Belt game 2,319 · January 16, 2021
Butler take the belt
Butler beat Creighton 70–66 at home to start reign 680 of the College Basketball belt, the 6th for the program.
Creighton had held it since December 20, 2020, with 4 defenses over 27 days.
Butler held it for 10 days and 1 defense, then lost it to UConn on January 26, 2021.
680Reign number
6Team's reign
1Defenses
10Days held
Box score
Butler
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | 3P | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Thompson | 41 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7-14 | 0-1 | 3-6 |
| Bryce Nze | 40 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5-13 | 2-3 | 3-5 |
| Myles Tate | 39 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4-11 | 2-5 | 5-6 |
| Chuck Harris | 28 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-8 | 1-3 | 3-4 |
| Jair Bolden | 31 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-7 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| Myles Wilmoth | 16 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| Bryce Golden | 25 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0-6 | 0-3 | 2-3 |
| John-Michael Mulloy | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Creighton
| Player | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FG | 3P | FT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denzel Mahoney | 40 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10-22 | 5-11 | 4-6 |
| Damien Jefferson | 31 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5-11 | 0-2 | 2-4 |
| Christian Bishop | 34 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Shereef Mitchell | 29 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 2-2 |
| Ryan Kalkbrenner | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| Mitch Ballock | 43 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1-6 | 0-5 | 0-0 |
| Antwann Jones | 18 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| Alex O'Connell | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| Jett Canfield | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Player box scores: CollegeBasketballData.com.