Telfort leads Butler against Buffalo after 26-point game

Buffalo Bulls (1-7) at Butler Bulldogs (6-2)

Indianapolis; Tuesday, 8:30 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Butler faces the Buffalo Bulls after Jahmyl Telfort scored 26 points in Butler's 103-95 overtime victory over the Texas Tech Red Raiders.

The Bulldogs have gone 4-0 at home. Butler is sixth in the Big East with 14.9 assists per game led by Posh Alexander averaging 5.3.

The Bulls are 0-1 on the road. Buffalo ranks seventh in the MAC scoring 30.3 points per game in the paint led by Shawn Fulcher averaging 6.0.

Butler is shooting 48.6% from the field this season, 1.8 percentage points lower than the 50.4% Buffalo allows to opponents. Buffalo averages 69.3 points per game, 0.3 more than the 69.0 Butler gives up.

TOP PERFORMERS: Pierre Brooks is shooting 42.0% from beyond the arc with 2.6 made 3-pointers per game for the Bulldogs, while averaging 16.9 points. Telfort is shooting 47.9% and averaging 15.4 points for Butler.

Ryan Sabol averages 1.8 made 3-pointers per game for the Bulls, scoring 6.8 points while shooting 40.0% from beyond the arc. Sy Chatman is averaging 15.8 points, 6.4 rebounds and 1.6 blocks for Buffalo.

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