Butler routs No. 24 Seton Hall 77-57

AP

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Andrew Chrabascz scored 15 of his 16 points in the first half to lead the Butler Bulldogs to a 77-57 blowout of No. 24 Seton Hall on Sunday.

Kellen Dunham added 15 points and Roosevelt Jones had 12 and seven rebounds for the Bulldogs (15-6, 5-3 Big East), who have won four of five games.

Brandon Mobley finished with 15 points and Desi Rodriquez added 12 for the Pirates (13-6, 3-4), who have lost three straight — the most of the season.

The Bulldogs went on an 18-2 run in the second half and took a 52-49 when Kelan Martin scored with 10:48 remaining.

Martin put the game away when he converted a 3-point play to give the Bulldogs a 59-40 lead.

It took Butler overtime to beat ranked Seton Hall 79-75 in the first regular season series meeting between the two teams on Jan. 13.

Things have been going Butler's way lately.

The Bulldogs are 4-2 against Top 25 pponents this season. They also beat a ranked St. John's team back on Jan. 3.

Seton Hall made a run at Butler at the end of the first half.

Mobley scored to cap off a 10-1 run to put the Pirates within a point before Alex Barlow made a 3-pointer to give the Bulldogs a 32-28 lead at halftime. Mobley made a 3-pointer in the second half to tie the game at 34 and then scored another 3 to put the Pirates ahead 37-34 with 15:42 remaining.

Then the Bulldogs went on an 18-2 run to take the lead for good.

Kameron Woods converted a 3-point play to tie the game and Jones scored the go ahead lay-up before Dunham made a basket and a 3-pointer to give the Bulldogs a 44-37 lead.

Dunham hit two 3-pointers in a 12-0 run in the first half. Etherington also scored a 3 in the run, capped off with a free throw from Martin to give the Bulldogs a 19-6 lead with 12:44 remaining in the opening half.

TIP-INS

Seton Hall: The Pirates got off to a slow start from 3-point range. They missed eight straight 3's before Sterling Gibbs made one at the 4:26 mark in the first half to the Pirates within nine points. Seton Hall is the top perimeter defending team in the Big East, but Butler is No. 2, holding teams to 26 percent from behind the arc. The Pirates finished 4-24 from 3-point range.

Butler: The Bulldogs relied on Chrabascz to get the team off to a good start and he did just that. He scored Butler's first seven points of the game, including a free throw to put Butler ahead 7-4 early in the game. He reached double-figure scoring by halftime after finishing with 13 in a 64-61 win over Creighton on Wednesday.

UP NEXT

Seton Hall is at Marquette on Wednesday.

Butler will travel to Marquette on Saturday.

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