The Bulldogs return to Hinkle Fieldhouse for two games this week, beginning with a visit from St. John's on Tuesday night.
 
Butler (11-13, 3-10 BIG EAST) vs. St. John's (14-10, 4-9)
Tuesday, Feb. 7;  8:30PM
Hinkle Fieldhouse; Indianapolis, Ind.
 
TV: FS1 - Jeff Levering & Nick Bahe
Radio: 1430AM - @MarkMinner & Nick Gardner (@n_gardner)
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Bulldogs vs. St. John's
• Butler and St. John's first met in the 1958 NIT; the remaining 19 match-ups have come since Butler joined the BIG EAST prior to the 2013-14 season.
• Butler has won seven of the last eight meetings between the two teams at Hinkle Fieldhouse.
• This is the second meeting of the season between Butler and St. John's as the Red Storm took a 77-61 win Jan. 10 in Queens. Butler committed 22 turnovers in that game.
 
Series: Series Tied, 10-10
Streak: St. John's, W3
At Hinkle: Butler Leads, 7-2
First Meeting: SJU, 78-68; 3/13/58
Last Meeting: SJU, 77-61; 1/10/23
 
• According to KenPom, Butler has played the nation's eighth-toughest schedule so far this season.
• The Bulldogs will look to end a five-game losing skid with Tuesday's tip against St. John's.
• In their last outing, Butler held No. 14 Marquette to only 60 points, which was the Golden Eagles' second-lowest output of the season; Marquette entered the game averaging 82.2 points per game, which was 14th nationally.
• Butler was without junior guard Chuck Harris for Saturday's game at Marquette; Harris, the team's second-leading scorer, was out due to a concussion sustained Jan. 28 against Seton Hall.
• Saturday's game at Marquette was the first time this season that Butler lost while out-rebounding its opponent. The Bulldogs allowed Marquette only three offensive rebounds (on their 26 missed shots) Saturday. Butler is now 7-1 when out-rebounding its opponent.
• Butler is committing only 13.0 fouls per game, which is third nationally.
• Jayden Taylor led the Bulldogs Saturday with 19 points and a career-high seven rebounds; he played all 40 minutes.
• Simas Lukosius posted 15 points to go along with seven assists. Those seven assists tied his career-high and matched the most by a Butler player this season.
• 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.
• Butler is 8-4 at Hinkle Fieldhouse so far this season.
• Lukosius is 27-for-54 (50 percent) from three-point range in Butler's 11 home games.
• Butler has shot 40 percent or better from behind the arc 11 times this season.
• Butler has 10 games so far this season shooting 50 percent or better from the field. Butler shot 56.6 percent from the field against Villanova Jan. 13, which was the second-best output of the season.
• Lukosius, Harris, Manny Bates and Taylor have each led the Bulldogs in scoring in at least five games this season (includes ties).
• Bates has 39 blocks this season, which already places him in a tie for ninth on Butler's single-season list.
• Lukosius is sixth in the BIG EAST in three-point shooting at 41.1 percent on the season.
• Lukosius has hit 29 of his 33 free throw attempts in BIG EAST play and his 87.9 percentage in conference action is fifth in the league.
• In BIG EAST games, Butler is committing only 11.5 turnovers per game, which is third among league schools. The Bulldogs were forced into 19 turnovers Saturday at Marquette, the team's third-most of the season.
• Jalen Thomas has led the Bulldogs in rebounding in six of his 13 games played this season since returning from a pulmonary embolism; that includes pacing the team in boards in five of the last eight games.
• Connor Turnbull has nine blocks in 60 minutes of BIG EAST play so far this season.
• Butler went 16-for-16 from the free throw line Jan. 22 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.
• Among active coaches with at least 10 seasons of NCAA Division I experience, Matta's .729 winning percentage ranks fourth (Few, Self, Calipari). The Jan. 13 win over Villanova was Win No. 450 for Matta.