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INDIANAPOLIS – The Butler women's basketball team will host Chicago State in the 2022-23 regular season home opener. The game on Wednesday night will feature a 7 PM tip and will stream live on FloHoops.com. Brendan King and Jon Cupo will be on the call with Andrew Mild on the sideline.
 
Gameday
Date: Wednesday, Nov. 9
Time: 7PM
Location: Indianapolis, Ind. - Hinkle Fieldhouse
Live Stats: ButlerSports.com – Statbroadcast
Watch: FloHoops.com - Butler+
 
Bulldog Bits
- Butler shot 48.5 percent from the field in the 86-31 exhibition win over Benedictine on Nov. 5.
- Butler outscored Benedictine 28-0 in the third quarter and limited the Eagles to just five second half points.
- Caroline Strande led Butler with 17 points on 5-of-7 shooting. She made all six of her free throw attempts.
- The Bulldogs dished out 19 assists on 32 made field goals.
- Butler made 11 free throws and also hit 11 shots from behind the arc.
- Seven different BU student-athletes hit a 3-pointer against Benedictine.
- Wednesday night marks just the third meeting between Butler and Chicago State.
- The Bulldogs have eight newcomers on the roster including five transfers and three freshmen.
- Trinity White is the top returning scorer on the roster (7.5). She hit doubles figures in the scoring column eight times as a freshman.
- Austin Parkinson will aim for his first win at Butler on Wednesday night after recording a program record 224 wins at IUPUI over the last 12 seasons.
 
BIG EAST Preseason Coaches Poll
1) Connecticut (10) 100
2) Creighton 89
3) Villanova (1) 83
4) DePaul 68
    Seton Hall 68
6) Marquette 56
7) St. John's 47
8) Providence 34
9) Butler 21
    Georgetown 21
11) Xavier 18
 
Scouting Chicago State                                                                         
The Cougars hired Andrea Williams to lead the women's basketball program on July 1. She returns two starters from last year's team that posted a 4-23 overall record. Chicago State lost their first four games of the 2021-22 season, but shocked the college basketball world with a 71-63 overtime win at Wisconsin in the Kohl Center. Quentarra Mitchell and Janiah Newell started in that contest and helped Chicago State jump out to a 21-7 lead in the first quarter. Wisconsin pulled even to force OT, but Chicago State outscored the home team 19-11 down the stretch to collect their first win of the year. The Cougars also defeated Seattle, New Mexico State and Tarleton State in WAC action. The 2022-23 Chicago State roster has players from Croatia, Spain and New Zealand. The nine remaining players all hail from a different state. Mitchell started in 26 games a year ago and averaged 8.2 points to go along with a team-best 5.2 rebounds per game. Newell jumped into the starting lineup 19 times and averaged 7.0 points, 2.4 rebounds and 1.4 assists per contest.
 
All-Time Series                                                                                       
Butler leads Chicago State in the all-time series 2-0. The first meeting came in 1987 with the Bulldogs defeating the Cougars by five points, 50-45. The last meeting was played in 1990 as BU posted an 86-64 win over Chicago State to remain undefeated.
 
Season Opener                                                                                      
Butler's last win in a season opener came in 2019 when the Bulldogs defeated Wagner 74-58. That game was also played on Nov. 9.
 
Welcome To Butler                                                                                              
The Butler coaching staff welcomes eight newcomers to the roster for the second-straight season. Only four players on the current roster have started in a game for Butler.
 
2022-23 Roster Breakdown                                                                 
Three graduate students, one senior, five juniors, three sophomores and three freshmen make up the 2022-23 roster. These student-athletes hail from Indiana (4), Wisconsin (4), Ohio (2), Kentucky (2), Illinois, Texas and Canada.
 
Austin Parkinson Appointed to Lead Butler                                    
Austin Parkinson takes charge for his first season as Butler head coach after a historic run at IUPUI where he was 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                                                                                      
The women's basketball program will be under the direction of an entire new coaching staff with Austin Parkinson leading as head coach. 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 with Parkinson before taking the head coaching job at UIndy in 2016.
 
Gatorade Player of the Year                                                                
Butler freshman Jessica Carrothers was recognized as the Gatorade Player of the Year in the state of Indiana after her junior season. The 5-7 guard averaged 23.3 points, 5.4 rebounds, 4.1 steals and 3.9 assists per game while leading her team to a 25-1 record. The year ended with Carrothers scoring 25 points in the Class 4A State Championship Game against Brownsburg. Carrothers added seven rebounds and five steals to help Crown Point win 44-34. Other Gatorade Player of the Year winners from that season with BIG EAST ties include Azzi Fudd (UConn) and Caroline Ducharme (UConn).
 
Cheese State                                                                                                         
The Bulldogs have four-student athletes on the roster from Wisconsin and they all scored over 1,000 points during their standout high school careers. Minnesota transfer Caroline Strande ranks fifth all-time in the state of Wisconsin with 2,539 career points while at Racine Lutheran and freshman Jordan Meulemans ranks 51st on the all-time scoring list with 1,874 points during her time at De Pere. Grad transfer Shay Frederick played her high school ball at Hortonville in Greenville, Wis. and IUPUI transfer Anna Mortag is from Brookfield Central H.S. in Milwaukee.
 
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. Coach Parkinson helped guide IUPUI to a win over #15 Iowa and the Jags took #11 Michigan into overtime before falling short. IUPUI trailed Oklahoma by just four at the half in the postseason. The Sooners would hold off a fourth quarter surge to win 78-72.
 
Shooters Shoot                                                                                      
The Bulldogs will put four shooters on the court this year to surround the post. The top 3-point shooters on the team from last year's roster include Kendall Wingler (38 made 3's), Tenley Dowell (33), and Trinity White (20). Rachel McLimore shot 40 percent from 3-point range last year at IUPUI (37) and Mortag proved that she could knock down shots from distance (24). Fellow transfer Shay Frederick made 47 3-pointers last year at Valpo and a team-best 55 triples the year prior. Freshman Jordan Meulemans set the single-season 3-point record at her high school with 92 makes from behind the arc. Fellow freshman Chloe Jeffers shot 45 percent from long range as a senior at Delaware Hayes.
 
Up Next                                                                                                                  
Butler will host IUPUI on Sunday, Nov. 13. The contest will get underway with a 2 PM tip at Hinkle Fieldhouse.