Women's Basketball Heads to Indy to Face Butler

Omaha, Neb. - The Creighton women's basketball team kicks off a three-game road trip at Butler on Friday, Feb. 5 at 10:30 am. The game will begin so early as it is Butler's Kids Day.

2/5: - 10:31 am: Creighton (11-12, 5-6 BIG EAST) at Butler (7-14, 2-8 BIG EAST)

Online Stream - BIG EAST Digital Network: http://foxsportsgo.com
Will Haskett (Play-by-Play) and Ralph Reiff (Color Analyst)

Stats (Free): http://creighton.statbroadcast.com

Series History: Series tied 3-3
Creighton won last meeting 77-49 on January 8, 2016 at Creighton

Full Game Notes

Bird Seeds

Both Butler and Creighton are expected to be without one of its top players on Friday. Creighton's Marissa Janning is out for the remainder of the season after breaking her left fibula early this season. Butler's Tori Schickel (13.1 ppg) has been sidelined since the first
meeting with the Bluejays on Jan. 10.
The Bulldogs enter Friday's contest in the midst of a six-game skid, but Butler has not lost to Creighton at home.
Butler has been playing with a very short bench with just seven players seeing more than two minutes over the last five contests.
Creighton is beginning a stretch of five road games over the final seven
contests.

Series History: Tied 3-3
Creighton has claimed the last two meetings with Butler to even the series history at 3-3. Hinkle Fieldhouse, however, has not been kind to the Bluejays. Creighton has suffered consecutive losses to Butler in Indianapolis over the past two seasons. In addition, Sammy Jensen suffered a torn MCL practicing at the arena the day prior (Jan. 3) to Creighton's last game at Butler on Jan. 4.

Series tied 3-3
Home: 2-1 Away: 0-2 Neutral: 1-0
Date   Result   Score/Site
1/18/14   L   52-58 at Butler
3/4/14   L   59-67 in Omaha
3/9/14   W   61-52 in Rosemont ª
1/4/15   L   58-63 at Butler
2/1/15   W   62-55 in Omaha
1/10/16   W   77-49 in Omaha
ª - BIG EAST Tournament game

Scouting Butler (7-14, 2-8 BIG EAST)
Working with just seven scholarship players for most of the season, Butler is a team in transition. Six of Butler's 10 players are freshman and the Bulldogs are expected to be without starters Tori Schickel and Michelle Weaver on Friday. Also consider that freshman Emmy Schabel has played just four minutes this season and the rotation goes seven deep.

In the absence of Schickel (13.1 ppg), senior Blaire Langlois (11.7 ppg) and freshman Brittany Ward (10.0 ppg) have become the focal points of the offense.

Defensively Butler is one of the strongest teams at taking away the three-point shot as the Bulldogs limit their opposition to 29.1 % from long range.

Keys to the Game w/Butler

Be selective from long range: A major portion of the Bluejays' offense is the three-point shot. However, that is the best portion of the Bulldogs defense. In the first meeting Creighton was 8-for-21 from downtown.
Force Turnovers: Butler committed 15 turnovers in the first meeting, leading to 16 Creighton points.
Keep Butler off the Free Throw Line: The Bluejays limited Butler to just 11 free throws in the first meeting. With the Bulldogs struggling, giving up uncontested chances get be dangerous.

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Players Mentioned

Marissa Janning

Sammy Jensen