INDIANAPOLIS – Caroline Strande scored a career-high 22 points and Jordan Meulemans led all players with 23 points as the Bulldogs defeated the Chicago State Cougars by the finals score of 84-51. BU will be off all next week for final exams and will return to action with the BIG EAST opener at #17 UConn.
 
Meulemans got off to a fast start, scoring six of Butler's first 12 points of the contest. The 'Dawgs led 19-15 after the first quarter and would end the first half on a 9-0 scoring run to take a 40-31 lead into the half.
 
The opening five minutes of the second half set the tone for the rest of the game as BU outscored Chicago State 16-4. They led CSU by 21 heading into the final 10 minutes and would end the game with a 34-point victory.
 
Inside the Box Score
- Butler had two players score 20 points in the same game for the first time since Feb. 28, 2020
- Butler shot 52.5 percent from the field
- Jordan Meulemans scored a game-high 23 points
- Caroline Strande had a career-high 22 points to go along with nine rebounds and six assists
- Strande and Ari Wiggins each had six assists; Wiggins also came up with five rebounds
- Sydney Jaynes had 12 points, five assists and three steals
- Rachel Kent was in double figures with 18 points
- Butler hit nine 3-pointers in the victory
- Butler forced 23 turnovers and scored 28 points of CSU miscues
- Butler scored 20 fast break points and 42 points in the paint
- The Bulldogs outscored Chicago State 44-20 in the second half
- Chicago State had three players score in double figures
- Jacia Cunningham led the Cougars with 12 points
 
Up Next
The BIG EAST opener is up next for the Bulldogs. Butler will travel to #17 UConn to face the Huskies in Hartford on Dec. 18.