Purdue Fort Wayne
Butler
Bulldogs Rally in Second Half for Win over Mastodons
12/20/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Dec. 20, 2007
Indianapolis, IN - The Mastodons wrapped up their two game road trip at Butler University Thursday afternoon. After holding the Bulldogs at bay for part of the first half, Butler answered back, defeating the 'Dons 70-55 at the Hinkle Fieldhouse.
IPFW opened up the game with a 7-2 run before stretching their lead to seven at the 16:09 mark, 11-4. IPFW's largest lead would come just a few minutes later after Tina Moen hit a three-pointer to put IPFW ahead by nine, 16-7.
The Bulldogs began to cut away at IPFW's lead from there and took their first lead of the game at the 8:25 mark, 20-21. The Mastodons rallied from there, taking a short lived lead at 4:47, 26-25. Butler would go on a 7-0 run to finish the half ahead, 33-26.
Jordan Zuppe started the second half with a three-pointer to cut the Bulldogs lead to four, 33-29. Another basket by Zuppe would cut the Butler lead to two just a minute later. The Bulldogs would go on an 8-3 run to take a seven point lead with 13:47 left, 43-36. A 4-0 run by the 'Dons would cut the lead to three on baskets by Chelsey Jackson and Johnna Lewis-Carlisle, 43-40.
Butler would move into a double-digit lead at the 6:31 mark, 53-43 and extended it to their largest lead just over three minutes later, 66-45. A late 10-4 run by the Mastodons would cut the deficit to fifteen, 70-55 for the final.
"Obviously we didn't shoot very well today against a very good Butler team." said head coach Chris Paul. "One thing our team is really struggling with is learning how to win on the road. We just don't know how to battle through. I'm confident we are going to be a very good basketball team at some point, but we have a ways to go. Now we can just go out tomorrow night and try to beat a very talented Detroit team."
The Mastodons were led by Lewis-Carlisle with 12 points after she had early foul trouble.
Tina Moen almost hit double digits with nine points and pulled down five boards.
Samantha Edwards and Zuppe each posted eight rebounds with Edwards adding six points and Zuppe seven.
Butler had two ladies with double-doubles. Susan Lester had 21 points and 10 boards while Lade Akande had 15 points and 10 boards. Candace Jones posted 15 points and Azjah Bass had 10 points.
The Mastodons (4-5, 2-0 Summit) will host the Detroit Titans tomorrow night at 7 PM in the Gates Center. They will wrap up 2007 with St. Bonaventure on Sunday. Game time is 1 PM in the Gates Center.
~Dons~
