Butler at Boise State

Dovydas Butka, a Campbell transfer, opened Boise State's season with 18 points on 7-of-10 shooting and nine rebounds in a 132-53 win over West Coast Baptist, a Division II program in the NCCAA. Butler is 2-0 with wins of 36 over Lafayette and 34 over Fairleigh Dickinson. Boise State is 1-0 and has not yet played a Division I opponent. Both rosters are new. Butler is under first-year head coach Ronald Nored and returned two rotation players, guard Jalen Jackson and center Drayton Jones. Boise State replaced all five starters but kept eight players from last season's roster, and Leon Rice is in his 17th year as head coach. The edge is on the glass. Butler is pulling in 46.0 rebounds a game through two games, tied for 74th nationally. Jerquarius Stanback grabbed 16 rebounds in the opener, with Butka at nine and Bhan Buom at seven, and Boise State outrebounded West Coast Baptist 67-18. Eight Broncos scored in double figures, so the offense does not run through one scorer. With Butka, Stanback and Buom all 6-foot-8 or taller working the glass, Boise State is the right side on the spread this afternoon.