Villanova 56-54 Butler (26 Feb, 2025) Play-by-Play

Butler Bulldogs

15-16, 5-13 Big East

	1	2	3	4	T
BUT	9	10	21	14	54
VILL	11	14	10	21	56

Villanova Wildcats

17-12, 11-6 Big East

Maddie Burke missed Three Point Jumper.
Maddie Webber made Jumper.
Maddie Webber missed Jumper.
Maddie Webber missed Jumper.
Denae Carter made Layup. Assisted by Maddie Burke.
Jaliyah Green missed Layup.
Jasmine Bascoe missed Jumper.
Maddie Burke missed Three Point Jumper.
Maddie Webber missed Three Point Jumper.
Lara Edmanson missed Jumper.
Lara Edmanson missed Layup.
Jasmine Bascoe made Three Point Jumper.
Bronagh Power-Cassidy missed Layup.
Ryanne Allen made Two Point Tip Shot.
Ryanne Allen made Jumper.
Maddie Webber missed Three Point Jumper.
Jasmine Bascoe missed Three Point Jumper.
Lara Edmanson missed Jumper.
Jasmine Bascoe missed Jumper.
Denae Carter missed Layup.
Maddie Webber made Layup.
Ryanne Allen made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Denae Carter.
Ryanne Allen missed Three Point Jumper.
Jasmine Bascoe missed Three Point Jumper.
Jasmine Bascoe missed Layup.
Maddie Webber missed Layup.
Maddie Webber missed Jumper.
Bronagh Power-Cassidy missed Three Point Jumper.
Jasmine Bascoe made Layup.
Maddie Webber made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Bronagh Power-Cassidy.
Maddie Webber missed Jumper.
Kaitlyn Orihel missed Three Point Jumper.
Ryanne Allen missed Layup.
Jasmine Bascoe made Layup.
Jasmine Bascoe made Layup.
Denae Carter made Layup.
Maddie Burke missed Three Point Jumper.
Denae Carter made Layup. Assisted by Maddie Burke.
Maddie Burke missed Jumper.
Denae Carter missed Layup.
Jasmine Bascoe missed Three Point Jumper.
Bronagh Power-Cassidy made Layup.
Lara Edmanson missed Layup.
Ryanne Allen missed Three Point Jumper.
Maddie Burke made Layup. Assisted by Jasmine Bascoe.
Jasmine Bascoe made Layup.
Ryanne Allen missed Three Point Jumper.
Maddie Webber missed Three Point Jumper.
Jasmine Bascoe missed Jumper.
Denae Carter missed Jumper.
Maddie Webber missed Three Point Jumper.
Denae Carter made Layup. Assisted by Maddie Webber.
Kaitlyn Orihel made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jasmine Bascoe.
Maddie Webber made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Denae Carter.
Jasmine Bascoe made Layup.
Maddie Webber missed Three Point Jumper.
Jasmine Bascoe missed Layup.
Bronagh Power-Cassidy missed Three Point Jumper.
Kaitlyn Orihel missed Jumper.
Denae Carter missed Jumper.
Maddie Webber missed Layup.
Maddie Webber made Layup.
Denae Carter made Layup.
Denae Carter missed Layup.
Ryanne Allen missed Three Point Jumper.
Jasmine Bascoe made Jumper.
Jasmine Bascoe missed Layup.
Ryanne Allen made Two Point Tip Shot.
Sydney Jaynes missed Layup.
Kilyn McGuff missed Layup.
Ari Wiggins missed Jumper.
Kilyn McGuff missed Three Point Jumper.
Ari Wiggins missed Three Point Jumper.
Sydney Jaynes missed Jumper.
Lily Zeinstra missed Three Point Jumper.
Riley Makalusky missed Three Point Jumper.
Kilyn McGuff made Layup. Assisted by Riley Makalusky.
Lily Zeinstra missed Layup.
Lily Zeinstra missed Layup.
Cristen Carter made Layup. Assisted by Jocelyn Land.
Cristen Carter made Jumper.
Lily Zeinstra made Layup. Assisted by Jocelyn Land.
Riley Makalusky made Layup.
Sydney Jaynes missed Jumper.
Kilyn McGuff made Layup. Assisted by Ari Wiggins.
Sydney Jaynes missed Jumper.
Cristen Carter made Jumper. Assisted by Riley Makalusky.
Cristen Carter missed Layup.
Karsyn Norman missed Three Point Jumper.
Cristen Carter missed Layup.
Riley Makalusky made Jumper.
Karsyn Norman missed Layup.
Riley Makalusky made Layup. Assisted by Sydney Jaynes.
Sydney Jaynes made Jumper. Assisted by Ari Wiggins.
Sydney Jaynes made Layup. Assisted by Lily Zeinstra.
Sydney Jaynes made Layup. Assisted by Lily Zeinstra.
Kilyn McGuff made Jumper. Assisted by Karsyn Norman.
Kilyn McGuff made Layup.
Karsyn Norman missed Layup.
Lily Zeinstra missed Layup.
Sydney Jaynes missed Jumper.
Lily Zeinstra missed Three Point Jumper.
Kilyn McGuff made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sydney Jaynes.
Sydney Jaynes missed Layup.
Lily Zeinstra made Jumper.
Karsyn Norman missed Three Point Jumper.
Cristen Carter missed Two Point Tip Shot.
Lily Zeinstra missed Layup.
Kilyn McGuff missed Three Point Jumper.
Karsyn Norman made Jumper.
Kilyn McGuff made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lily Zeinstra.
Lily Zeinstra made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kilyn McGuff.

