UT Martin Skyhawks (1-7) at Butler Bulldogs (7-2)
Indianapolis; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Butler faces UT Martin after Caroline Strande scored 23 points in Butler’s 70-64 victory over the Boise State Broncos.
The Bulldogs are 4-0 on their home court. Butler is fifth in the Big East with 9.7 offensive rebounds per game led by Cristen Carter averaging 2.7.
The Skyhawks are 0-2 in road games. UT Martin is 0-4 when it has fewer turnovers than its opponents and averages 17.5 turnovers per game.
Butler is shooting 45.5% from the field this season, 0.2 percentage points higher than the 45.3% UT Martin allows to opponents. UT Martin’s 36.1% shooting percentage from the field this season is 6.3 percentage points lower than Butler has allowed to its opponents (42.4%).
TOP PERFORMERS: Strande is shooting 49.5% and averaging 16.3 points for the Bulldogs.
Anaya Brown is shooting 39.1% and averaging 13.0 points for the Skyhawks.
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