Butler heads to Washington, D.C. for a Wednesday night tip with Georgetown. It's the second meeting between the teams this season as Georgetown picked up a 77-64 win over Butler Jan. 31 in Indianapolis.
 
Butler Bulldogs (13-13, 4-11 BIG EAST) at Georgetown (13-12, 5-9)
Wednesday, Feb. 18 • 6:30PM
Capital One Arena; Washington, D.C.
 
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Bipartisan Thoughts on Butler and the Team Based in the Nation's Capital
• Michael Ajayi ranks third nationally with 16 double-doubles this season; he is fourth nationally in rebounds per game (11.3).
• Ajayi had 21 points and 12 rebounds in Sunday's loss to Seton Hall.
• Ajayi has led Butler in rebounding in 25 of the team's 26 games this season. Sunday's game was his sixth 20-point game of the season and his ninth time leading Butler in scoring.
• Ajayi has played 93 collegiate games and has pulled down double-figure rebounds in 40 of them.
• In addition to leading the league in rebounding, Ajayi ranks seventh in the BIG EAST at 15.7 points per game. He is also among the conference Top 15 in minutes played (second), field goal percentage (sixth),  blocked shots (eighth), and assists (13th).
• Finley Bizjack missed Sunday's game against Seton Hall due to a left wrist sprain. His status remains day-to-day.
• Bizjack's injury added to Butler's depleted backcourt that also has lost Jalen Jackson and Azavier Robinson for the season with respective injuries.
• Bizjack is the BIG EAST's second-leading scorer at 17.4 points per game. His 2.4 three-pointers per game also rank second in the conference.
• Bizjack has scored 20 or more points in seven of Butler's BIG EAST games this season, including tying his career-high with 30 points Feb. 4 at Providence. Bizjack has 11 20-point games this season.
• Bizjack ranks second in the BIG EAST in free throw shooting at 85.6 percent. In conference games, his percentage jumps to 90.7 percent (78-for-86).
• Seton Hall's defense limited Butler to 30-percent shooting in Sunday's loss. The Bulldogs also made only five of their 21 attempts from three-point range in the contest. Over Butler's last five games, the team is shooting only 29.5 percent from three-point range.
• Over the last two games, Butler has assists on 37 of their 44 made field goals. 
• Butler has out-rebounded 18 of its 26 opponents this season. The Bulldogs have a +3.5 average rebounding margin on the season, which ranks third in the BIG EAST.
• Butler has attempted more free throws than their opponents in 22 of the 26 games this season. The Bulldogs average 25.5 free throw attempts per game, which ranks 16th nationally.
• Yame Butler handed out a career-high seven assists in Sunday's game against Seton Hall; he had never handed out more than four assists in any of his 116 career games entering the contest.
• Jamie Kaiser Jr. matched his career-high with four steals Sunday vs. Seton Hall.
• Yohan Traore matched his season-high with seven rebounds Sunday vs. Seton Hall.
• Ajayi pulled down 19 rebounds at Marquette Feb. 7 and had a season-best 20 rebounds in the Dec. 20 win over Northwestern. Entering this season, there were only 15 games in Butler history where a Bulldog had 19 or more rebounds. 
• Thad Matta enters Wednesday's game with 499 career wins as a head coach.
• Ten different Bulldogs have scored at least 13 points in at least one game this season.
 
Capital Knowledge on Georgetown
• KJ Lewis (15.5 points per game) and Malik Mack (14.2) lead the Hoyas in scoring.
• Lewis is tops in the BIG EAST in steals, averaging 2.3 swipes per game (a mark that is also Top 20 nationally).
• The Hoyas commit only 10.1 turnovers per game, a figure that is tied for the BIG EAST lead.
 
First Time Around
• Georgetown won the first match-up, 73-64, Jan. 31 in Indianapolis.
• The Hoyas shot 55 percent from the field and made 10-of-20 three-point attempts.
• The Bulldogs were only able to hit 37 percent of their attempts from the field, including just 5-for-27 in the second half.
• Jamie Kaiser Jr. led the Bulldogs with a career-high 19 points.
• Vincent Iwuchukwu and KJ Lewis led Georgetown with 17 points apiece
 
History with the Hoyas
• Twenty-five (25) of the 27 match-ups between the two teams have come as BIG EAST opponents once the Bulldogs joined the conference prior to the 2013-14 season.
• The teams first met in the 2009 Jimmy V Classic at Madison Square Garden and also played at the 2014 Battle 4 Atlantis, as both teams had agreed to be part of the event before Butler joined the BIG EAST.
• Each team has found success on the road as Butler is 8-4 in the nation's capital, while Georgetown is 8-5 at Hinkle Fieldhouse.
 
The Series: Butler leads, 14-13
Streak: Georgetown, W1
In D.C.: Butler leads, 8-4
First Meeting: Dec. 8, 2009; Georgetown, 72-65 (at Jimmy V; MSG)
Last Meeting: Jan. 31, 2026; Georgetown, 77-64 (at BU)
 
Up Next
The Bulldogs return to Hinkle to host Xavier Saturday (Feb. 21).