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• Butler moved up two spots to 20th in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll this week. The Bulldogs have been in the top 25 since the beginning of the season and are riding a season-best six-game winning streak.

• Home teams are 29-8 (.763) in League games so far this season. Butler and Detroit each have won two League road games, while four other teams have one apiece.

• Fifteen of the 37 League games to date have been decided by single digits, including seven of nine last week. Six have had two- or one-point margins, and two have gone to overtime.

• After having only one 30-point scoring performance in the League in December (and four total), four players have scored 30 or more in January. UIC's Jeremy Buttell scored 31 points in a loss at Youngstown State, Valparaiso's Cory Johnson had 31 in a loss at Detroit, YSU's DeAndre Mays netted 30 in the Penguins' victory over Loyola and Detroit's Chase Simon had 33 in a win at Milwaukee.

• According to The RPI Report, two Horizon League teams rank among the top 100. Butler stands at 23rd, while Green Bay is 100th.

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Tags: Horizon League - Men's Basketball
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