Ajayi, Butler Bulldogs to host Edwards and the Providence Friars

Providence Friars (7-4) at Butler Bulldogs (7-2)

Indianapolis; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Michael Ajayi and Butler host Jason Edwards and Providence in Big East action.

The Bulldogs have gone 5-1 in home games. Butler is sixth in the Big East at limiting opponent scoring, allowing 72.2 points while holding opponents to 42.0% shooting.

The Friars are 0-1 on the road. Providence scores 90.0 points while outscoring opponents by 7.9 points per game.

Butler makes 49.6% of its shots from the field this season, which is 7.0 percentage points higher than Providence has allowed to its opponents (42.6%). Providence has shot at a 48.8% clip from the field this season, 6.8 percentage points higher than the 42.0% shooting opponents of Butler have averaged.

The Bulldogs and Friars match up Saturday for the first time in Big East play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Finley Bizjack is scoring 18.0 points per game and averaging 1.7 rebounds for the Bulldogs. Evan Haywood is averaging 1.9 made 3-pointers.

Stefan Vaaks is averaging 13.5 points and 3.5 assists for the Friars. Edwards is averaging 18.7 points over the last 10 games.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.