GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
Villanova 78, Butler 58
Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS - Maddy Siegrist scored 31 points, her 10th 30-point game of the season, Christina Dalce had a double-double and No. 19 Villanova rolled to an 78-58 win over Butler.
Behind Siegrist's 13-of-19 shooting, the Wildcats shot 68% in the first half and remained over 60% well into the fourth quarter until finishing at 53%. The Bulldogs shot 37%.
Lucy Olsen scored 18 points for Villanova (20-4, 11-2 Big East Conference. Dalce had 13 points and 12 rebounds for her second-straight and third career double-double.
Sydney Jaynes scored 16 points for Butler (7-16, 2-12), which lost its sixth straight. The Bulldogs lost the first meeting 68-58 when Siegrist had 36 points.
Siegrist has scored at least 20 points in every game this season, the 24 games the second-longest streak to start a season in the last 20 years. Washington star Kelsey Plum did it in all 35 of her games in the 2016-17 season. Siegrist is 73 points behind the 1,546 of Boston College's Sarah Behn as the most scored in Big East games.
Olsen hit three 3-pointers and Siegrist had eight points as the Wildcats led 24-16 after one quarter. Siegrist scored six points and Olsen also hit double figures during a 15-0 run in the second quarter. Siegrist scored just before the halftime buzzer for a 49-29 Villanova lead.
Bridging the first two quarters, Villanova made 10 straight shots and finished 68% (19 of 28) for the half, including 7 of 13 3-pointers. Butler shot 36%, missing seven straight during the second quarter.
February 4, 2023
| Villanova | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| M. Siegrist | F | 31 | 13-19 | 4-4 | 1-3 | 1-4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 31 |
| C. Dalce | F | 27 | 6-11 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 4-12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| L. Olsen | G | 32 | 6-11 | 3-3 | 3-6 | 0-2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
| M. Burke | G | 24 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| B. Mullin | G | 21 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| B. Runyan | 18 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Z. Jones | 16 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| K. Orihel | 16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| M. Olbrys | 13 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| K. Swider | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 199 | 31-58 (.534) |
8-9 (.889) |
8-20 (.400) |
7-28 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 78 | |
| Butler | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| S. Jaynes | F | 25 | 6-8 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 2-6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| A. Mortag | F | 20 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 1-4 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| R. McLimore | G | 27 | 2-9 | 4-4 | 0-4 | 0-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| C. Strande | G | 21 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| J. Carrothers | G | 17 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| J. Meulemans | 29 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| T. Dowell | 20 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
| S. Frederick | 20 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | |
| K. Taylor | 14 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| K. Wingler | 5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| R. Dumont | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| M. Royal-Davis | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 20-54 (.370) |
11-12 (.917) |
7-24 (.292) |
10-29 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 58 | |
Officials: Denise Brooks, Fatour Cissoko-Stephens, Brad Maxey
Attendance: 1,102
