Butler's final home game of January will be played on Sunday at 2 p.m. against the DePaul Blue Demons. DePaul limited BU to a season-low 43 points in the first meeting. The rematch will give the Bulldogs a chance to defeat DePaul inside Hinkle Fieldhouse for the first time in program history.
 
Game Day
Date: Sunday, January 26, 2025
Time: 2:00 PM ET
Location: Indianapolis, Ind. - Hinkle Fieldhouse
Live Stats: ButlerSports.com
Watch: FloSports.com – BEDN
 
Bulldog Bits
- Sydney Jaynes tied her season-high scoring total with 16 points against Creighton on Wednesday.
- Jaynes has reached a double figure scoring total in five of Butler's last six games.
- Jaynes made her 11th 3-pointer of the year vs. CU. It was one of her season-high seven made field goals.
- Five different Bulldogs made a 3-pointer in the last game helping BU end the night with seven total.
- Jaynes needs four assists on Sunday to reach 200 in her career. She had two assists on Wednesday.
- Kilyn McGuff recorded her team-best eighth double-double of the season with 15 points and 13 rebounds.
- McGuff leads the BIG EAST and ranks 24th in the nation in double-doubles (7).
- McGuff leads the team and ranks second in the conference in rebounds per game (8.2).
- BU is third in the league in rebound margin (+4.1).
- The Bulldogs took a season-low six free throws in their last game. They made three of the six.
- McGuff is the eighth-best free throw shooter in the league, connecting on 75 percent of her attempts.
- Butler is 8-3 at home this year and 4-2 when playing on Sunday.
- Butler leads the BIG EAST in bench points per game (23.1), but only got three points from the bench on Wednesday night.
- Butler used a 10-0 scoring run to outscore Creighton 20-16 in the fourth quarter.
- Lily Carmody was responsible for two of Butler's three steals against the Bluejays.
- Carmody ranks seventh in the conference in steals per game (2.0).
- Carmody took a career-high 13 field goal attempts in the first meeting at DePaul.
- Karsyn Norman tied her career-high steal total at DePaul with three against the Blue Demons.
 
BIG EAST Standings
UConn 9-0, 18-2
Creighton 8-0, 16-3
Seton Hall 5-2, 13-5
DePaul 5-3, 10-11
Marquette 4-3, 12-6
Villanova 4-4, 10-10
Georgetown 3-5, 10-9
Butler 2-6, 12-9
Providence 2-7, 9-13
St. John's 1-7, 11-8
Xavier 1-7, 6-13
 
Scouting DePaul                                                                                               
The Blue Demons beat Xavier on Wednesday night to improve to 5-3 in the BIG EAST standings. Kate Clarke, Jorie Allen, and Taylor Johnson-Matthews all scored in double figures to lead the offense. Allen averages 18.8 points and 4.0 assists per game. She leads the league in total points (394) and total assists (83). As a team, DePaul leads the BIG EAST in offensive rebounds per game. They are second in made free throws per game (11.6) and rebounds per game (37.0).
 
All-Time Series                                                                                                   
DePaul is 26-2 all-time against Butler. Each Bulldog win over DePaul has been recorded at Wintrust Arena. The first was in 2020-21 when BU beat #25 DePaul in the regular season finale (86-81). The second was last year on DePaul's Senior Day (73-70). These two programs first played in 1984-85 as members of the North Star Conference.
 
Last Game vs. The Blue Demons                                                                 
Taylor Johnson-Matthews scored a career-high 22 points and Jorie Allen added a double-double 12 points and 10 rebounds in the 66-43 Blue Demon victory. Lily Carmody finished with a team-high 12 points for the Bulldogs. She scored eight of her 12 in the final quarter of action. Butler went 3-for-19 from behind the arc and was limited to just nine points in the second quarter followed by five in the third.
 
Heading Home                                                                                                   
Meg Newman and Kate Clarke are both from Indianapolis. Newman attended North Central High School while Clarke went to Carmel. Clarke and Ari Wiggins were teammates on the 2022-23 Michigan women's basketball team. Jorie Allen and Karsyn Norman also have a connection having attended Bedford North Lawrence High School. Allen was tabbed Indiana Miss Basketball in 2019 while Norman was and Indiana All-Star in 2023.
 