BUTLER

VILLANOVA

TIME		BUT	VILL
10:00	Start game	0	0
9:57	Jump Ball won by Butler	0	0
9:57	Jump Ball lost by Villanova	0	0
9:37	Sydney Jaynes missed Layup.	0	0
9:37	Jaliyah Green Block.	0	0
9:32	Maddie Webber Defensive Rebound.	0	0
9:17	Maddie Burke missed Three Point Jumper.	0	0
9:13	Sydney Jaynes Defensive Rebound.	0	0
8:57	Kilyn McGuff missed Layup.	0	0
8:56	Villanova Defensive Rebound.	0	0
8:39	Maddie Webber made Jumper.	0	2
8:28	Kilyn McGuff Turnover.	0	2
8:13	Maddie Webber missed Jumper.	0	2
8:13	Butler Defensive Rebound.	0	2
7:45	Ari Wiggins missed Jumper.	0	2
7:41	Maddie Burke Defensive Rebound.	0	2
7:30	Maddie Webber missed Jumper.	0	2
7:27	Riley Makalusky Defensive Rebound.	0	2
7:14	Kilyn McGuff missed Three Point Jumper.	0	2
7:10	Lily Zeinstra Offensive Rebound.	0	2
7:07	Ari Wiggins missed Three Point Jumper.	0	2
7:03	Sydney Jaynes Offensive Rebound.	0	2
7:01	Sydney Jaynes missed Jumper.	0	2
6:56	Maddie Burke Defensive Rebound.	0	2
6:51	Denae Carter made Layup. Assisted by Maddie Burke.	0	4
6:43	Kaitlyn Orihel subbing out for Villanova	0	4
6:43	Jasmine Bascoe subbing in for Villanova	0	4
6:32	Foul on Maddie Burke.	0	4
6:21	Ari Wiggins Turnover.	0	4
6:21	Jasmine Bascoe Steal.	0	4
6:16	Jaliyah Green missed Layup.	0	4
6:16	Kilyn McGuff Block.	0	4
6:16	Villanova Offensive Rebound.	0	4
6:16	Ari Wiggins subbing out for Butler	0	4
6:16	Sydney Jaynes subbing out for Butler	0	4
6:16	Karsyn Norman subbing in for Butler	0	4
6:16	Cristen Carter subbing in for Butler	0	4
6:05	Jasmine Bascoe missed Jumper.	0	4
6:02	Cristen Carter Defensive Rebound.	0	4
5:52	Lily Zeinstra missed Three Point Jumper.	0	4
5:49	Denae Carter Defensive Rebound.	0	4
5:38	Maddie Burke missed Three Point Jumper.	0	4
5:34	Kilyn McGuff Defensive Rebound.	0	4
5:19	Riley Makalusky missed Three Point Jumper.	0	4
5:14	Jaliyah Green Defensive Rebound.	0	4
5:09	Maddie Webber missed Three Point Jumper.	0	4
5:06	Lily Zeinstra Defensive Rebound.	0	4
4:57	Kilyn McGuff made Layup. Assisted by Riley Makalusky.	2	4
4:57	Foul on Maddie Burke.	2	4
4:57	Official TV Timeout	2	4
4:57	Maddie Burke subbing out for Villanova	2	4
4:57	Denae Carter subbing out for Villanova	2	4
4:57	Maddie Webber subbing out for Villanova	2	4
