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01/16 03:43 CST No. 25 Seton Hall hosts Butler following Ajayi's 22-point game
No. 25 Seton Hall hosts Butler following Ajayi's 22-point game
By The Associated Press
Butler Bulldogs (10-7, 1-5 Big East) at Seton Hall Pirates (14-3, 4-2 Big East)
Newark, New Jersey; Saturday, 12 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Butler takes on No. 25 Seton Hall after Michael Ajayi scored 22
points in Butler's 89-75 loss to the Xavier Musketeers.
The Pirates have gone 8-2 at home. Seton Hall is 12-2 when it has fewer
turnovers than its opponents and averages 9.8 turnovers per game.
The Bulldogs are 1-5 against Big East opponents. Butler is the Big East leader
with 36.6 rebounds per game led by Ajayi averaging 12.1.
Seton Hall scores 73.2 points per game, 3.0 fewer points than the 76.2 Butler
gives up. Butler averages 8.0 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.2 more
made shots on average than the 6.8 per game Seton Hall allows.
The Pirates and Bulldogs match up Saturday for the first time in conference
play this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: A.J. Staton-McCray averages 1.7 made 3-pointers per game for
the Pirates, scoring 11.6 points while shooting 35.8% from beyond the arc. Adam
Clark is shooting 41.0% and averaging 10.6 points over the last 10 games.
Finley Bizjack is shooting 33.3% from beyond the arc with 2.3 made 3-pointers
per game for the Bulldogs, while averaging 16.1 points. Ajayi is shooting 48.8%
and averaging 16.9 points over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Pirates: 8-2, averaging 71.4 points, 34.0 rebounds, 13.6
assists, 9.3 steals and 4.5 blocks per game while shooting 43.1% from the
field. Their opponents have averaged 64.2 points per game.
Bulldogs: 4-6, averaging 78.4 points, 33.7 rebounds, 16.3 assists, 6.3 steals
and 3.9 blocks per game while shooting 43.8% from the field. Their opponents
have averaged 79.1 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data
Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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