Butler suffered their closest loss since January 7th on Friday. They fell just short of the Charlotte Catholic Cougars by a score of 52-50. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 119th, while the Cougars are ranked 30th).
Several Bulldogs players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Caleb Milligan, who posted 12 points in addition to six assists and six boards. The team also got some help courtesy of Terrance Badio, who went 6-for-11 on his way to 13 points.
Charlotte Catholic was led to victory by Mack Jordan and Chris Eagan. Jordan went 6-for-9 en route to 13 points, while Eagan went 6-for-10 to rack up 13 points. That's the most points Jordan has posted since back in December of 2024. Aiden Brady was another key player, putting up eight points and five rebounds.
This is the second loss in a row for Butler and nudges their season record down to 13-10. Even worse, they were so close so many times: the defeats came by an average of only 1.5 points. As for Charlotte Catholic, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 18-5.
Coming up, Butler will square off against Independence at 7:30 p.m. on February 14th. One thing working in Independence's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last four matchups. As for Charlotte Catholic, they have already played their next contest, a 63-57 win against East Mecklenburg on the 11th.
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