Butler (11-11, 3-8 BIG EAST) vs. Seton Hall (12-9, 5-5)
Saturday, Jan. 28;  4PM
Hinkle Fieldhouse; Indianapolis, Ind.
 
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Bulldogs vs. Seton Hall
Series: Seton Hall Leads, 11-10
Streak: Seton Hall, W3
At Hinkle: Butler Leads, 5-4
First Meeting: BU, 64-57; 1/29/14
Last Meeting: SHU, 76-51; 1/7/23
 
• This is the second meeting of the season between the two teams; Seton Hall won, 76-51, Jan. 7 in Newark. In that game, 40 of the Pirates' points came in the paint.
• Seton Hall has won six of the last seven meetings between the two programs, including the Jan. 7 contest in Newark.
• Butler is 5-4 against Seton Hall in games played at Hinkle Fieldhouse.
• All 21 match-ups between the two teams have come since Butler joined the BIG EAST for the 2013-14 season.
 
• According to KenPom, Butler has played the nation's ninth-toughest schedule so far this season.
• Following Saturday's game with Seton Hall, Butler will have a week off before their Feb. 4 game at Marquette; the Seton Hall game ends a stretch of the schedule that has seen Butler play 10 games over a 31-day period.
• Butler is 8-3 at Hinkle Fieldhouse this season, averaging 73.4 points per game while hitting 40 percent of their three-point attempts.
• Simas Lukosius is 27-for-54 (50 percent) from three-point range in Butler's 11 home games.
• Butler shot 8-for-19 from three-point range in Wednesday's loss at No. 23 Providence; it marked the 11th time this season that Butler has shot 40 percent or better from behind the arc.
• Freshman Connor Turnbull is a combined 6-for-6 from three-point range over Butler's last three games.
• Butler is committing only 12.9 fouls per game, which leads the nation.
• Butler went 16-for-16 from the free throw line in Sunday's loss at UConn; it's the fourth time in program history that the Bulldogs have made at least 15 free throws in a game without a miss.
• Butler is 11-0 this season when leading at halftime; Villanova opened the second half with a 16-1 run Jan. 13 to erase a 10-point Butler halftime lead before the Bulldogs responded for the win.
• Butler is 11-0 this season when scoring 70 or more points.
• The Bulldogs are 7-0 this season when out-rebounding their opponent.
• In BIG EAST games, Butler is committing only 10.7 turnovers per game, which is second among league schools.
• Manny Bates returned to action and the starting line-up for Butler Wednesday at Providence after missing the last three games (knee).
• Bates has 36 blocks already this season, moving him just one away from tenth on Butler's single-season list.
• Bates is 16th nationally with a 62.5 field goal percentage and is 39th nationally in blocks per game at 1.9 per game.
• In BIG EAST games, Lukosius ranks third in the conference in both three-point percentage (.421) and free throw percentage (.897). 
• In Butler's 11 wins this season, the Bulldogs have shot 43 percent from three-point range and have a +2.5 rebounding advantage per game; in the team's 11 losses, their opponents have averaged a rebounding advantage of +13.4 per game while the Bulldogs have hit only 28 percent of their three-point attempts.
• In the Jan. 7 loss at Seton Hall, Butler was held to a season-worst 26.8-percent shooting performance.
• Butler shot 56.6 percent from the field against Villanova Jan. 13, which was the second-best output of the season. Butler has 10 games so far this season shooting 50 percent or better.
• Lukosius led Butler with a career-high 28 points and five three-pointers in the Jan. 13 win over Villanova.
• Chuck Harris is now 21st in Butler history in career three-pointers (128).
• Thad Matta is 21-4 at Hinkle Fieldhouse as the head coach at Butler (2000-01 and the current 2021-22 seasons).
• Among active coaches with at least 10 seasons of NCAA Division I experience, Matta's .732 winning percentage ranks fourth (Few, Self, Calipari). The Jan. 13 win over Villanova was Win No. 450 for Matta.