Butler continues blowouts with 30-point home win

Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS — Reserve Shawn Vanzant scored a career-high 20 points, and Butler’s suffocating defense gave up only four baskets outside of 4 feet as the 16th-ranked Bulldogs routed Wisconsin-Milwaukee 78-48 on Saturday.

Butler (18-1, 9-0) has won 10 straight games overall, 14 in a row at home and swept through the first half of the Horizon League season with a perfect record for the first time in school history. The 18-1 start is also a school first and the Bulldogs can tie the conference record of 21 straight wins at home Friday against Valparaiso.

Tone Boyle scored 15 points and was the only Milwaukee player to reach double figures. Meanwhile, the Panthers (12-8, 7-3) shot 24.1 percent from the field — a number that increased significantly after the outcome had already been decided.

Loyola 72, Detroit 66

DETROIT — J.R. Blount scored 20 points and Walt Gibler added five of his 13 points during a late rally to help Loyola. The Titans’ Eulis Stephens scored with less than six minutes to play to tie the game at 58, but the Ramblers (12-9, 4-5 Horizon League) put the game away during a four-minute, 7-0 run. Gibler, who finished with eight rebounds, ended the decisive streak by converting a three-point play. Darrin Williams also had 13 points for Loyola, which scored 20 points off 13 Titans turnovers. Woody Payne scored 20 points and Thomas Kennedy added 15 for Detroit (4-14, 0-9), which lost its seventh straight.

Wright St. 57, UIC 31

FAIRBORN — Todd Brown scored 23 points and had only two fewer field goals than Illinois-Chicago. Brown, who also had nine rebounds, hit 9-of-18 shots from the field including 4-of-9 3-pointers. Troy Tabler added 10 points for the Raiders (12-8, 6-3 Horizon League). Scott Vandermeer had 10 points for the Flames (10-9, 3-6), who hit just 11-of-42 shots from the field for 26 percent. The Flames trailed just 34-25 at the 13:26 mark of the second half but the Raiders scored 23 of the game’s final 29 points.