• Butler has won 10 straight non-conference home games.
• This served as the first match-up in the series between Butler and SEMO.
• SEMO won the 2023 Ohio Valley Conference Tournament, which earned the team an NCAA Tournament berth. The Redhawks lost in the NCAA First Four in Dayton, falling to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
• Butler was without freshman Augusto Cassia, who sustained a strain to a muscle in his right leg in late October. He is out indefinitely, and his status will be updated in the coming weeks.

UP NEXT: The Bulldogs continue a season-opening homestand Monday night, hosting East Tennessee State at Hinkle Fieldhouse. The tip is set for 7 p.m.