In Butler's 83-71 victory over Temple, Rotnei Clarke was back in action for the first time since his neck injury on January 12, and with 24 points, he seemed to be back on track. While his shooting percentages weren't ideal (4-14 shooting, 3-10 from three) he made a ton of late game free throws to seal the deal, and looked comfortable on both ends of the floor. Clarke's poor shooting was compensated by Kellen Dunham's 5/6 from beyond the arc, and Khyle Marshall getting what seemed like dunk after dunk in the second half. I know I've touched on this before, but Kam Woods has made a remarkable improvement in his shooting percentage by taking higher percentage shots (not jumpers). After 2/2 on Saturday, he is up to 56% shooting from the field this year compared with 37% last year. Both Andrew Smith and Roosevelt Jones were held in single figures for scoring, but the fact that Dunham and Marshall could not miss more than made up for that.
Butler will play at Saint Louis on Thursday night in the first of two match-ups between the two teams this season. The Billikens are the only team that Butler will face twice during the conference season.
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