by The Chicago State women’s basketball team opened the 2022-23 season with an 84-57 loss at Butler on Wednesday, November 9 at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana.
The Cougars led after the first quarter, 13-9, and trailed by just four at the half, 31-27, but the Bulldogs used a big third quarter leaving CSU to play catch up the rest of the way. Freshman Josie Hill (Sisseton-Wahpeton) scored six of Chicago State’s first eight points, hitting her first three shots while Tae’lor Willard led CSU with 12 points in the loss, which included a three-for-three effort from beyond the three-point arc. Hill also led all players with nine rebounds.
Tonight’s game was the third all-time between the two teams with the Bulldogs holding a 2-0 advantage in the series. The two teams first played during the 1987-88 season with Butler earning a 50-45 win, then again during the 1990-91 season, an 86-64 Bulldogs victory.
Chicago State’s next game will be their home opener against UIC on Monday, November 14 at 5:30 p.m. as part of men’s doubleheader with the CSU men hosting IUPUI at 7 p.m.
1st Quarter
Freshman Josie Hill (Sisseton-Wahpeton) opens the scoring with a long two
Following a Butler basketball, Ana Haklicka with a nice pass in the lane and Hill finishes for her second straight basket
Janiah Newell gets into the scoring column and the Cougars jump out to a 6-2 lead
Hill with a jumper from the free throw line and the freshman has 6 of the Cougars first 8 points
Taylor Norris hits a jumper to extend the CSU lead to 13-7
CSU his six of their first 10 shots but both teams went cold from the field not scoring for the final 5:30
Chicago State 13, Butler 9
2nd Quarter
Cougars with a turnover to start the quarter, their sixth of the game
Butler with a three-point field goal and their first lead of the game, 14-13
Tae’lor Willard three pointer and CSU reclaims the lead, 16-14
Back-to-back hoops by Butler to tie and take the lead, 18-16
CSU’s Ahlea Myers with a three and another Cougars lead, 19-18
Following a Butler free throw, Taylor Norris scores for a 21-19 lead
6-0 Butler run, 25-21 Bulldogs lead
Willard three pulls Chicago State to within one, 25-24
Butler with a 4-0 run before Ana Haklicka hits three free throws to pull with two, 29-27
Butler hits two from the charity stripe to lead by four at the half, 31-27
Cougars shooting 40 percent from the floor (10-25), 50 percent from three (3-6) and 100 percent from the line (4-4)
Butler 31, Chicago State 27
3rd Quarter
Butler converts a pair of free throw to open the second half to extend the lead to 33-27
Willard hits a three for CSU to cut the lead to 33-30 followed by a Taylor Norris two for a quick 5-0 Cougars run
The Bulldogs responded with a 6-0 run and a 39-32 lead
Janiah Newell made two free throws, Butler one, then Yzabelle Laualofa Tevao scored to cut the lead to 40-36
Butler with a 4-0 run before the media timeout (4:48) to extend to their largest lead, eight points, 44-36
The Bulldogs scored their next four from the free throw line and the lead was 12, 48-36
Laura Segues stopped the run with a three and the lead was back below double digits, 48-39
Back-to-back Butler threes and the lead was 15, 54-39
The Bulldogs outscore the Cougars 28-14 in the third
Butler 59, Chicago State 41
4th Quarter
Butler opened the fourth with a 5-0 run to push the lead to 23
Laura Segues and Ana Haklicka combined for a 5-0 run and the lead was 18, 64-46
The Bulldogs then scored the next six from free throw line and the lead was 24, 70-46
Haklicka scored her fourth Cougars point in row on a driving layup
7-0 Butler run and the lead was 29, 77-48
Jacia Cunningham scored four and Taylor Norris two during a Cougars 6-3 run
Butler 84, Chicago State 57
