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INDIANAPOLIS – Butler will play their third-straight home game at Hinkle on Sunday with a contest against High Point. The 'Dawgs are searching for their seventh win of the season with just two non-conference games left on the schedule.
 
Bulldog Talk
- Upe Atosu scored a season-high 12 points vs. IU and added a team-high three steals.
- Genesis Parker pulled down a season-high eight rebounds vs. the Hoosiers.
- Parker is shooting 54% from 3-point range this season (22-41). She made two vs. IU.
- Oumou Toure filled up the box score in Butler's last game with three points, three rebounds, two steals and two blocked shots.
- Kristen Spolyar ranks 15th on the BU all-time scoring list with 1,164 career points.
- Spolyar ranks third in the BIG EAST with an 18.2 scoring average.
- Spolyar drew nine fouls against Indiana.
- Butler forced 21 Indiana turnovers
- Butler shot 15-for-16 from the free throw line on Wednesday (93.8%).
- Butler led Indiana 16-12 at the end of the first quarter.
- A new single-game attendance record was set vs. IU with 2,028 fans watching inside Hinkle.
-  BU was limited to just one made field goal in the second quarter vs. IU.
 
Scouting High Point                                                                              
The Panthers are 2-5 overall with victories against East Tennessee State and North Carolina Central. First-year head coach Chelsea Banbury took over a program that went to the WNIT one year ago. The Panthers posted a 22-9 overall record and were 15-3 against Big South opponents. They return two starters from last year's team in seniors Camryn Brown and Olivia VanSlooten. This year's team is led by Brown, Skyler Curran and Miya Bull. Curran is averaging 16.7 points, the second-high average in the conference. She also leads the Big South in made 3-point field goals (23). Teammate Miya Bull is the conference leader in rebounds (9.0).
 
Butler vs. the Big South                                                                       
This is just the third meeting between Butler and a member of the Big South Conference. BU is 2-0 all-time vs. Radford with wins over the Highlanders in 1997 and 1999. Sunday is the first-ever meeting between Butler and High Point
 
Butler Sets New Attendance Record vs. #12 Indiana                    
2,028 fans traveled to Hinkle Fieldhouse on Wednesday night to watch Butler host #12 Indiana. That attendance number set a new single-game record at BU for the women's program. The old record of 1,971 was set on Feb. 24, in 1996 against Cleveland State.
 
Top Dawgs                                                                                                             
Butler's best five vs. Indiana was Genesis Parker, Oumou Toure, Upe Atosu, Katherine Strong and Kristen Spolyar. That group only shared the floor for 1:34 against the Hoosiers, but they outscored Indiana 5-2 during that stretch.
 
40% or Better                                                                                         
The Bulldogs have four student-athletes shooting over 40 percent from the field. Shae Brey and Kristen Spolyar are both hitting 45 percent of their field goal attempts. Genesis Parker is knocking down 43 percent and both Naira Caceres and Oumou Toure are shooting 41 percent.
 
Spolyar Continues to Score                                                                 
Kristen Spolyar has scored in double figures in eight of Butler's nine games. She led BU with 15 points against Indiana and committed a season-low one turnover. Spolyar has also recorded at least one steal in every game this season.
 
RPI Poll                                                                                                    
Butler ranks 63rd in the first RPI poll of the season. The BIG EAST Conference has two teams in the top-ten with DePaul resting at seven and Creighton close behind at 9. Butler's best win at this point in the season came against IUPUI (75). They picked up another top-100 win vs. Ohio (99).
 
Attack the Rim                                                                                       
Butler leads the BIG EAST and ranks eighth in the nation in free throw attempts (226) and free throws made (156). They are shooting 69 percent as a team from the free throw line this season, but are coming off a contest where they knocked down 15 of their 16 attempts. 16 attempts was a season-low total for BU.
 
'Dawgs Playing D                                                                                                 
Butler is one of three BIG EAST teams limiting their opponent to less than 60 points per game. The 'Dawgs rank second the conference in steals per game (12.0), and turnovers forced (21.2). They also rank third in scoring defense (59.7).
 
Up Next                                                                                                                  
Butler will end the non-conference portion of the schedule with a game against Purdue Fort Wayne on Sunday, Dec. 22. The Mastodons and Bulldogs will meet at Hinkle Fieldhouse at 2 PM.