Butler Bulldogs at UConn Huskies

· NCAA Men's Basketball

Butler Bulldogs

8-2, 0-1 Away

UConn Huskies

10-1, 6-1 Home

Butler plays No. 5 UConn following Ajayi's 28-point performance

Game Preview

Butler Bulldogs (8-2, 1-0 Big East) at UConn Huskies (10-1)

Hartford, Connecticut; Tuesday, 8:30 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Butler takes on No. 5 UConn after Michael Ajayi scored 28 points in Butler's 113-110 overtime victory over the Providence Friars.

The Huskies have gone 6-1 at home. UConn is ninth in the Big East in rebounding with 32.6 rebounds. Alex Karaban paces the Huskies with 5.3 boards.

The Bulldogs are 1-0 against Big East opponents. Butler is second in the Big East scoring 90.1 points per game and is shooting 49.3%.

UConn makes 49.6% of its shots from the field this season, which is 6.8 percentage points higher than Butler has allowed to its opponents (42.8%). Butler averages 8.6 made 3-pointers per game this season, 3.5 more made shots on average than the 5.1 per game UConn allows.

The Huskies and Bulldogs square off Tuesday for the first time in conference play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Solomon Ball is shooting 40.9% and averaging 14.5 points for the Huskies. Karaban is averaging 13.3 points over the last 10 games.

Finley Bizjack is averaging 18.8 points for the Bulldogs. Ajayi is averaging 17.4 points.

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UConn: 84.1%

Butler: 15.9%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Statistics

BUT		CONN
W1	Streak	W6
76.0	Points Against	61.8
90.1	Points Per Game	79.0
49	Field Goal %	50
39	Three Point %	34
43.4	Rebounds Per Game	35.4
17.6	Assists Per Game	18.4
4.4	Blocks Per Game	5.2
7.4	Steals Per Game	7.5
0.7	Team Turnovers Per Game	0.9
12.7	Total Turnovers Per Game	10.9
76.0	Points Against	61.8

Game Information

Venue: PeoplesBank Arena

Location: Hartford, CT
Capacity:

2025-26 Big East Conference Standings

TEAM	CONF	GB	OVER
Butler	1-0	-	8-2
Seton Hall	0-0	0.5	10-1
UConn	0-0	0.5	10-1
Villanova	0-0	0.5	8-2
DePaul	0-0	0.5	8-3
Xavier	0-0	0.5	8-3
Georgetown	0-0	0.5	7-3
St. John's	0-0	0.5	6-3
Creighton	0-0	0.5	5-5
Marquette	0-0	0.5	5-6
Providence	0-1	1	7-5