Post a Free Blog

Submit A Press Release

Generic selectors
Exact matches only
Search in title
Search in content
Post Type Selectors
Filter by Categories
Action
Animation
ATP Tour (ATP)
Auto Racing
Baseball
Basketball
Boxing
Breaking News
Business
Business
Business Newsletter
Call of Duty (CALLOFDUTY)
Canadian Football League (CFL)
Car
Celebrity
Champions Tour (CHAMP)
Comedy
CONCACAF
Counter Strike Global Offensive (CSGO)
Crime
Dark Comedy
Defense of the Ancients (DOTA)
Documentary and Foreign
Drama
eSports
European Tour (EPGA)
Fashion
FIFA
FIFA Women’s World Cup (WWC)
FIFA World Cup (FIFA)
Fighting
Football
Formula 1 (F1)
Fortnite
Golf
Health
Hockey
Horror
IndyCar Series (INDY)
International Friendly (FRIENDLY)
Kids & Family
League of Legends (LOL)
LPGA
Madden
Major League Baseball (MLB)
Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)
MLS
Movie and Music
Movie Trailers
Music
Mystery
NASCAR Cup Series (NAS)
National Basketball Association (NBA)
National Football League (NFL)
National Hockey League (NHL)
National Women's Soccer (NWSL)
NBA Development League (NBAGL)
NBA2K
NCAA Baseball (NCAABBL)
NCAA Basketball (NCAAB)
NCAA Football (NCAAF)
NCAA Hockey (NCAAH)
Olympic Mens (OLYHKYM)
Other
Other Sports
Overwatch
PGA
Politics
Premier League (PREM)
Romance
Sci-Fi
Science
Soccer
Sports
Sports
Technology
Tennis
Thriller
Truck Series (TRUCK)
True Crime
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)
Uncategorized
US
Valorant
Western
Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Women’s NCAA Basketball (WNCAAB)
World
World Cup Qualifier (WORLDCUP)
WTA Tour (WTA)
Xfinity (XFT)
XFL
0
-- Advertisement --spot_img
HomeSportsBasketballButler downs No. 25 Mississippi State in Arizona tourney final

Butler downs No. 25 Mississippi State in Arizona tourney final

Add to Favorite
Added to Favorite


Jahmyl Telfort scored 16 of his game-high 24 points in the second half and Pierre Brooks II scored 22 points and grabbed nine rebounds as Butler upset No. 25 Mississippi State 87-77 in the championship game of the Arizona Tip-Off in Tempe, Ariz., on Friday night.

Telfort connected on 4 of 7 3-point attempts for Butler (6-1) which won its fifth straight game. Landon Moore added 13 points and Andre Screen had six points, nine rebounds and four assists for Butler, which shot 52.8 percent from the floor, including 12 of 22 (54.5 percent) from 3-point range.

Riley Kugel and Josh Hubbard each scored 22 points and Cameron Matthews and Michael Nwoko added 14 and 11 points, respectively, for Mississippi State (6-1). Mississippi State shot just 25.9 percent (7-for-27) from 3-point range and 37.7 percent from the floor.

Butler outrebounded Mississippi State 44-33.

The first half featured 11 lead changes and eight ties before Butler used a 12-6 run to close to build a 40-34 halftime lead. Butler shot 45.8 percent from the floor and connected on 7 of 12 3-point tries (58.3 percent) while Mississippi State missed its first 11 shots from long distance and finished the half 1-for-14 behind the arc (7.1 percent).

Brooks led all scorers at intermission with 10 points to go along with four rebounds. Telfort, who had a team-high 23 points in Butler’s 71-69 semifinal victory over Northwestern on Thursday, added eight points before the break.

Butler increased its lead to 53-44 on a layup by Patrick McCaffrey early in the second half, but Kugel kept Mississippi State within striking distance by scoring 12 straight points for his team to open the half.

Butler took its first double-digit lead, 65-55, at the 11:08 mark on a pair of free throws by Moore and subsequently led 68-57 on a 3-pointer by Brooks.

Mississippi State, behind a pair of 3-pointers by Hubbard, then went on an 11-2 run to close to within 70-68. But Butler, behind five points by Brooks and a pair of jumpers by Telfort, answered with an 11-2 run of its own to go back in front 81-70 with 2:46 to go.

Mississippi State never got closer than eight points the rest of the way.

–Field Level Media

Subscribe to get Latest News Updates

Latest News

You may like more
more

NCAAF News: One-time Oregon commit, Miss. State QB Michael Van Buren Jr. hits portal

Mississippi State quarterback Michael Van Buren Jr. hit the...

Top 25 roundup: Arkansas’ rally ends No. 14 Michigan’s win streak

Boogie Fland recorded 20 points and seven assists and...

Washington gets back on track, crushes Eastern Washington

Mekhi Mason scored a season-high 23 points, going 5-for-7...