Siena squandered a three point halftime lead, struggled to score in the second half, as the #13 Butler Bulldogs ran away with a 17 point home win Saturday afternoon at Hinkle Fieldhouse.

Butler went on a 9-2 run in the middle of the second half to take control of the game from the Saints. Meanwhile, Siena scored a season low 53 points in the loss and only 22 in the second half. Siena’s shooting was a problem as they shot 23.3% from the field in the second half and 33.9% for the game.

Clarence Jackson led the Saints with 24 points on 9 of 15 shooting. Jackson made Siena’s only two three pointers on the game, Edwin Ubiles and Ronald Moore combined to shoot 0 for 8 from three point range. Moore had even more trouble, shooting 0 for 9 from the field and Ubiles scored just 4 points on 2 of 11 shooting.

Shelvin Mack led Butler with 23 points on 8 of 14 shooting. Butler went 9 for 20 (45%) from three point range, up from their 201st ranked average of 33% coming into the game.

The Bulldogs won without forward Willie Veasley who was nursing a sprained left knee. The Bulldogs have not lost a game since December 22, 2009.

Siena is now 3-2 all time in BracketBuster games as well as 19-3 in games at which they have led at halftime.