INDIANAPOLIS – The Butler women's basketball team moved to 7-16 on the season after taking a 78-58 loss to #19 Villanova on Saturday afternoon. Maddy Siegrist, Lucy Olsen and Christina Dalce combined for 62 of the 78 points to guide the Wildcats to their 20th win of the year.
 
How It Happened
Villanova held an eight-point lead over Butler after the first quarter, but the Wildcats would outscore the Bulldogs 25-10 in the second to take a commanding lead. Lucy Olsen stirred the pot in the opening stages of the game for Villanova by hitting three 3-pointers for a quick nine points. Siegrist added eight in the first even though her first field goal didn't come until the 3:35 mark.
 
The nation's leading scorer had 16 in the first half and would reach 31 total points on 13-of-19 shooting. Olsen hit half of her shots from behind the arc to net 18 points and Dalce was in the box score with a double-double by posting 13 points and a game-high 12 rebounds.
 
Butler was led by Sydney Jaynes and her team-high 16 points. Jaynes added a team-high six rebounds, two steals and an assist.
 
The Bulldogs were limited to 37 percent shooting while Nova connected on 53 percent of their attempts. The Wildcats came out smoking hot by shooting 68 percent in the first half.
 
Stat of the Game
Maddy Siegrist scored 31 points in less than 31 minutes and only made one 3-pointer.
 
Inside the Box Score
- Sydney Jaynes scored 16 points on 6-of-8 shooting and was perfect from the line (4-4)
- Shay Frederick came off the bench to score eight points
- Frederick went 2-for-3 from 3-point range
- Jordan Meulemans also hit two 3-pointers for BU to net eight points
- Rachel McLimore was the third 'Dawg to register eight points vs. Nova
- Butler shot 11-for-12 from the free throw line
 
Up Next
The Bulldogs will play DePaul Wednesday night in Chicago. Tip on FloSports.com will go up at 8 PM ET, 7 PM CT.