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Streaking Butler looks to exact revenge on Illinois-Chicago

Jan 29, 2007 - 3:43 PM Illinois Chi (9-13) at No. 11 Butler (19-2) 7:00 pm EST

INDIANAPOLIS (Ticker) -- There is no place like home for surprising Butler.

The 11th-ranked Bulldogs return home Monday and look to avenge their lone conference loss of the season when they host Illinois-Chicago in a Horizon League contest.

Riding a 19-game home winning streak - including a 9-0 mark this campaign - Butler has posted the best 21-game record in program history. Butler's 1927-28 team was 18-3 before finishing with a 19-3 record, and the it posted 18-3 marks under coach Todd Lickliter in both 2001-02 and 2002-03.

The Bulldogs sped to their fifth straight win with a 68-58 league win over Detroit on Saturday.

A.J. Graves scored 15 points and Pete Campbell added 12 for Butler. Each of Graves' and Campbell's field goals came from the arc for the Bulldogs, who have won nine of their last 10 contests.

Butler will face the struggling Flames, who have lost four straight games. Jovan Stefanov collected 23 points and 11 rebounds and Othyus Jeffers added 17 and 15 for Illinois-Chicago in a 60-55 loss to Cleveland State on Saturday.

The Flames defeated the Bulldogs, 73-67, in overtime on January 10 for Butler's only loss to a Horizon-League opponent this season.