Match summary — NCAA 2025-2026
NORTHWESTERN lost to BUTLER 58-61 on in the NCAA 2025-2026. BUTLER won by a 3-point margin. Michael Ajayi led all scorers with 19 points. NORTHWESTERN shot 35.9% from the field while BUTLER managed 37.9%. NORTHWESTERN collected 27 rebounds and BUTLER grabbed 39. This game was played as part of the NCAA 2025-2026 season in United States. Statistics sourced from official game reports.
Game leaders
Box score
NORTHWESTERN
58 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Trey Singleton | 34:00 | 8 | 4/9 | 4/7 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| * Jayden Reid | 32:00 | 14 | 5/13 | 4/9 | 1/4 | 3/3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| * Arrinten Page | 30:00 | 7 | 3/8 | 3/7 | 0/1 | 1/1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| * Jordan Clayton | 19:00 | 3 | 1/4 | 0/0 | 1/4 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| * Angelo Ciaravino | 18:00 | 7 | 3/7 | 3/5 | 0/2 | 1/1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| Max Green | 26:00 | 7 | 3/10 | 2/6 | 1/4 | 0/0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| K.j. Windham Jr | 18:00 | 5 | 2/6 | 1/3 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Tyler Kropp | 10:00 | 5 | 1/3 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 3/4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Jake West | 08:00 | 2 | 1/3 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Justin Mullins | 06:00 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team totals | 201:00 | 58 | 23/64 | 19/41 | 4/23 | 8/9 | 22 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 60 |
BUTLER
61 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Michael Ajayi | 37:00 | 19 | 8/14 | 8/12 | 0/2 | 3/5 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 |
| * Finley Bizjack | 31:00 | 6 | 2/10 | 0/1 | 2/9 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| * Drayton Jones | 25:00 | 2 | 1/4 | 1/4 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| * Stink Robinson | 23:00 | 4 | 2/6 | 2/4 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| * Jamie Kaiser, Jr. | 21:00 | 14 | 5/9 | 3/4 | 2/5 | 2/2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Evan Haywood | 22:00 | 11 | 3/10 | 1/1 | 2/9 | 3/3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Yohan Traore | 15:00 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Efeosa Oliogu | 14:00 | 2 | 0/3 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 2/4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Yame Butler | 12:00 | 3 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 61 | 22/58 | 15/28 | 7/30 | 10/14 | 28 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 70 |