4:57	Ryanne Allen subbing in for Villanova	2	4
4:57	Bronagh Power-Cassidy subbing in for Villanova	2	4
4:57	Lara Edmanson subbing in for Villanova	2	4
4:57	Kilyn McGuff made Free Throw.	3	4
4:57	Kilyn McGuff subbing out for Butler	3	4
4:57	Jocelyn Land subbing in for Butler	3	4
4:40	Foul on Riley Makalusky.	3	4
4:20	Lara Edmanson missed Jumper.	3	4
4:18	Butler Defensive Rebound.	3	4
4:18	Foul on Jaliyah Green.	3	4
3:53	Lily Zeinstra missed Layup.	3	4
3:50	Jaliyah Green Defensive Rebound.	3	4
3:32	Lara Edmanson missed Layup.	3	4
3:31	Butler Defensive Rebound.	3	4
3:31	Lily Zeinstra subbing out for Butler	3	4
3:31	Kilyn McGuff subbing in for Butler	3	4
3:12	Cristen Carter Turnover.	3	4
3:12	Jaliyah Green subbing out for Villanova	3	4
3:12	Maddie Webber subbing in for Villanova	3	4
3:01	Jasmine Bascoe made Three Point Jumper.	3	7
2:49	Riley Makalusky subbing out for Butler	3	7
2:49	Lily Zeinstra subbing in for Butler	3	7
2:33	Lily Zeinstra missed Layup.	3	7
2:33	Bronagh Power-Cassidy Block.	3	7
2:33	Butler Offensive Rebound.	3	7
2:30	Lily Zeinstra Turnover.	3	7
2:30	Jasmine Bascoe Steal.	3	7
2:25	Bronagh Power-Cassidy missed Layup.	3	7
2:20	Ryanne Allen Offensive Rebound.	3	7
2:20	Ryanne Allen made Two Point Tip Shot.	3	9
1:57	Cristen Carter made Layup. Assisted by Jocelyn Land.	5	9
1:32	Ryanne Allen made Jumper.	5	11
1:10	Cristen Carter made Jumper.	7	11
0:46	Maddie Webber missed Three Point Jumper.	7	11
0:42	Jocelyn Land Defensive Rebound.	7	11
0:32	Lily Zeinstra made Layup. Assisted by Jocelyn Land.	9	11
0:05	Jasmine Bascoe missed Three Point Jumper.	9	11
0:01	Lara Edmanson Offensive Rebound.	9	11
0:00	Lara Edmanson missed Jumper.	9	11
0:00	Kilyn McGuff Defensive Rebound.	9	11
0:00	End of 1st Quarter	9	11

Finneran Pavilion

11:00 PM, 26 February 2025

Villanova, PA

Attendance: 1,509

Referees:
Joseph Vaszily
Karen Preato
Talisa Green

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
UConn	18-0	-	35-3
Creighton	16-2	2	26-7
Seton Hall	13-5	5	23-10
Marquette	12-6	6	21-11
Villanova	11-7	7	21-15
DePaul	8-10	10	13-19
Providence	6-12	12	13-19
St. John's	5-13	13	16-15
Butler	5-13	13	16-18
Georgetown	4-14	14	12-19
Xavier	1-17	17	7-24

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