Box Score Marquette topped an undermanned Butler team by a score of 70-55 Saturday afternoon at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee.
 
The Bulldogs, down two starters, faded in the second half as Marquette was able to heat up from the field.
 
With the result, Marquette is now 9-15 overall, while Butler falls to 13-11. Both teams are 4-9 in BIG EAST play.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:

• Butler's first lead of the game came at 20-19 with 6:43 remaining in the first half.
• Marquette closed the first half on an 8-0 run to take a 32-28 halftime lead.
• The Golden Eagles came out of the locker rooms hot, making eight of their first 10 attempts from the field in the second half (including all five three-pointers) in building a 54-37 lead with 13:58 to play.
• A 6-0 Butler spurt trimmed the Marquette lead to 10 (57-47) at the 8:58 mark but the Bulldogs missed 13 of their next 14 shots.

 
TIP-INS:

• Marquette shot 56 percent in the second half, including making 9-for-14 from three-point range. The Golden Eagles shot 46 percent overall for the game. Their 14 made three-pointers tied a season-high.
• Chase Ross led four Marquette players in double figures with 19 points. Adrien Stevens was 6-for-9 from three-point range for 18 points.
• Finley Bizjack made his first five attempts from three-point range and finished with 23 points. Bizjack has scored 20 or more points in 11 games this season. He entered the game second in the BIG EAST in scoring and ranked third in the conference in made three-pointers per game.
• Michael Ajayi pulled down 19 rebounds. Ajayi leads the BIG EAST and entered the game ranked fifth nationally in rebounding. He has led the Bulldogs in rebounding in 23 of the team's 24 games this season.
• Jackson Keith matched his career-high with eight points in a career-best 19 minutes.
• Behind 17 offensive rebounds, the Bulldogs held a 43-30 rebounding advantage. Butler has out-rebounded 18 of its 24 opponents this season.
• The Bulldogs were without starting wing Jamie Kaiser Jr. (illness) and starting point guard Azavier Robinson (who also missed Wednesday's game against Providence with a left wrist injury). Butler dressed only nine players.
• Evan Haywood made his first start of the season and the third of his Butler career. Efeosa Oliogu-Elabor made the second start of his Butler career.
• This was the second meeting between the teams this season as Butler posted an 87-76 win over the Golden Eagles Jan. 23 at Hinkle Fieldhouse. Finley Bizjack led the Bulldogs in that Jan. 23 win with 28 points.
• Butler turned the ball over 16 times. Over the previous six games, the Bulldogs committed a total of only 54 turnovers (an average of 9.0 per game).

 
UP NEXT: The Bulldogs are back at Hinkle Wednesday (Feb. 11) to host UConn. Tickets are still available for the 7:30 p.m. tip, which will also air on TNT and truTV.