Detroit (7-10) Squares Off With Butler (9-7)

Filed under Game Preview on January 7th, 2012

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Expect a hard-fought game at Calihan Hall on Sunday as Detroit plays host to Butler in a Horizon clash. It takes place at 4:00 EST and it will be televised on ESPN3.com.

Butler is in 1st place in the conference and Detroit is in 8th place. Butler is an RPI Top 100 team, ranked #80, and Detroit will attempt to overcome its 0-3 record against Top 100 teams. The Titans are 7-10 overall and are 1-4 in the Horizon. The Bulldogs have a record of 9-7 with a 3-1 record in the conference. Detroit is 5-4 at home while Butler has a record of 3-4 on the road. Butler has won four straight. Last season, the Titans went 0-2 against the Bulldogs, losing by an average margin of 19. Over four years, Detroit has gone 0-8 against Butler, and 0-4 at home.

• We're so much better than you, we get lazy. Detroit has come back to win after being down at half against Butler 4 times since 1997.
• The Detroit scoring leader (Chase Simon) has more points than the Butler scoring leader (Andrew Smith).
• Detroit is a better free-throw shooting team (73.3% vs 61.5%) than Butler this season.
• The Detroit blocks leader (LaMarcus Lowe) has more blocks than the Butler blocks leader (Kameron Woods).

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