The Butler women's basketball team took their first loss of the season with an 81-52 setback at Vanderbilt. Caroline Strande led Butler with 22 points.
 
Butler trailed Vanderbilt 7-3 at the first media timeout. All three Bulldog points came from the free throw line while the Commodores shot 3-for-7 from the field with a made 3-pointer.
 
Butler's first field goal of the contest came courtesy of Lily Carmody at the two minute mark of the first frame. She drove hard to the right side to beat her defender making the game 11-5.
 
BU trailed the Dores 17-8 at the end of one. Caroline Strande hit her first 3-pointer in the final seconds of the first quarter, and quickly came up with her second just 30 seconds into the second to cut the deficit to nine. Her third 3-pointer of the day made the game 20-14 and forced a Vanderbilt timeout.
 
The home team made some adjustments after the stoppage and scored the next seven points of the game. The 7-0 run would expand allowing Vanderbilt to open up a 37-20 advantage at the half. They outscored Butler 17-6 after Strande's third 3-pointer.
 
Turnovers were the name of the game in the first half. Vandy forced 17 Bulldog miscues which resulted in 25 Commodore points. BU shot just 33 percent from the field (7-21) while Vanderbilt floated near the 50 percent mark.
 
Vanderbilt doubled Butler up near the midway point of the third quarter which caused some BU substitutions. Lily Zeinstra entered the game and quickly made a 3-pointer for her first points of the game. Ari Wiggins and Jocelyn Land also got involved allowing BU to go on a 7-0 run. The scoring spree helped, but Vandy would still win the 10-minute stretch 22-16, giving the home team a 59-36 advantage heading to the fourth.
 
Vanderbilt opened the fourth quarter with a 7-0 scoring run to take complete control of the action. They would record an 81-52 win at the final buzzer to improve to 4-0.
 
Inside the Box Score
- Caroline Strande scored a team-high 22 points on 8-of-13 shooting
- Strande went 6-for-7 from 3-point range
- Ari Wiggins was the next leading scorer for BU with eight points
- Wiggins added a team-best four assists to her stat line
- Kilyn McGuff grabbed a team-high four rebounds
- Lily Carmody recorded five points and a team-high four steals
- Mikayla Blakes led all players with 29 points
- Khamil Pierre added 24 points and eight rebounds
 
Up Next
Butler returns to action on Wednesday night with a 7 p.m. tip vs. Indiana State. The game will stream live on FloSports.com