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Campbell, Butler Beat USA From Downtown

Bulldogs nail 15 3-pointers en route to easy first-round win

By Mitch Pritchard,  Newser User

Posted Mar 21, 2008 5:58 PM CDT
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(Newser) – Seventh-seeded Butler was 23-0 when making eight 3-pointers or more going into its first round NCAA Tournament game with South Alabama today; Peter Campbell made sure it was 24-0 all by himself. Campbell scored 26 points, with, yes, eight 3-pointers ,to lift the Bulldogs to an 81-61 win, reports the Indianapolis Star. Campbell made the last six shots he attempted from beyond the arc.

As a team, Butler (30-3) was 15-of-30 from three-point range. Brad Stevens, 31, became the youngest coach with 30 or more wins in more than half a century, and only the fourth coach to do it in his first year. Demetric Bennett, who was a 20-point  scorer in the Sun Belt Conference, finished with six points for South Alabama (26-7).

South Alabama's Demetric Bennent, left, and Butler's Shawn Vanzant scramble for a loose ball during the second half of a first-round NCAA men's tournament East Regional today. Butler won 81-61.
South Alabama's Demetric Bennent, left, and Butler's Shawn Vanzant scramble for a loose ball during the second half of a first-round NCAA men's tournament East Regional today. Butler won 81-61.   (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
South Alabama's DeAndre Coleman, right, tries to score over Butler's Matt Howard in the first half of a first round NCAA East Regional basketball game in Birmingham, Ala., Friday, March 21, 2008.
South Alabama's DeAndre Coleman, right, tries to score over Butler's Matt Howard in the first half of a first round NCAA East Regional basketball game in Birmingham, Ala., Friday, March 21, 2008.   (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Butler' A.J. Graves (4) drives to the basket as South Alabama's Daniel Hayles (2) defends in the first half of a first round NCAA East Regional basketball game in Birmingham, Ala. today.
Butler' A.J. Graves (4) drives to the basket as South Alabama's Daniel Hayles (2) defends in the first half of a first round NCAA East Regional basketball game in Birmingham, Ala. today.   (AP Photo/Rogelio Solis)
Butler's Pete Campbell launches a three-point shot in the first half of a first round NCAA East Regional basketball game against South Alabama in Birmingham, Ala., Friday, March 21, 2008.
Butler's Pete Campbell launches a three-point shot in the first half of a first round NCAA East Regional basketball game against South Alabama in Birmingham, Ala., Friday, March 21, 2008.   (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
South Alabama's Brandon Davis, center, sits on the bench with Ronald Douglas, right, and Daniel Hayles, left, as time expires in their 81-61 loss to Butler in NCAA East Regional today.
South Alabama's Brandon Davis, center, sits on the bench with Ronald Douglas, right, and Daniel Hayles, left, as time expires in their 81-61 loss to Butler in NCAA East Regional today.   (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
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