CARBONDALE, Ill. -- While new SIU football coach Dale Lennon plays to the crowd at the half, the stat sheets are being passed around.

Mike Green, with 10 points, and Matt Howard, with eight, lead Butler in scoring, while top gun A.J. Graves is just 1-for-6 from the floor with five points. Butler leads, 31-29.

Bone paces SIU with 10, most coming with key starters Falker and Mullins on the pine. Falker did have nine points and three boards in his 10 minutes.

Things bode well for the Bulldogs, who have scored 40-plus points in the second half of their last three games. That would put them in the 70s, and they have won 14 straight when they score 75 points or more.