BIG EAST Schedule                                                                                           
Butler will play both Creighton and DePaul two times before facing UConn, Villanova, or St. John's this year. The Bulldogs will only play the Red Storm once this season. That contest will be played at Madison Square Garden on Feb. 16. BU will also only play Providence one time this year. They won that matchup 57-47 at Hinkle Fieldhouse on Jan. 8.
 
Closing In on 1,000 Points                                                                             
Kilyn McGuff is 39 points away from 1,000 in her collegiate career. The Belmont transfer has scored 238 this year, pushing her career total to 961. She is averaging a team-best 11.3 points per game and has scored in double figures 13 times this season. McGuff is also closing in on 600 career rebounds. After securing 13 against the Bluejays, McGuff needs just seven more against the Blue Demons to reach the milestone.
 
Slow Them Down                                                                                              
Creighton failed to score 70 points in a game for just the fifth time this year when they faced Butler on Wednesday night. #10 Kansas State held them to 68, #1 UCLA limited them to a season-low 41 points and Providence recently kept them to 60 points. Butler was responsible for the other two games. CU had 68 at D.J. Sokol and 63 at Hinkle Fieldhouse. The Bulldogs have not allowed an opponent to score 70 points since Dec. 11 when the Wisconsin Badgers got to 71 in a double overtime contest. BU is only giving up 59.1 points per game over the first eight BIG EAST matchups of the season.
 
Point Guard Play                                                                                                
Karsyn Norman has logged over 20 minutes of playing time in each of Butler's last two games and has not committed a turnover. She has more assists in turnovers in four-straight games. Ari Wiggins also went turnover free in 17 minutes of action vs. Creighton.
 
Crash The Glass                                                                                                
Butler has outrebounded their opponent in 16 of the team's 21 games this season. The only BIG EAST programs to outrebound BU thus far are DePaul (+12) and Seton Hall (+6).  Butler's leading rebounder Kilyn McGuff has grabbed at least five rebounds in every conference game this season. She had 10 at Creighton, a season-high 17 at Marquette and 13 most recently on Wednesday. She has led Butler in rebounding 16 times this season.
 
Steal the Show                                                                                                   
Lily Carmody has a steal in six-straight games and came up with two or more takeaway in five of those six contests. This is her second-longest steal streak of the season as the freshman opened the year by recording a steal in the first eight games of her career.
 
What's Missing?                                                                                                
Caroline Strande and Jordan Meulemans are both out for the rest of the season. Meulemans was sidelined just days before Butler's first game and Strande suffered a season-ending injury on Dec. 29 vs. Seton Hall. Strande was a Second Team All-BIG EAST selection last year and became the first Bulldog in program history to lead the team in points, rebounds and assists during the same season. Meulemans made 61 3-pointers last year, shooting 42 percent from behind the arc.
 
18 3-Pointers                                                                                        
The Bulldogs set a single-game program record against Saint Francis by hitting 18 3-pointers. Eight different players made at least one 3-pointer and no Bulldog made more than four. As a team, BU shot 56.3 percent from behind the arc, making 18 of their 32 attempts. The old record of 16 was reached two times previously. BU hit 16 3-pointers at Georgetown on Jan. 11, 2014 and the 2023-24 team matched that effort with 16 against St. Thomas in game two of the Tiger Turkey Tip-Off.
 
10 Wins                                                                                                                 
The Bulldogs reached 10 non-conference wins before the start of BIG EAST play for just the second time since joining conference. Butler went 6-2 in November and highlighted that stretch of action with a 56-46 home win over Indiana. The victory came in front of a record-setting crowd of 4,135 fans.
 
Up Next                                                                                                                 
Butler will travel to South Orange, N.J. to play the Seton Hall Pirates on Wednesday, Jan. 29. The 7 p.m. tip at Wash Gym will stream on FloSports.com.