Butler at Villanova preview

Butler at Villanova

Wednesday at 9 p.m., the Pavilion.

TV/radio: Fox Sports 1; WTEL-AM (610).

Records: No. 2 Villanova, 26-2, 13-2 Big East; No. 22 Butler, 21-6, 10-5.

Coaches: Villanova, Jay Wright (16th season, 370-159; overall, 502-244). Butler, Chris Holtmann (3rd season, 66-28; overall, 110-82).

Series: Villanova leads, 7-1.

Last meeting: Butler handed Villanova its first loss of the season, 66-58, at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

Points per game: Villanova, 77.8; Butler, 77.1.

Opponents' PPG: Villanova, 63.0; Butler, 68.3.

Butler's probable starters

G Kamar Baldwin, 6-0, Fr., 9.8 ppg., 1.7 steals; G Avery Woodson, 6-2, Gr., 8.7 ppg.; G Kethan Savage, 6-3, Sr., 8.0 ppg.; F Andrew Chrabascz, 6-7, Sr., 11.6 ppg., 4.6 rpg.; F Tyler Wideman, 6-8, Jr., 7.7 ppg., 5.4 rpg.

Key reserves: F Kelen Martin, 6-7, Jr., 15.5 ppg., 5.7 rpg.; G Tyler Lewis, 5-11, Sr., 6.9 ppg., 4.1 apg.; C Nate Fowler, 6-10, So., 5.5 ppg.

Villanova's probable starters

G Josh Hart, 6-5 ½, Sr., 18.8 ppg., 6.5 rpg., 3.3 apg.; G Jalen Brunson, 6-2 ½, So., 14.6 ppg., 4.5 apg.; G/F Mikal Bridges, 6-7,R-So., 10.8 ppg., 4.6 rpg., 1.8 steals; F Kris Jenkins, 6-6, Sr., 13.3 ppg., 4.3 rpg.; F Eric Paschall, 6-7, So., 6.6 ppg.

Key reserves: G Donte DiVincenzo, 6-4, R-Fr., 7.9 ppg.; F Darryl Reynolds, 6-9, Sr., 5.3 ppg., 5.5 rpg.; F Dylan Painter, 6-10, Fr., 0.6 ppg., 1.4 rpg.

About Butler: The Bulldogs have shuffled their lineup in recent weeks. Martin, a pre-season all-Big East selection who is 11th in the league in scoring, has come off the bench in the last four games. . . . Martin's 14 points in Sunday's 82-66 win over DePaul sparked a 44-point output by Butler's non-starters. . . . Lewis had eight assists and no turnovers in the game and leads the Big East with a 3.8 assist-to-turnover ratio. . . . Savage and Baldwin hit the key baskets in the final three minutes to pace the Bulldogs to the win over 'Nova in the team's first meeting early last month.

About Villanova: A win over the Bulldogs will give Villanova a record fourth consecutive Big East regular-season championship. Connecticut (1994-96) and Pittsburgh (2002-04) each won three in a row. . . . The Wildcats shot a season-best 67.3 percent in Saturday's 92-70 win over Seton Hall. . . . Jenkins scored 22 points, going 8 of 10 from the field and 5 of 6 on three-pointers. In his previous seven games, he had shot 27.9 percent overall and 26.7 percent from deep. . . . Two figures from their first game against Butler – 58 points and 37.3 field-goal percentage – remain season lows for the Wildcats.