After snapping one Horizon League rival's six-game winning streak, the task should be easier for Butler to extend its home dominance over another to 10 games.
The 21st-ranked Bulldogs look for a sixth straight victory Saturday as they try to hand struggling Detroit a fourth consecutive defeat.
Butler (13-1, 4-0) wasn't even the hottest team in the Horizon League heading into Thursday's matchup with Wright State, but the Bulldogs made seven of their first 10 shots and led by as many as 20 points in the first half to end the Raiders' run at six with a 64-48 victory.
Matt Howard scored 14 points while Gordon Hayward had 12 points and 11 rebounds as Butler took advantage of its superior post play.
"We don't change how we play, what's important is that we have to play inside-out," the 6-foot-7 Howard said.
The Bulldogs have won 15 straight games against league opponents after committing just eight turnovers and shooting 44.2 percent (19-for-43) on Thursday.
"The bottom line is we shot the ball or got fouled on every possession except eight tonight and that's a formula for success in my book," Butler coach Brad Stevens said.
Howard is the leading scorer in Butler's deliberate offense, averaging 14.0 points. He has attempted a league-high 103 free throws, making eight of nine on Thursday, and has credited the Bulldogs' perimeter play for giving him opportunities to get to the line.
"Our guys are shooting the ball so well, it's opening things up for us inside. That's how we play," Howard said.
The Bulldogs haven't lost at home to Detroit (4-10, 0-5) since falling 62-52 on Feb. 13, 1999, and the last four meetings have been particularly lopsided. The Titans have lost by an average of 20.2 points over their last four visits to Hinkle Fieldhouse.
Detroit is the worst offensive team in the Horizon League with 55.6 points per game, and turned in another abysmal effort in a 64-41 loss at Valparaiso on Thursday. The Titans were held scoreless for a 10-minute stretch and had no players finish in double figures in their 20th loss in their last 21 road games.
Thomas Kennedy and Nemanja Jokic each had nine points to pace the Titans, who shot 36.8 percent (14-of-38) - the fourth time in five games they have finished below 40 percent.
Detroit played without Chris Hayes, a senior forward who started two of the first 13 games but was suspended indefinitely before Thursday's contest. Hayes averaged 30.7 minutes as a starter as a junior in 2007-08, but has seen his playing time drop to 15.2 minutes per game this season under first-year coach Ray McCallum.
On this road trip, McCallum - a former coach at Ball State - is back in the state where he served as an assistant with Kelvin Sampson's scandal-ridden program at Indiana the previous two seasons. His first trip back came in the Titans' only other game versus a ranked opponent this season, an 82-50 loss at then-No. 11 Purdue on Nov. 11 in the season opener.
