INDIANAPOLIS - Wright State wasn't worried about Butler's No. 20 ranking, its unbeaten record or its 15-game home winning streak.<br>
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The Raiders just wanted a win in Wednesday's Horizon League opener.<br>
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Cain Doliboa had 28 points and Vernard Hollins 27, both career-highs, and the Raiders used a 10-2 run over the final four minutes of the second overtime to grab a 90-87 victory over Butler.<br>
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"This was one of those games where I felt we won it three times and lost it three times," Wright State coach Ed Schilling said. "It was a situation where it just came down to who had the last shot. You never feel secure."<br>
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There was a good reason for Schilling's concern.<br>
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Butler (13-1) had the last shot at the end of regulation, at the end of the first overtime and at the end of the second overtime. But the Bulldogs missed all three - two of which would have been game-winners.<br>
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It even appeared at the start of the second overtime that Butler had taken control when Rylan Hainje made two free throws and Thomas Jackson a three-pointer to give Butler an 85-80 lead.<br>
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Hainje and Jackson also finished with career-highs, Hainje with 31 points, Jackson with 26.<br>
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"We were down five points twice in overtime, and normally that spells a double-digit loss," Schilling said. "But we kept fighting."<br>
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Eventually, Wright State's defense turned the tables on Butler, the nation's No. 3 scoring defense.<br>
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The Raiders (8-3) allowed just one field goal - a layup by Jackson with 2:02 left - the rest of the game.<br>
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Meanwhile, the Wright State offense continued to play as it had most of the night - hard and with patience.<br>
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Hollins' three-pointer with 3:20 to go gave the Raiders confidence that they could rally. A layup by Thomas Hope, his only basket of the night, tied the score at 85.<br>
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After Jackson's layup, Seth Doliboa hit a three-pointer to give Wright State an 88-87 lead with 23 seconds left.<br>
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"Teams that have a lot of heart don't wilt," Butler coach Todd Lickliter said. "We didn't wilt, and they didn't wilt."<br>
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Then Butler went back to Jackson, who missed a driving layup with 2.8 seconds left.<br>
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Cain Doliboa hit two free throws to make it 90-87. Hainje, who almost didn't play because of a sore left ankle, then missed a game-tying three-pointer at the buzzer.<br>
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"People don't know really how good this Butler team is," Schilling said. "They've only lost one game in 2 1/2 years in this place."<br>
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It wasn't a typical Butler game, though.<br>
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Just three days after beating Indiana, the Bulldogs looked sluggish in the first half and never really took control.<br>
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Their three-point shooting, which has ranked among the nation's best, was off badly as they went six-of-21.<br>
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And their defense, which had been allowing 56.1 points, gave up 36 in each half. They gave up 18 more points in the two overtimes.<br>
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The Bulldogs also found themselves in foul trouble. They played both overtimes without one of their top shooters, Brandon Miller, and the final 5:45 without their best defender - Joel Cornette.<br>
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Yet they continued to scrap with Wright State in an effort to remain one of the nation's five unbeaten teams. It wasn't enough.<br>
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"This is definitely a top-20 team," Cain Doliboa said. "These guys were good. They played with a lot of heart. They fought, and we fought."<br>
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But Butler came up short.<br>
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"We've been on the other end of this a lot of times this year," Lickliter said. "You just throw it up and compete. It doesn't really matter what your ranking is." <br>
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