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INDIANAPOLIS – Butler and IUPUI will compete inside Hinkle Fieldhouse on Sunday afternoon in a cross-town battle. The 2 PM tip will stream live on FloHoops.com.
 
Gameday
Date: Sunday, Nov. 13
Time: 2 PM
Location: Indianapolis, Ind. - Hinkle Fieldhouse
Live Stats: ButlerSports.com – Statbroadcast
Watch: FloHoops.com - Butler+
 
Bulldog Bits
- Every BIG EAST program won their season opener.
- Anna Mortag and Caroline Strande each set new career-high scoring totals in their Butler debut.
- Kelsy Taylor came off the bench to score 10 points in her Bulldog debut. She added a team-high eight rebounds.
- Kendall Wingler led Butler from behind the arc Wednesday making three of her five 3-point attempts for nine points.
- Jessica Carrothers led BU in assists (3) and steals (3) in her collegiate debut.
- Butler's starting five in the season opener included four newcomers (3 transfers and 1 freshman).
- Butler shot 69.2% from the field in the second quarter by making nine of their 13 attempts.
- 84 points vs. Chicago State is the most points scored by Butler in an opener since 2013 (85).
- 11 Bulldogs logged 10+ minutes of playing time vs. the Cougars.
- Abby Stoddard is the only Bulldog not to see action in the regular season opener. She is working her way back into action after last year's knee injury.
 
Scouting IUPUI                                                                                       
Four seniors and a graduate student make up the starting five unit for the IUPUI Jaguars. First-year head coach Kate Bruce has two games behind her early in the 2022-23 campaign. The Jags lost at home to UIC on Nov. 7 (52-50) and recently took a loss at #7 Louisville (84-62). Jazmyn Turner and Rachel Kent are the top two scoring threats on the team. Turner is 6-2 forward averaging a team-high 11 points per game. She dominated inside vs. UIC with 20 points, but was limited to just two points against the Cardinals. Kent played just the opposite with just three points in the opener, but 17 against the nationally-ranked Cardinals. Turner is a Ball State transfer and Kent came to IUPUI from Saint Louis. Bulldog fans will also see a familiar face on Sunday afternoon. Former BU guard Genesis Parker will use her final year of eligibility at IUPUI this season. She has appeared in each game so far, averaging 18 minutes of playing time per contest. The fourth transfer on the IUPUI roster is guard Destiny Perkins. She is an Indianapolis native that played at Akron as a freshman.
 
All-Time Series                                                                                       
Butler leads the all-time series against IUPUI 17-8. The Jags hosted Butler at the Jungle during the 2021-22 campaign and handed Butler an 80-47 loss. Rachel Kent led the Jags with 16 points. Anna Mortag was with IUPUI during that contest and scored eight points against the Bulldogs. Butler's last win over IUPUI came in 2019 (64-61). Rachel McLimore and now assistant coach Holly Hoopingarner combined for 20 points, eight rebounds and six steals in that contest. Ironically, Genesis Parker was the driving force behind the BU win with a game-high 23 points. The first-ever meeting between Butler and IUPUI was played in 1975-76 with IUPUI winning 70-37. The 75-76 season was the inaugural campaign for the BU women's program.
 
2022-23 Roster Breakdown                                                                 
Three graduate students, one senior, five juniors, three sophomores and three freshmen make up the 2022-23 Butler roster. These student-athletes hail from Indiana (4), Wisconsin (4), Ohio (2), Kentucky (2), Illinois, Texas and Canada. The Jags have two graduates, four seniors, one junior, two sophomores and four freshman on their team. Five players on the IUPUI roster are from Indiana.
 
+27                                                                                                                          
Butler's last 20+ point win over an opponent came in 2019. The Bulldogs defeated Purdue Fort Wayne 85-58 giving them a 27-point win, the same as Wednesday night's contest.
 
Welcome To Butler                                                                                              
The Butler coaching staff welcomed eight newcomers to the roster for the second-straight season. All eight players saw the court in the season opener. Four started and seven played at least 16 minutes.
 
Austin Parkinson Appointed to Lead Butler                                    
Austin Parkinson is the Jaguars all-time winningest coach in program history (224 wins). During his 12 seasons at IUPUI, Parkinson posted eight 20-win seasons and earned the program's first NCAA tournament appearance by winning the 2020 Horizon League Tournament. IUPUI punched their ticket to the NCAA tournament again in 2022 as a 13-seed. The 2022 season was capped off with IUPUI having a student-athlete selected in the WNBA Draft, marking the first Jaguar to be drafted in program history.
 
IUPUI Influence                                                                                      
Assistant coaches Latrell Fleming and Holly Hoopingarner were recently part of Parkinson's IUPUI coaching staff. Fleming worked on post-play development at IUPUI with Parkinson for seven seasons and Hoopingarner joined the Jags coaching staff after playing point guard at IUPUI from 2016-20. Fellow assistant coach Kristin Wodrich was a part of the staff at IUPUI for three seasons before taking the head coaching job at UIndy in 2016.
 
Best vs. The Best                                                                                                  
IUPUI transfers Rachel McLimore and Anna Mortag played their best basketball against the best competition last year for the Jags. In games at #11 Michigan, at #15 Iowa and in the NCAA Tournament against No. 4 seed Oklahoma, McLimore averaged 19.3 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.3 assists. Mortag was also impressive averaging 10 points and four rebounds.
 
More on Mortag                                                                                                  
Anna Mortag scored a career-high 16 points in her Butler debut on Wednesday night. The 6-1 wing scored five of Butler's first seven points and continued to attack the basket throughout the contest. She set another career-high against the Cougars by taking and making all eight of her free throw attempts.
 
Up Next                                                                                                                  
Butler's first road game of the season will come next week when the Bulldogs travel up I-69 to face the Ball State Cardinals. Tip at Worthen Arena is set for 6:30 PM on Thursday, Nov. 17.