Butler will play for the Arizona Tip-Off title Friday night, meeting No. 25 Mississippi State in a Battle of the Bulldogs. The Bulldogs knocked off Northwestern, 71-69, in one semifinal, while Mississippi State cruised by UNLV, 80-58, in the second semifinal of the night. 

THE SPECIFICS:
Butler (5-1) vs. #25/rv Mississippi State (6-0)
Arizona Tip-Off Championship Game
Friday, Nov. 29;  9:30PM ET / 7:30PM MT
Mullett Arena -- Tempe, Ariz.

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TEXT TO SCROLL THROUGH AT YOUR LEISURE:
• Butler has played MSU once previously, a 47-46 win in the first round of the 2003 NCAA Tournament. That match-up was staged in Birmingham, Ala. Butler would go on to defeat Louisville in the second round before losing to top-seeded Oklahoma in the Sweet 16.
• Jahmyl Telfort led Butler with 23 points in the win over Northwestern; he added a game-high five assists. Telfort went 7-for-12 from the field and made all seven of his free throw attempts.
• Andre Screen registered 15 points, his high in a Butler uniform (his career-high of 20 was set during his time at Bucknell). 
• Screen led the Bulldogs with nine rebounds vs. Northwestern, his third consecutive game pulling down nine rebounds. Screen added three blocks, one shy of his career-high.
• Northwestern's Nick Martinelli entered the game averaging 23.8 points per game, which was fourth nationally; Butler's defense limited him to seven points on 3-for-15 shooting.
• Butler was able to beat Northwestern despite committing 15 turnovers compared to only forcing five by the Wildcats.  
• The Bulldogs went 21-for-27 from the free throw line in the win over Northwestern. The team's 77.8 percent accuracy is 28th nationally, while the team's 19.8 free throws made per game rank 18th. 
• Butler has made at least 17 free throws and has shot at least 70 percent from the free throw line in all six games so far this season. 
• Butler is ranked sixth nationally, limiting opponents to only 24.4-percent shooting from three-point range; Northwestern shot 4-of-16 vs. the Bulldogs Thursday. 
• Butler's field goal percentage defense is ranked 12th nationally as opponents have hit only 36.4 percent of their attempts from the field. 
• On the season, Butler is hitting 40.6 percent of its three-point attempts, a mark that is 14th in the country.
• Butler's trip to the desert for the Thanksgiving holiday marks their first games away from Hinkle Fieldhouse this season. 
• Patrick McCaffery has scored in double figures in every game for the Bulldogs this season. 
• Pierre Brooks II pulled down a career-high 12 rebounds to go along with his game-high 23 points to post the second double-double of his career in the Nov. 22 win over Merrimack. 
• McCaffery ranks 40th nationally in three-point percentage (48.6 percent).  
• Telfort, Brooks and McCaffery have combined for Butler's five 20-point scoring outputs (in addition to a separate 19-point game from Telfort vs. SMU).  
• Mississippi State is the third of Butler's five non-conference opponents that play in power conferences (Butler already has wins over SMU and Northwestern, and will also play at Houston and against Wisconsin in downtown Indianapolis in December). 
• Butler last played in the state of Arizona in 2004 as part of the Fiesta Bowl Classic in Tucson.