INDIANAPOLIS – Butler outscored DePaul 27-17 in the third quarter to get within one point of the Blue Demons, but the duo of Aneesah Morrow and Darrione Rogers would lift visiting team to victory. Morrow led all players with 28 points and Rogers was in the box score with 25. The result moves Butler to 4-4 on the year while the Blue Demons move to 5-3.
 
How It Happened
DePaul went on an 8-0 scoring run to build a 10-3 lead which caused a Butler timeout just over three minutes into the game. The Blue Demons hit two of their first four 3-point attempts and the Bulldogs were just 1-for-5 from the field early in the contest.
 
Anna Mortag got the offense rolling with five-straight points to cut into the deficit. Kelsy Taylor followed Mortag with three-straight for BU to give the Bulldogs their own 8-0 run. The scoring load would shift back to Mortag to give BU a 10-0 run and get the game back within a point at 14-13, but the Blue Demons would lead Butler 17-13 after the opening 10 minutes.
 
Each team added seven points to the scoreboard over the first five minutes of the second quarter. Jessica Carrothers checked into the game for the Bulldogs and was responsible for five of the seven. Caroline Strande also made her first field goal of the game during that stretch.
 
DePaul outscored Butler 10-3 over the final five minutes of the first half to take a 34-23 lead. Aneesah Morrow led all players with 13 points at the break and Mortag was the high scorer for BU with seven.
 
BU outscored DePaul 7-3 in the opening two minutes of the second half forcing the Blue Demons into a timeout. That trend continued throughout the third with Butler outscoring DePaul 27-17 to get within one heading to the fourth.
 
Butler made the run without their leading scorer as Mortag picked up her third personal foul with 7:42 on the game clock. Carrothers made a play to cut the DePaul lead to just four and Trinity White stepped up with a bucket to get BU within two at 49-47.
 
The Hinkle Fieldhouse faithful got on their feet with 1:15 to play in the third after a Rachel McLimore 3-pointer. The make from behind the arc gave Butler a one-point lead at 50-49. The Bulldogs ended the third on an 8-2 run, but DePaul would lead by one 51-50.
 
DePaul fought back in the fourth and used a 7-0 scoring run to extend their lead to 58-52. That lead held to the midway point of the quarter although Morrow had picked up her fourth personal foul and Jorie Allen would foul out with 5:10 to play.
 
Darrione Rogers came up huge in crunch time for the Blue Demons. She scored eight-straight for DePaul to make the game 71-62, but McLimore would keep the Bulldogs within striking distance with her third 3-pointer of the day making the game 71-65.
 
The Bulldogs were in a five-point hole with 60 seconds left. DePaul had the ball and would work the shot clock down before getting into a pick and roll play with Morrow and Rogers. Rogers used the Morrow screen at the top of the key and would pass to Morrow on the right wing. Last year's Second Team All-American would hit the biggest shot of the game to increase her team's lead to 77-69.
 
Stat of the Game
DePaul made their final five field goals of the game to hold off the Butler comeback.
 
Inside the Box Score
- Butler managed just 23 first half points, but scored 49 in the second half
- Rachel McLimore led all Bulldogs with 17 points
- McLimore added five rebounds, four assists and a steal to her stat line
- Caroline Strande led Butler with seven rebounds and three steals while adding six points
- Anna Mortag scored seven of her 10 points in the first quarter
- Sydney Jaynes posted 13 points on 5-of-6 shooting
- Butler's bench outscored DePaul's 25-0
- Butler made 10 of their 13 field goal attempts in the third quarter (76.9%)
- DePaul shot 42 percent from 3-point range, connecting on 11 of their 26 attempts
- DePaul limited with just eight active players

Up Next
Butler will play their third-straight home game at Hinkle Fieldhouse on Wednesday night when the Bulldogs host the Southern Indiana Eagles at 7 PM.