Box Score 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 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 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
About Chicago State
Chicago State University Athletics is comprised of 15 intercollegiate teams involving over 150 student-athletes that compete in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and volleyball. CSU held memberships in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and NCAA Division II before transitioning to NCAA Division I in 1994. Melvin Bland was the first CSU student-athlete to gain NAIA All-American status in 1974 as a wrestler. Fred Evans became the first black swimmer ever to win a national championship in 1975. In 1991, the Chicago State women's tennis team became the first all-black college team to amass an unbeaten season at the NCAA level. CSU's women's basketball team earned a spot in the 2011 Women's Basketball Invitational and CSU's men's basketball team won the 2013 Great West Conference Tournament title, also making an appearance in the CollegeInside.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). The Men's Outdoor Track & Field 4x100-Meter Relay team were 2019 Honorable Mention All-Americans and WAC Champions. Their feat marked the first time the Chicago State's men's track & field program was represented at the national meet. Chicago State volleyball recorded a historic season in 2021, with Yanlis Feliz becoming CSU's first volleyball All-American and head coach Tony Trifonov earning selection as WAC Coach of the Year. During that same season, three different CSU teams earned victories over Big Ten opponents with men's soccer beating Northwestern, women's basketball upending Wisconsin and volleyball, which established a school record 17 wins and hosted a post-season volleyball tournament for the first time in program history, swept Indiana in Bloomington.
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