INDIANAPOLIS – The Butler women's basketball team defeated Roosevelt 104-50 on Monday afternoon in front of 2,626 fans! The Bulldogs partnered with the NCAA's Readers Become Leaders Program to host an elementary school kids' game. Four different BU student-athletes set a new career-high scoring total in the victory.
 
The Bulldogs improved to 3-1 on the year and 3-0 at home with Monday's victory. The team hit 13 3-pointers and only missed one free throw (13-14) to collect their third-straight victory. Riley Makalusky and Jordan Meulemans were great from behind the arc today.
 
That duo combined to hit 11 of Butler's 13 3-pointers. Makalusky went 7-for-8 from long range to score a career-high 23 points in 21 minutes. She became just the seventh player in program history to make seven 3-pointers in a single-game. Makalusky added five rebounds and a team-best two blocks in the game.
 
Meulemans went 4-for-6 from downtown today to score a career-high 16 points. Rosemarie Dumont set a new-career high total with seven points and Lilly Stoddard did as well with four.
 
Butler hit their stride offensively in the final moments of the first quarter and then Makalusky sparked a Bulldog 34-point quarter in the second. The true freshman scored 12 of her team-high 23 points in the second frame. She only shot 3-pointers and didn't miss over a seven-minute stretch.
 
All 12 Bulldogs that entered the game scored at least two points in the win. Caroline Strande joined Makalusky and Meulemans in double figures with 18 points. She added eight rebounds and four assists to her stat line. BU was led in the rebound column by Stoddard (9) and got a team-best five assists from Karsyn Norman.
 
Inside the Box Score
- Butler scored 100 points in a regular season game for the first time since Dec. 12, 2010
- The Bulldogs nearly set an attendance record on Monday with 2,626 fans in the stands
- BU scored 52 points in the paint vs. Roosevelt
- Butler never trailed in the contest
- Ari Wiggins scored nine points, three assists and a team-high four steals
- Rosemarie Dumont scored seven points in just six minutes
- Chloe Jeffers made her season debut with two points, and three rebounds
- Butler shot 58 percent from the field and 54 percent from 3-point range
 
Up Next
Butler will travel to Stockton, Calif. later this week to participate in the Tiger Turkey Tip-Off. Pacific will host BU Friday at 6:30 on ESPN+. Butler's second game will be played against St. Thomas the following day at 4 PM.