The Bears Den was buzzing as the Butler Bears looked to get back on track after a couple of cold outings coming off of Christmas break. The Holden Eagles made the trip to the Bears Den with a record of 1-11 to square off against the 7-4 Bears.
The Bears nearly shut-out the Eagles in the first quarter, outscoring them 18-4 after one. The Bears kept their foot on the accelerator, with stout defense leading to easy offense. Butler scored 26 points on 16 Eagles turnovers. The Bears shot lights out for the night, hitting 57 percent of the their field goals, 50 percent from deep, and 88 percent from the line.
The Bears defense, coupled with their high percentage shooting, led to a blow-out victory with a final of 75-32.
The story of the night was Senior Carter Trumbore, who broke not one, but TWO of the Butler career records. Trumbore came into tonight with 222 career steals, the all-time record was held by Kaleb Kauffman with 225. Trumbore ended the night with 5 steals, surpassing Kauffman and having 227, and counting.
The all-time Butler High School career points record was held by Zach Burch with 1,866. Coming into the night Trumbore had 1,833 on his career, needing 33 points to tie the record and 34 to break it. Early in the 4th quarter Trumbore hit a 3 that propelled him to 36 points on the night, and solidified his place in the Butler High School record books.
Trumbore led all scoring on the night with 36 points, 5 steals, 5 rebounds and he was perfect from the free throw line, going 8-8. Jake Chandler for the Bears tallied 12 points with 4 assists and 3 rebounds. Brandon Hammet was the 3rd Bear in double figures with 10 points of his own to go along with 6 boards. Kolby Hill led the Eagles with 16 points.
Tailgate TV caught up Carter Trumbore after the game and grabbed a post-game interview, click the link below to check it out!
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