Friday night isn't typically a great night for college basketball -- but it was this week. And that's because Butler and Marquette played a terrific game inside Hinkle Fieldhouse.
Final score: Butler 89, Marquette 85 in OT.
The Bulldogs snapped their three-game losing streak in dramatic fashion. They overcame a six-point deficit in the final 181 seconds of regulation, forced overtime and won. Kamar Baldwin took 25 shots, made 10 of them and finished with a game-high 31 points -- which means he outscored the nation's leading scorer, Marquette's Markus Howard, who got 26 points on 27 field goal attempts. The four-point victory qualified as a Quadrant 1 win for Butler. So the Bulldogs are now 4-4 in Quadrant 1 opportunities, and 10-4 in Quadrant 1/Quadrant 2 games, with zero losses outside of the first two quadrants.
That's solid.
Butler is No. 16 in Saturday morning's updated CBS Sports Top 25 And 1 daily college basketball rankings. The Bulldogs are three games back of Seton Hall, and tied for third in the Big East standings. Their next game is Tuesday at Georgetown.
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Rk | Teams | Chg | Rcrd | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Killian Tillie finished with 22 points and 10 rebounds in Saturday's 92-69 victory over BYU. The Zags have won 12 straight games since losing to Michigan. | -- | 27-8 |
| 2 |  | Freddie Gillespie finished with 12 points and 15 rebounds in Monday's 61-57 victory over Oklahoma. The Bears will take a 15-game winning streak into Saturday's game at Florida. | -- | 24-11 |
| 3 |  | Malachi Flynn finished with 15 points, five rebounds and five assists in Tuesday's 72-55 victory over Wyoming. The Aztecs are 20-0 for just the second time in school history. | -- | 26-11 |
| 4 |  | Christian Braun made six 3-pointers and finished with 20 points in Tuesday's 81-60 victory over Kansas State. The Jayhawks are 6-1 in their past seven games with the lone loss in that stretch coming to Baylor. | -- | 23-11 |
| 5 |  | M.J. Walker made four 3-pointers and finished with 19 points in Saturday's 83-79 victory at Miami. Florida State is 18-2 in its past 20 ACC regular season games. | -- | 17-16 |
| 6 |  | Malik Williams got 13 points off the bench in Wednesday's 68-64 victory over Georgia Tech. The Cardinals are 7-1 in the ACC and alone atop the league standings. | -- | 8-24 |
| 7 |  | Jermaine Samuels finished with 20 points and seven rebounds in Tuesday's 76-61 victory over Butler. The Wildcats will take a five-game winning streak into Saturday's game at Providence. | -- | 18-16 |
| 8 |  | Jalen Crutcher made five 3-pointers and finished with a career-high 23 points in Wednesday's 86-60 victory over St. Bonaventure. The Flyers' 17-2 record features zero losses in regulation. | -- | 25-8 |
| 9 |  | Romaro Gill finished with 17 points, eight blocks and six rebounds in Wednesday's 73-64 win over Providence. The Pirates are 7-0 in the Big East for the first time ever. | -- | 25-12 |
| 10 |  | Oscar Tshiebwe finished with 13 points and 11 rebounds in Monday's 97-59 victory over Texas. The Mountaineers are 10-3 in Quadrant 1/Quadrant 2 opportunities. | -- | 9-23 |
| 11 |  | Matthew Hurt finished with 22 points and six rebounds in Tuesday's 89-59 victory over Miami. Duke is 6-2 in the ACC. | -- | 27-9 |
| 12 |  | Jalen Smith finished with 25 points and 11 rebounds in Tuesday's 77-66 victory at Northwestern. Each of Maryland's four losses came on the road to a top-30 KenPom team. | -- | 16-17 |
| 13 |  | Aaron Henry committed five turnovers in Thursday's 67-63 loss at Indiana. Michigan State will enter the weekend in a first-place tie with Illinois in the Big Ten standings. | -- | 20-15 |
| 14 |  | Chris Duarte finished with 30 points, 11 rebounds and eight steals in Thursday's 79-70 double-overtime victory over USC. The Ducks are 5-1 in their past six games. | -- | 24-12 |
| 15 |  | Devan Cambridge made six 3-pointers and finished with a career-high 26 points in Wednesday's 80-67 victory over South Carolina. The double-digit win snapped Auburn's two-game losing streak. | -- | 27-8 |
| 16 |  | Kamar Baldwin finished with 31 points, eight rebounds and five assists in Friday's 89-85 overtime victory over Marquette. The win snapped Butler's three-game losing streak. | -- | 18-15 |
| 17 |  | Luka Garza finished with 28 points and 13 rebounds in Wednesday's 85-80 victory over Rutgers. The Hawkeyes will take a four-game winning streak into Monday's game with Wisconsin. | -- | 19-15 |
| 18 |  | Ashton Hagans finished with 23 points and nine assists in Tuesday's 89-79 victory over Georgia. The Wildcats are 6-1 in their past seven games with the lone loss in that stretch coming at South Carolina. | -- | 23-10 |
| 19 |  | Caleb Mills got 20 points off the bench in Thursday's 63-59 victory over UConn. The Cougars are 9-1 in their past 10 games with four victories against top-75 KenPom teams. | -- | 32-5 |
| 20 |  | Tyson Etienne finished with 13 points in Tuesday's 56-43 victory at USF. The Shockers are 6-3 in Quadrant 1/Quadrant 2 opportunities with zero losses outside of the first two quadrants. | -- | 15-19 |
| 21 |  | Lamar Stevens finished with 19 points and nine rebounds in Wednesday's 72-63 victory at Michigan. The Nittany Lions own four wins over top-20 KenPom teams. | -- | 16-17 |
| 22 |  | Kofi Cockburn finished with 22 points and 15 rebounds in Tuesday's 79-62 victory at Purdue. The Illini will take a five-game winning streak into Saturday's game at Michigan. | -- | 29-9 |
| 23 |  | Emmitt Williams finished with 19 points and four rebounds in Tuesday's 84-82 win over Florida. The Tigers are 6-0 in the SEC and alone atop the league standings. | -- | 17-16 |
| 24 |  | Mitch Ballock made five 3-pointers and finished with 19 points and six rebounds in Wednesday's 83-68 victory at DePaul. All five of Creighton's losses are Quadrant 1 losses. | -- | 25-10 |
| 25 |  | The Scarlet Knights led by five at halftime but ultimately lost 85-80 at Iowa on Wednesday. Rutgers is 8-2 in its past 10 games with both losses coming to currently ranked teams. | -- | 15-17 |
| 26 |  | Joey Brunk finished with 14 points and six rebounds in Thursday's 67-63 victory over Michigan State. The Hoosiers are 5-4 in Quadrant 1/Quadrant 2 opportunities with zero losses outside of the first two quadrants. | NR | 19-14 |
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OUT: Wisconsin
