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BLOOMINGTON, IND. – Butler fell to Indiana 72-53 on Wednesday evening at Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana. With the loss, Butler slides to 2-3 while the Hoosiers improve to 5-0 on the season.Â
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BULLDOG HIGHLIGHTS
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INDIANA HIGHLIGHTS
Lenee Beaumont led the Hoosier offense with 21 points on 6-for-9 shooting from the floor. Beaumont was hot from beyond the arc, sinking four 3-pointers in the game.Â
Shay Ciezki led the squad on the glass pulling down eight rebounds in the contest.Â
Phoenix Stotijn paced the offense with four assists.Â
IU shot 51.9 percent (28-54) from the floor and sank 56.3 percent from beyond the arc (9-16).Â
The Hoosiers forced 13 Butler turnovers and won the rebounding battle 39-33.
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HOW IT HAPPENED
IU opened the game on a 11-2 run behind six points from Zania Socka-Nguemen. The Hoosiers continued to put the Bulldogs on their heels, staging a 6-2 run as IU held a 13-point lead with three minutes left in the first. Indiana closed the frame converting on their last 7-of-9 attempts from the floor as the Hoosier lead was 23-7 at the end of the first quarter.Â
Butler started the second frame with a run of its own as the Dawgs pieced together a 6-2 run. Indiana responded with a 10-4 run of their own as the Hoosiers built a 16-point lead with just under three minutes left in the half. IU closed the quarter on a 6-0 run as BU trailed 44-25 at the half.Â
Both sides opened the third trading buckets as the Jackson twins had back-to-back buckets for the Bulldogs. Nevaeh Jackson led the Dawgs in the third with six points as the Hoosiers took the 60-38 lead into the final quarter.Â
Butler was unable to mount a comeback in the fourth as the Hoosiers cruised to a 72-53 victory at the final whistle.Â
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UP NEXT
Butler will return to action on Sunday, Nov. 23 as Butler hosts Milwaukee before heading to Fort Myers, Florida for the Fort Myers Tip-Off. BU will face Dayton and Georgia on Nov. 28 and 29, respectively.
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