BLOOMINGTON – #4 Indiana posted a 67-50 victory over Butler on Wednesday afternoon to remain undefeated this season (12-0). The Bulldogs were led by Rachel McLimore and Sydney Jaynes. The duo combined for 24 of Butler's 50 points. With the setback, Butler ends the non-conference slate with a 5-7 record.
 
How It Happened
Sydney Jaynes used a post move to open up the scoring for the Bulldogs and Rachel McLimore made her first shot of the afternoon to get BU out of the gates. The Hoosiers went inside to Mackenzie Holmes for their first five points. Senior guard Sara Scalia added a jumper from the right elbow and Indiana would lead Butler 7-4 after the opening four minutes.
 
McLimore added a pair of free throws after the first media timeout and Kendall Wingler knocked down her first 3-pointer of the game from the corner to tie the contest at 9-9.  Yarden Garzon broke the tie with a 3-pointer from the top of the key and Holmes went back to work inside to push the IU lead to 17-11. The first quarter came to a close with a driving layup from Trinity White making the score 17-13 after the first 10 minutes.
 
Indiana opened the second quarter on a 9-0 scoring run to push their lead to 13 points. The Bulldogs burned a timeout with 8:31 on the game clock and would get the ball back inside to Jaynes after the stoppage. Jaynes had her first attempt go in-and-out, but her second shot went in plus a foul.
 
IU outscored Butler 16-3 over the first four minutes of the second quarter and the two teams would even out over the final six minutes scoring four points each. After 20 minutes of action, IU would lead BU 37-20.
 
Jaynes went to work on the right block after halftime to give Butler a bucket. A second field goal from Jaynes paired with a layup from McLimore got Butler back within 13 less than three minutes into the second half.
 
Shay Frederick made her first 3-pointer of the game to cut into the deficit and Jaynes got BU back within 10 with her 11th point of the game.
 
Butler outscored Indiana 11-6 over the first five minutes of the third quarter, but the Hoosiers would come back to win the frame 15-13.
 
Scoring picked back up for each team in the fourth quarter. Tenley Dowell and Caroline Strande each hit 3-pointers in the fourth to give BU five total in the game. Strande's make made the game 66-50, but the Bulldogs wouldn't get any closer.
 
Stat of the Game
Butler and Indiana each scored 30 second half points.
 
Inside the Box Score
- Rachel McLimore led Butler with 13 points and three assists.
- Sydney Jaynes was a force for BU with 11 points and five rebounds
- Caroline Strande led BU with six rebounds
- Shay Frederick and Caroline Strande were inserted into the Butler starting five at IU
- Jessica Carrothers and Jordan Meulemans missed the Indiana game due to injury
- Kendall Wingler came off the bench to net seven points
- Butler shot 36% from the field compared to 44% from IU
- Butler recorded nine steals inside Assembly Hall
- Mackenzie Holmes scored 17 of her game-high 21 points in the first half
- Yarden Garzon led IU with three 3-pointers to score 13 points
- Providence grad transfer Alyssa Geary plays for the Hoosiers
 
Up Next
The Bulldogs will be in Cincinnati one week from today to face the Xavier Musketeers. Action inside the Cintas Center will get started at 1 PM. Fans can catch the game on FloSports.com.