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Senior Sean McDermott helped Butler erase an 11-point halftime deficit, matching his career-high with seven three-pointers in a 69-64 road win over Georgetown Tuesday night in the nation's capital. McDermott finished with 25 points on 9-of-12 shooting.

The win moves the nationally-ranked Bulldogs to 17-4 on the season and 5-3 in BIG EAST play.

Georgetown led by as many as 14 in the first half, but the halftime speech in the Butler locker room worked as the Bulldogs opened the second stanza by scoring 18 of the first 21 points. Eleven straight from McDermott gave the Bulldogs a 50-46 lead with 14:05 remaining.

"This was a grinder of a game," said Butler coach LaVall Jordan. "We didn't start great, and a lot of that had to do with (Georgetown). We had too many turnovers in the first half and it's hard to guard turnovers. But we stayed the course and got great leadership in the second half. To come in here and get a win is not easy, but we found a way."

Butler would never trail after re-taking the lead early in the second half, but Georgetown would tie it on two occasions. The last came at 64-64 with 1:29 to play. Jordan dialed up McDermott's number on a pick-and-pop and the senior cashed in his seventh three-pointer of the contest. Kamar Baldwin followed with two free throws as the Bulldogs shut the host Hoyas out the rest of the way.

Twelve of Baldwin's 13 points came in the second half. He and McDermott combined for 26 over the final 20 minutes.

Butler's second-half defense limited Georgetown to 21-percent shooting (7-of-33) and only 21 points after the Hoyas scored 43 points prior to halftime. Butler's defense was aided by committing only three turnovers in the second half after 12 before the break.

McDermott added a team-high eight rebounds. Baldwin finished with six assists as Butler once again was forced to play without junior point guard Aaron Thompson, who sat out his second consecutive game with a wrist injury. Bryce Nze had eight points, seven rebounds and four assists.

Omer Yurtseven led the Hoyas (12-9, 2-6 BIG EAST) with 14 points and 13 rebounds. The Hoyas shot 33 percent for the game.

The Bulldogs return to action Saturday afternoon, hosting Providence at 2 p.m. A limited number of tickets remain for the contest, which begins a stretch for Butler that has the Bulldogs at Hinkle Fieldhouse for four of their next five games.