Butler Takes out the Penguins of Youngstown State: 68-59

Chrishawn Hopkins stepped up his game scoring 19 points for the Bulldogs as they got a good win, and have some shred of hope to climb into the Horizon League Standings.  Still going to be a tough fight, but after seeing Cleveland State, the league leader, fall, there's an outside shot with a couple of wins and a couple of losses by the top teams this Horizon League Race could get interesting. But just like always, it's one game at a time.  And what a game was had by the young pups on this Butler team.  Jackson Aldridge and Roosevelt Jones, two freshmen, put up 15 points and 11 points.  Ronald Nored, the small point guard on the team, had 11 rebounds.  He has tried to do all he can in all areas of his game for this team.  He is one of the few if only senior on the team, so he's been a part of the past two Final Four runs, and I am sure would love to do that again.  But it's going to be a rough climb for this team.  The Butler Way could make an appearance and maybe this team works its magic in the Horizon League Tourney to get the automatic bid.  Then all bets are off at the Big Dance.