Butler @ Georgetown preview

Last Meeting ( Feb 9, 2019 ) Butler 73, Georgetown 69

Kamar Baldwin will get another crack at a program he has a lot of success against when No. 17 Butler travels to Georgetown on Tuesday for a Big East game. The senior has averaged 18 points while scoring in double figures in all six career games against the Hoyas.

Baldwin, who in addition to his 18 points, has put up 4.7 rebounds and 3.2 assists against the Hoyas, is coming off a heroic performance Saturday that allowed the Bulldogs to escape a fifth straight defeat. The 6-1 guard from Georgia scored 19 points in the final 7:36, including 10 in overtime, to finish with 31 points as the Bulldogs outlasted Marquette and Markus Howard 89-85. "We had no answer for him," Marquette coach Steve Wojciechowski told the media of Baldwin, who despite having 1,777 career points, earned his first Big East Player of the Week honors. "He hit layups, mid-range shots, floaters. The total package. That's why he's an All-Big East player." With 7-foot center Omer Yurtseven in foul trouble, the Hoyas had no answer for Xavier's size as they permitted 16 offensive rebounds and 20 second-chance points, and failed to reach 60 points for the first time this season in falling to the Musketeers 66-57.

TIME: 9 p.m. ET. TV: CBS Sports Network

ABOUT BUTLER (16-4, 4-3 Big East): Although he will likely return to a lesser role when Aaron Thompson returns, Henry Baddley was badly needed against Marquette. The senior had gone 32 games without scoring in double figures, but did so against the Golden Eagles, finishing with 10 points and three steals in a career high-tying 31 minutes off the bench. Sean McDermott rebounded from an off game against No. 10 Villanova (two points) with 16 points and nine rebounds and was one of four players that was perfect from the foul line as the Bulldogs went 27-of-31 overall.

ABOUT GEORGETOWN (12-8, 2-5): Mac McClung had another solid game, scoring 19 points against Xavier to give him 62 points over the last three games - his second best three-game stretch this season - but without Yurtseven down low to man the glass, the Hoyas were doomed. The senior, who is third in the Big East with 9.6 rebounds per game, had season lows with six points and two boards and Georgetown fell to 0-6 when it doesn't win the rebounding battle. The Hoyas, who have outrebounded the opposition by an average of 12 boards in their wins, have averaged eight fewer rebounds in their six losses.

BUZZER BEATERS

1. Baldwin, who sits eighth on Butler's all-time scoring list, needs 22 points to pass Lynn Mitchem for seventh and 224 to join Chad Tucker, former teammate Kelan Martin and Darrin Fitzgerald as the only players with 2,000 career points in school history.

2. The Hoyas, who lead the series 8-6, have dropped four straight games at home to the Bulldogs by a total of 18 points, including two in overtime.

3. Thompson, who leads the team with 5.1 assists per game, saw his streak of 84 consecutive starts come to an end as he sat out the game against Marquette with a wrist injury.

PREDICTION: Butler 79, Georgetown 72