Habhab leads Eastern Michigan against Butler after 22-point outing

By Canadian Press on December 1, 2025.

Eastern Michigan Eagles (5-3) at Butler Bulldogs (6-1)

Indianapolis; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Eastern Michigan visits Butler after Mohammad Habhab scored 22 points in Eastern Michigan’s 73-55 victory over the NJIT Highlanders.

The Bulldogs are 4-0 on their home court. Butler is the Big East leader with 13.3 offensive rebounds per game led by Michael Ajayi averaging 2.7.

The Eagles are 2-2 on the road. Eastern Michigan has a 2-2 record against teams above .500.

Butler’s average of 8.7 made 3-pointers per game this season is just 0.9 more made shots on average than the 7.8 per game Eastern Michigan gives up. Eastern Michigan averages 5.9 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.2 fewer makes per game than Butler allows.

TOP PERFORMERS: Finley Bizjack is scoring 17.6 points per game and averaging 1.6 rebounds for the Bulldogs. Evan Haywood is averaging 2.0 made 3-pointers.

Mak Manciel is shooting 39.3% from beyond the arc with 1.4 made 3-pointers per game for the Eagles, while averaging six points. Habhab is averaging 15.9 points, 9.3 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.5 steals.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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