After leading the Bulldogs to a 2-0 week, Finley Bizjack has been selected as the BIG EAST Player of the Week. The conference office made the announcement Monday (Jan. 26).
 
The junior guard from Trophy Club, Texas averaged 26.0 points per game over the Bulldogs' two outings last week. Bizjack scored a game-high 28 points in Friday's win over Marquette, the third-highest output of his Butler career. He added a season-high five rebounds along with four assists. Bizjack also scored a game-high 24 points in Butler's Tuesday win over DePaul, making seven of his 11 attempts from the field.
 
For the week, Bizjack shot 54 percent from the field, 47 percent from three-point range and 91 percent at the free throw line (19-for-21). He added 3.0 assists and 3.0 rebounds per game.
 
The weekly honor is the first of Bizjack's career. He joins teammate Michael Ajayi, who has earned the BIG EAST weekly honor twice already this season.
 
On the season, Bizjack is second in the BIG EAST in scoring, averaging 17.5 points per game. From three-point range, Bizjack ranks second in the conference in percentage (36.0) and third in trifectas made per game (2.5). Bizjack has nine 20-point games so far this season, including four of the last five games.
 
The Bulldogs return to the road, traveling to the Big Apple to play St. John's at Madison Square Garden Wednesday. The Red Storm are the first BIG EAST opponent that Butler will meet for a second time this season. Butler returns home Saturday to host Georgetown.