Drake-Butler postgame
Several of Drake's fans are still hanging around Hinkle after the game, cheering on the players as they emerge from the locker room.
Some stats and notes from Drake's 71-64 win over Butler.
Both teams shot 24-54 from the floor. Drake made one less three pointer, shooting 5-17. Butler was 6-24, but only 1-8 in the second half. The teams each averaged just over 9 made threes per game, so those are pretty low totals.
Drake won the game at the line, shooting 18-20 Butler was 10-16, with a couple of missed front ends of 1-and-1s in the second half.
In the first half, Butler had 8 assists and one turnover. In the second half, they had two assists and 9 turnovers.
Drake outrebounded Butler by seven today, which lines up with the team stats. Drake has a 3 board per game lead over its opponents, but Butler gets outrebounded by an average of one per game.
Josh Young led Drake with 25 points on 7-13 shooting from the floor, including 3-5 from beyond the arc. He was also 8-8 from the line.
Leonard Houston had 16 and Jonathan Cox had 11 in support.
Butler was led by Graves' 18 and Matt Howard's 16. Mike Green had 12.
There were only four fast break points in the entire game, two by each team.
There wasn't much noteworthy said after the game. Butler coach Brad Stevens and Graves, already changed into a t-shirt and jeans, were pretty somber, as you might expect.
Keno Davis, Josh Young and Adam Emmenecker were happier, of course, but not in the "we've never done this before" way. They weren't overly exuberant either.
Emmenecker did talk about how they were looking forward to playing here. He said, "It's a historic place. We were all excited to come here. Even though I'm from Michigan, I had heard a lot about this place. It's an honor to play here."
And that's a wrap from Indy. I think security may have to kick the Drake fans out. They aren't in any hurry to go.
