INDIANAPOLIS - Butler defeated the Northern Kentucky Norse 73-56 on Sunday evening at Hinkle Fieldhouse. Lily Zeinstra led the way for BU with 14 points on an efficient 6-for-10 shooting performance from the floor. With the win, Butler improves to 2-2 while NKU slides to 0-4. 
 
BULLDOG HIGHLIGHTS

• Zeinstra led the way for Butler with 14 points on 60 percent shooting (6-10). Zeinstra added four assists, four rebounds and a block. 
• Mallory Miller nearly recorded a double-double, tallying 10 points and eight rebounds on an efficient 5-for-9 shooting effort from the floor. Miller's eight rebounds were a game high. 
• Caroline Dotsey (12) and Saniya Jackson (10) rounded out those double figures for BU.
• Addison Baxter had seven points, seven rebounds, three assists and three steals in the game. 
• Butler outrebounded NKU 37-30. 
• BU dominated the paint scoring 46 points while limiting NKU to only 20. 
• The Bulldogs forced 19 Norse turnovers, marking the seventh-consecutive game that BU has forced double digit turnovers dating back to March 7, of last season. 

 
NKU HIGHLIGHTS

• Karina Bystry led the NKU offense with a game-high 15 points on 4-for-13 shooting. 
• Mia Jordan led the Norse on the glass with six rebounds. 
• Bystry and Kylee Hunt led the offense with two assists apiece. 
• NKU scored 12 second chance points to Butler's five. 
• The Norse bench scored 43 points in the contest. 

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Butler opened the game on a 11-4 run as BU was efficient from the floor early shooting 5-for-9 in the first five minutes of action. Butler continued to pressure the Norse, scoring five more unanswered points, as the Bulldog lead ballooned to 12 early in the first quarter. Butler limited NKU to a 4-for-13 shooting performance in the first, taking the 18-8 lead into the second frame.
• Butler continued to dominate in the second quarter, staging an 11-1 run that saw the Bulldog lead grow to as many as 16. Zeinstra and Miller took over for BU as the duo combined for 10 points in the first eight minutes of the frame. Butler took the 40-18 advantage into the break. 
• Both sides traded buckets early in the third before NKU was able to hold BU without a bucket for a two-minute stretch. A near buzzer beater from Zeinstra gave the Dawgs the 56-37 advantage heading into the fourth quarter. 
• BU opened the fourth on a 9-0 run and held NKU to 0-for-7 shooting on the visitors first seven attempts of the quarter. BU continued to dominate to the end as Butler secured the 73-56 victory at the final whistle. 

 
UP NEXT
Butler will return to action on Wednesday, Nov. 19 as BU makes the quick trip to Bloomington to face the Indiana Hoosiers. Tip-off at Assembly Hall is scheduled for 7 p.m. and the game will be broadcast live on BIG+.