Looking to build momentum, Butler takes on Merrimack

The Butler Bulldogs complete their season-opening five-game homestand against the Merrimack Warriors on Friday night.The Bulldogs (3-1) have won two in a row after their losing to Austin Peay on Nov. 8.Butler is coming off an 81-70 victory over SMU on Friday, when six Bulldog players scored in double figures, including a 10-point, nine-rebound performance from Andre Screen off the bench. Butler’s bench players combined to score 24 points in the win, twice as many as they had scored in their loss to the Governors.”We’re telling guys when they go in, ‘Just go and do your job,'” Bulldogs coach Thad Matta said. “That’s what those guys have to do when they come into the basketball game, and we’ve had a little bit of pouting going on and we’ve nipped that in the bud.”Jahmyl Telfort is averaging a career-high 16.3 points, which leads the team. He had 19 points, six rebounds and five assists in the win over the Mustangs. Butler has three other players averaging double-digit points: Patrick McCaffery (15.3), Pierre Brooks II (15.0) and Finley Bizjack (10.7).

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