Butler puts Eastern Illinois away for sixth straight win

Jahmyl Telfort and Patrick McCaffery each scored 20 points to lead the Butler Bulldogs to a hard-fought 73-58 home win against Eastern Illinois.McCaffery also added seven boards while Telfort had six for Butler (7-1), which has won six in a row. Kolby King added 10 points and nine rebounds and Pierre Brooks II scored nine.The Panthers (2-6) were led by Kooper Jacobi with a career-high-tying 22. Nakyel Shelton added 12 with six rebounds and five assists.This was a tightly game for much of the first half. An 8-2 run by Eastern Illinois tied the game at 22 with 6:43 to go, but the Bulldogs closed the half on a 7-2 run and led 36-27 at the break.Telfort led Butler with 10 first-half points while McCaffery had nine on three 3-pointers. Jacobi led the Panthers, who shot just 28.6 percent from the floor in the half, with nine.The Bulldogs took that momentum into the second half as they grew an 18-point edge, but Eastern Illinois was able to bounce back.The Panthers went on an 8-0 run after trailing by 18 and eventually brought their deficit down to seven.

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