{"id":5800,"date":"2025-02-12T15:46:19","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T20:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/butler360\/?p=5800"},"modified":"2025-02-12T16:02:16","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T21:02:16","slug":"butler-womens-basketball-goes-past-marquette-in-nail-biting-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/butler360\/2025\/02\/12\/butler-womens-basketball-goes-past-marquette-in-nail-biting-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Butler Women&#8217;s Basketball Goes Past Marquette in Nail-Biting Victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Butler&#8217;s women&#8217;s basketball team clinched an exciting 67-65 win over Marquette on February 9th at Hinkle Fieldhouse, halting a tough six-game losing streak in front of alumni celebrating the legacy of the Butler women&#8217;s basketball. The game was tight, with several lead changes and tense moments that kept fans on the edge of their seats until the end.<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Kilyn McGuff was the star in Butler&#8217;s win, scoring 21 points. She was almost perfect in shooting, especially with five out of six three-pointers. She stayed calm under pressure, not missing any free throws.<\/p>\n<p>Sydney Jaynes also played a big role, grabbing a team-high six rebounds and scoring the winning basket. She contributed 10 points and made a key block that disrupted Marquette&#8217;s attack. Lily Zeinstra added 15 points, strengthening Butler&#8217;s offense.<\/p>\n<p>Butler&#8217;s defense was strong, with seven steals that kept Marquette on their toes. Their smart play focused on shooting from distance, and they made 47.8% of their three-point attempts, sinking 11 out of 23 shots. Marquette struggled here, hitting only 30.8%.<\/p>\n<p>Skylar Forbes led Marquette with 14 points, but Butler&#8217;s defense proved tough. Even though Marquette had a slightly lower overall field goal percentage (48.0% vs. Butler\u2019s 48.9%), they couldn&#8217;t surpass Butler, who excelled in three-point shooting.<\/p>\n<p>This win boosted Butler\u2019s season and gave them more confidence as they look forward to facing Georgetown. With this victory, Butler is ready to take on a three-game road challenge, starting in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Butler&#8217;s women&#8217;s basketball team clinched an exciting 67-65 win over Marquette on February 9th at Hinkle Fieldhouse, halting a tough six-game losing streak in front of alumni celebrating the legacy of the Butler women&#8217;s basketball. The game was tight, with several lead changes and tense moments that kept fans on the edge of their seats [&hellip;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9198452,"featured_media":5801,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[11891,380329,292313],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","category-winter-sports","category-womens-basketball"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/butler360\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/butler360\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/butler360\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/butler360\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9198452"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/butler360\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5800"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/butler360\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5803,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/butler360\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5800\/revisions\/5803"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/butler360\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/butler360\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/butler360\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/butler360\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}