Virginia Cavaliers and the Butler Bulldogs square off in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
Butler Bulldogs (4-1) vs. Virginia Cavaliers (5-0)
White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia; Sunday, 2 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Butler and Virginia square off in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.
The Cavaliers have a 5-0 record in non-conference play. Virginia has a 4-0 record in games decided by 10 points or more.
The Bulldogs are 4-1 in non-conference play. Butler is 0-1 in games decided by 3 points or fewer.
Virginia averages 10.0 made 3-pointers per game, 4.4 more made shots than the 5.6 per game Butler gives up. Butler averages 9.6 made 3-pointers per game this season, 3.8 more made shots on average than the 5.8 per game Virginia allows.
TOP PERFORMERS: Thijs De Ridder is scoring 19.0 points per game and averaging 6.4 rebounds for the Cavaliers. Malik Thomas is averaging 1.8 made 3-pointers.
Finley Bizjack averages 2.8 made 3-pointers per game for the Bulldogs, scoring 15.6 points while shooting 50.0% from beyond the arc. Michael Ajayi is averaging 14.8 points, 12.2 rebounds and 3.8 assists.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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