@ButlerMBB and St. John's Set for Tuesday Night Tip at Carnesecca Arena
 
Game 25: Butler (14-10, 5-6 BIG EAST) at St. John's (17-7, 5-6 BIG EAST)
Tuesday, Feb. 12; 8:30PM
Carnesecca Arena; Queens, N.Y.
TV: CBS Sports Network – Andrew Catalon and Steve Lappas
RADIO: 107.5FM, 1070AM - @MarkMinner & Nick Gardner (@n_gardner)
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The Bulldogs continue a quick two-game road swing with a Tuesday night tip against St. John's at Carnesecca Arena in Queens, N.Y.
 
The Butler duo of Mark Minner and Nick Gardner will have the radio call on 107.5FM, 1070AM and the TuneIn Radio app. The game will air nationally on CBS Sports Network (Andrew Catalon and Steve Lappas).
 
Butler enters the game with a 14-10 record, coming off a 73-69 win over Georgetown Saturday in the nation's capital.
St. John's is 17-7 overall after a loss against Providence over the weekend.
 
HOW THEY STACK UP: More than halfway through the conference schedule, the BIG EAST standings look more like the wild card race in the National League in any given year. Butler and St. John's are among five teams tied for third place in the conference standings. Teams 3-10 are separated only by 2.0 games as all teams have played 11 of their 18 BIG EAST games at this point in the season.
 
In an indication of how much teams have been beating up on each other in the BIG EAST so far this conference season, Butler and DePaul each bring two-game winning streaks into their respective Tuesday games. No one else in the BIG EAST is on a current winning streak of longer than one game.

THE SERIES: This will be the 13^th meeting between the two programs, with all but one of those match-ups coming since Butler joined the BIG EAST prior to the 2013-14 season. Butler holds a 7-5 lead in the all-time series, but St. John's has won three of the five contests played in New York as BIG EAST foes. The first meeting between the two teams came in the 1958 NIT. Butler won the initial contest between the two teams this season, 80-71, Jan. 19 in Indianapolis.

FIRST TIME AROUND: Kamar Baldwin and Jordan Tucker combined for 54 points as Butler posted an 80-71 win over St. John's Jan. 19 at a sold-out Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind.

Baldwin's season-high 30 points included 20 in the second half. Tucker's career-high 24 points included six three-pointers.

Butler used a key second-half run to take control. It was a 17-2 spurt that gave the Bulldogs a 58-36 lead with 14:09 to play. St. John's would cut the lead to as little as four in the closing minutes before Butler made seven of its final eight free throw attempts over the final 42 seconds to secure the victory.

Butler shot 46 percent from the field, and made 11-of-25 from behind the arc. The Bulldogs also had a 37-4 advantage in bench points. Shamorie Ponds and Mustapha Heron led St. John's with 20 points apiece. St. John's shot 38 percent for the game, and only 29 percent (7-24) from three-point range.

Sean McDermott matched his career-high with 12 rebounds in that contest with St. John's. Butler took a 40-36 edge in the rebounding margin.

CAPITAL W in D.C.: Led by 18 points from Kamar Baldwin, the Bulldogs defeated Georgetown, 73-69 Saturday afternoon in Washington, D.C.

The first half was highlighted by a 9-of-14 start from the field for the Bulldogs that contributed to a 41-35 halftime advantage. Baldwin was the driving force for the Bulldogs in the second half, scoring 13 of his 18 points in the final 20 minutes.

Butler took its largest lead of the game at 62-51 with 11 minutes to play. Georgetown answered with a 12-2 run of its own to come within three (64-61) with seven minutes to play.

Baldwin hit a clutch runner to push the Bulldogs' lead to 69-64 with 2:27 to play. After three made free throws on Georgetown's end, Baldwin would go on to hit his final four free throws to seal the victory for Butler, 73-69.

GETTING DEFENSIVE: Butler's defense limited Georgetown to 69 points on 37.7-percent shooting in Saturday's win. Georgetown entered the game leading the BIG EAST in scoring in conference games at 81.7 points per game. The 69 points and 37.7-percent shooting were both the second-worst outputs for Georgetown in its 11 conference games to date. For Butler, the 37.7-percent shooting was the lowest percentage Butler had held an opponent so far this season in league play.

Georgetown's last field goal of the game came with 4:25 remaining. Butler held Jessie Govan to 12 points on 2-of-8 shooting; he entered the contest averaging 18.3 ppg. The Bulldogs limited James Akinjo to two points, almost 12 points shy of his 13.9 ppg scoring average.

PUTTING THE D IN DAWGS: Butler improved to 11-2 this season (and 4-0 in BIG EAST games) when holding its opponent under 70 points with Saturday's win over Georgetown. On the season, the Bulldogs are allowing opponents only an average of 68.6 points per game, which is second in the BIG EAST.

THREE'S COMPANY: For the tenth time this season, Butler his 10 or more three-pointers in a game as the Bulldogs went 10-of-26 from behind the arc at Georgetown. That came one game after a 12-for-25 performance from three-point range in the win over Seton Hall. Butler is 8-2 on the season when making 10 or more three-pointers. The Bulldogs have also shot 40 percent or better from behind the arc nine times this season.
 
Tucker (two), McDermott (three) and Jorgensen (three) have combined for eight games this season hitting five or more three-pointers. In fact, each of the three has hit six three-pointers in a single game this season.

HOT START: Fourteen of Jordan Tucker's 15 points came in the first half of Butler's win over Georgetown Saturday. He made two three-pointers in the first 2:26 of the game and added a third later in the first half. Tucker has started the last four games for the Bulldogs, and his 15 points were the most since he joined the starting line-up. His career-high of 24 points came in the first meeting with St. John's Jan. 19. Tucker has registered double figures in seven of his 15 games since becoming eligible as a midyear transfer.

TIGHT GRIP: The Bulldogs have committed only 10.8 turnovers per game, a mark that is just outside the Top 20 nationally. The Seton Hall game Feb. 2 marked the seventh time this season that Butler has committed single-digit turnovers. In two separate games this season, Butler has posted a season-low seven miscues.

RESPECTING YOUR ELDERS: Butler's two seniors led the charge in the 70-68 win over Seton Hall Feb. 2. Paul Jorgensen had a team-best 18 points on 7-of-9 shooting (4-of-6 from three-point range). Nate Fowler set a season-high with 15 points, making five of his seven shots from the field. For Jorgensen, the 18 points were his highest output in BIG EAST play this season.

Jorgensen has led the Bulldogs in scoring six times this season.

BENCH MOB: Butler has had the advantage in bench scoring in 10 of the team's 11 BIG EAST contests. In Butler's last eight games, that combined advantage has been 212-58 advantage (an average of +19 per game over that seven-game stretch). Jorgensen and Fowler combined for 33 points in the win over Seton Hall Feb. 2 as Butler had a 36-9 edge in bench points in that contest.

BIG IN THE BIG EAST: Kamar Baldwin has registered four 20-point games in BIG EAST play. Baldwin is averaging 19.2 points per game in conference games, a mark that is sixth in the BIG EAST. Baldwin is also fifth in the conference with an .833 mark from the free throw line in BIG EAST games.