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The Butler women's basketball team secured a road win at Georgetown on Wednesday night by defeating the Hoyas 72-48. The outcome went down as Butler's first 20+ win over a BIG EAST opponent since Feb. 15, 2019. With the win, BU improves to 7-10 on the year and 2-6 in the conference.

How It Happened
Three Bulldogs scored in double figures at McDonough Arena to lift Butler to a 24-point victory. Kendall Wingler led all players with a career-high 23 points. Wingler had 20 after the third quarter and would hit her fourth 3-pointer of the game late in the fourth quarter to set her new career-high.

Jordan Meulemans scored a career-high 12 points in the victory by making four 3-pointers and Sydney Jaynes was the third member of the trio with 12 points on 5-of-6 shooting.

The game got underway with Georgetown scoring the first six points, helping the Hoyas lead BU 13-5 at the first media timeout. Butler ended the first quarter on a 7-2 run and a 7-0 run in the second quarter would give BU a 22-19 lead with just over five minutes to play in the first half.

The Bulldogs ended the second quarter on a 19-4 scoring run to lead Georgetown 34-23 at the half. Kelsey Ransom and Kennedy Fauntleroy combined to score 14 of Georgetown's first 19 points, but the Bulldogs were able to bottle them up after a hot start. Ransom still led all Hoyas with 16 points.

Butler used an 8-0 run in the third quarter to win that 10-minute stretch 14-9 and 24 points in the fourth would secure their second road conference win of the season.

After a full 40 minutes of action, Butler dished out 19 assists on 26 made field goals and went 7-for-7 from the foul line while shooting 50 percent (26-52) from the field. They outrebounded Georgetown 32-30 and got a huge lift with 54 bench points.

Postgame Parkinson Quotes
"I am really proud of our team defense tonight," Parkinson stated. "Offensively, we shared the ball and made shots, but more importantly we showed pride on the defensive end."
 
Stat of the Game
Butler shot 54 percent from 3-point range making 13 of their 24 attempts.
 
Inside the Box Score
- Kendall Wingler scored a career-high 23 points on 7-of-11 shooting
- Wingler added a team-high three steals and three assists
- Jordan Meulemans scored a career-high 12 points by going 4-for-5 from 3-point range
- Sydney Jaynes only missed one shot to collected 12 points; she added five boards
- Caroline Strande just missed a double-double with nine points and a team-high eight rebounds
- Jessica Carrothers filled up the box score with six points, six assists and four rebounds
- Carrothers played tonight for the first time since Dec. 18
- Shay Frederick returned to action in D.C. and was inserted into the starting lineup
- Butler snapped a three-game skid with the victory
- Butler's defense held Georgetown 14 points under their season average scoring total

Up Next
Butler will host Creighton on FS1 this Saturday at 4 PM. 

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