Butler beats Colby for season sweep, moves up in standings

Butler beats Colby for season sweep, moves up in standings

The Butler women's basketball team moved past Colby in the conference standings after defeating the Trojans by a 68-62 score on Saturday night at the Power Plant, sweeping the season series.

Butler is 4-8 in the Jayhawk West standings after the win, now a half-game ahead of Colby (4-9). The Grizzlies currently sit in sixth place with four games left to play and are two games behind fifth-place Barton (6-7).

Butler raced to a big advntage early in the game, leading 22-8 after a basket by Jamillah Bonner with 6:19 left in the first half. Colby would come racing back, however, outscoring the Grizzlies 15-4 over the rest of the half and cutting Butler's lead to just three at the half, 26-23.

In the second half, Colby continued to surge and eventually took a 46-44 lead after a basket by Marie McAbee with 9:43 to play. Butler would later use a 14-2 run keyed by eight points from Samantha Satterlee to go ahead 66-54 with 1:21 to go, effectively sealing the win.

Jamillah Bonner led Butler with 18 points, while Samantha Satterlee had 14 and April Miller added 11 and had a team-high eight rebounds. Brooke Bursiek scored 18 points to lead Colby in scoring while Marie McAbee scored 16 points.

Butler is 15-11 overall. The Grizzlies now go for another season sweep when they travel to Pratt on Wednesday for a 6 p.m. tipoff. Butler beat the Beavers, 62-56, at the Power Plant on Jan. 21.