For the first time this season, a visiting team won in the Power Plant, as Coffeyville upended the Butler men by a 67-63 score on Monday night.
Butler's biggest lead came on a layup in transition by Calvin Johnson that made the score 31-16. Coffeyville, however, would chip away at Butler's big lead and trailed 37-29 at the half.
Coffeyville scored the first six points of the second half to set the stage for a close fight to the finish. Butler would push the lead back to as many as nine points, but each time the Red Ravens had an answer. Mike Martin's 3-pointer with 10:52 to play put Coffeyville in the lead for the first time in the game at 53-52.
Butler would tie the game 62-62 with 2:59 to play on a basket by Sean Goodwin, Coffeyville outscored Butler 5-1 on the final three minutes for the win.
Goodwin led Butler in scoring with 18 points just two days after scoring 20 in a win at Allen County. Larry Fitzgerald scored 13 points and Bakari Triggs had 10.
The Grizzlies fall to 19-7 overall and 5-3 in Jayhawk East Conference play, now two games behind first-place Independence and a game behind Coffeyville for the second spot. Butler will be on the road on Wednesday to take on Cowley.