Butler defeated Georgetown 63-53 on Tuesday night to improve to 12-7 on the season. Back-to-back conference wins have the ‘Dawgs at 2-4 heading into the weekend. Kilyn McGuff hit four 3-pointers on her way to scoring a game-high 18 points. Sydney Jaynes joined McGuff in double figures with 11.
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Each team ended the first quarter with 13 points. The turning point of the first half would follow as BU went on an 8-0 scoring run to push their advantage to 27-21. Jaynes scored six of the eight points during the run, including six-straight. The Bulldogs outscored the Hoyas 17-11 in the second frame to own a 30-24 halftime lead.
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Offensive rebounds and points in the paint favored BU at the half and throughout the second half. BU scored 32 of their 63 points inside and won the rebound battle 35-20.
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Lily Zeinstra highlighted the third quarter for BU with six points on a pair of 3-pointers. Kelsey Ransom matched her effort with six points and each team would exit that 10-minute stretch with 18 points.
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Scoring slowed down in the fourth with Butler limiting Georgetown to just 11 points. The Bulldogs opened the fourth on a 7-0 run to push their lead to 55-43. They led by 11 with three to play and would hang on for the 10-point win.
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Inside the Box Score
– Butler is now 8-2 at home
– Sydney Jaynes has scored in double figures in four-straight games
– Kilyn McGuff added five rebounds, four assists and two blocks to her stat line
– Zeinstra had eight points, five rebounds and two assists
– Lily Carmody added eight points, a team-high seven rebounds and two blocks
– Karsyn Norman hit two 3-pointers for six points
– Cristen Carter was perfect from the field with six points and three rebounds
– BU went 7-for-9 from the charity stripe
– Kelsey Ransom led Georgetown with 16 points
– Butler had 14 offensive rebounds
– BU had 19 chance points
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Up Next
Butler will play at Xavier on Saturday. The 2 p.m. tip at the Cintas Center will go up at 2 p.m.
