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Butler hosts Townsend and Creighton
By The Associated Press
Creighton Bluejays (12-14, 8-9 Big East) at Butler Bulldogs (9-17, 3-13 Big
East)
Indianapolis; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Creighton visits Butler after Kennedy Townsend scored 23 points in
Creighton's 74-64 loss to the Villanova Wildcats.
The Bulldogs are 8-7 in home games. Butler is ninth in the Big East scoring
62.0 points while shooting 42.4% from the field.
The Bluejays have gone 8-9 against Big East opponents. Creighton has a 6-8
record in games decided by 10 points or more.
Butler scores 62.0 points per game, 7.6 fewer points than the 69.6 Creighton
gives up. Creighton averages 68.3 points per game, 2.6 more than the 65.7
Butler gives up to opponents.
The matchup Wednesday is the first meeting of the season for the two teams in
conference play.
TOP PERFORMERS: Lily Zeinstra averages 1.1 made 3-pointers per game for the
Bulldogs, scoring 8.3 points while shooting 36.3% from beyond the arc. Saniya
Jackson is averaging 9.5 points and two steals over the last 10 games.
Neleigh Gessert is shooting 37.3% from beyond the arc with 3.0 made 3-pointers
per game for the Bluejays, while averaging 12.3 points. Ava Zediker is shooting
43.4% and averaging 15.6 points over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Bulldogs: 2-8, averaging 57.4 points, 27.0 rebounds, 14.0
assists, 5.7 steals and 2.2 blocks per game while shooting 42.3% from the
field. Their opponents have averaged 64.6 points per game.
Bluejays: 5-5, averaging 67.9 points, 33.2 rebounds, 14.7 assists, 5.1 steals
and 3.3 blocks per game while shooting 40.1% from the field. Their opponents
have averaged 73.6 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data
Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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