Looking to respond after its first loss of the season Nov. 7, Indiana women’s basketball failed to do so. It fell to Butler University 56-46 Wednesday inside Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
After the Bulldogs won the opening tipoff, the Hoosiers immediately forced a shot clock violation. Over the course of the opening quarter, Indiana went on a pair of quick 5-0 runs to take a 2-point lead after 10 minutes of play.
Butler regained the lead in the opening stages of the second quarter, but it was short-lived as Indiana scored 4 consecutive points. The Hoosiers led by as many as 6 in the period but led just 28-26 at halftime.
The Cream and Crimson displayed a balanced scoring attack in the first half as graduate student guard Sydney Parrish and junior guard Yarden Garzon each scored 7 points. Of the eight Hoosiers that played in the first 20 minutes, seven of them scored.
After 13 turnovers in the first 20 minutes against Harvard University on Nov. 7, the Hoosiers finished with just nine in the first half against the Bulldogs.
To open the second half, Indiana notched a pair of quick layups. But in the final 8:45 of the third quarter, the Hoosiers scored just 5 points –– junior guard Shay Ciezki’s first 3-pointer of the season and senior forward Karoline Striplin’s 2-point jumper.
Butler outscored Indiana 15-9 in the period, as the latter accumulated six turnovers and shot just 33.3% from the field.
Trailing by 4 points at the beginning of the fourth quarter, Garzon drilled a 3-pointer before the two sides traded buckets until the media timeout with 4:19 left.
The Bulldogs pulled away over the final four minutes, finishing the contest on a 10-2 run en route to a 10-point victory.
The Hoosiers finished with 16 turnovers. Ciezki led the Cream in Crimson in scoring with 11 points while Garzon finished with 10.
Indiana, now 1-2 for the first time since the 2008-09 season, returns home to take on No. 24 Stanford University at 2 p.m. Nov. 17 inside Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington. The contest will be broadcasted on FS1.
CORRECTION: This article has been updated to correctly state the most recent season in which Indiana women's basketball started 1-2.
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