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        Nicole Levandusky scored 29 points and was 7-of-8 on 3-point attempts to lead No.22 Xavier to an 84-66 win over Fordham on Thursday.

        Xavier (10-1, 1-0 Atlantic 10) shot better than 55 percent from the field. Levandusky made 10 of 12 shots. Reetta Piipari added 14 points and recorded 13 assists for the Musketeers, who led 32-8 near the midway point of the first half. Xavier led 50-27 at halftime after shooting 62.5 from the field.

        Taru Tuukkanen had a game-high 12 rebounds for XU, which outrebounded Fordham 40-28.

        Maureen Garvey had 15 points and seven assists for Fordham (3-9, 0-1), which was held to 39 percent shooting for the game (23-of-59).

FORDHAM (66)
                      fg    ft    rb
               min   m-a   m-a   o-t  a pf   tp
Fleischer       27   4-7   3-4   3-6  0  1   11
Kanoute         20   4-9   0-0   0-1  0  3    9
Akiode          17   0-3   1-2   0-1  1  0    1
Vann            24  2-10   0-0   1-2  0  0    6
Garvey          29   5-8   4-4   1-3  7  3   15
Deroy            9   0-3   0-0   0-1  0  1    0
Slayton          6   2-3   0-0   2-5  2  0    4
Williams        19   4-8   0-0   0-1  0  3    8
Reese            8   0-0   0-0   1-1  0  0    0
Keegan           6   0-1   0-0   0-0  0  0    0
Chiaramonte     12   2-2   0-0   1-2  0  2    4
Moore            1   0-0   0-0   0-0  0  0    0
Wallace         22   0-5   8-8   1-2  2  2    8
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TOTALS         200 23-59 16-18 10-25 12 15   66
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Percentages: FG-.390, FT-.889. 3-Point Goals:
4-18, .222 (Kanoute 1-5, Vann 2-7, Garvey 1-3,
Slayton 0-1, Wallace 0-2). Team rebounds: 3.
Blocked shots: None. Turnovers: 15 (Garvey 3,
Wallace 3, Kanoute 2, Williams 2, Akiode,
Chiaramonte, Deroy, Fleischer, Vann). Steals: 12
(Wallace 3, Fleischer 2, Vann 2, Williams 2,
Akiode, Deroy, Kanoute).


XAVIER (84)
                      fg    ft    rb
               min   m-a   m-a   o-t  a pf   tp
Phillips        22   6-9   1-1   1-5  1  2   13
Tuukkanen       24  4-10   1-5  5-12  0  1    9
Piipari         27   5-7   3-3   1-4 13  0   14
Parr            37   2-7   0-1   0-4  6  2    5
Levandusky      30 10-12   2-4   0-3  3  2   29
Kreager         18   3-5   2-2   5-7  0  3    8
Yukes            6   0-0   0-0   0-1  0  0    0
Hall            10   0-1   0-1   1-1  0  1    0
Bell            14   1-6   1-1   2-2  0  1    3
Sarajlija        4   1-1   0-0   0-0  0  0    3
Lowry            8   0-0   0-0   0-0  1  0    0
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TOTALS         200 32-58 10-18 15-39 24 12   84
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Percentages: FG-.552, FT-.556. 3-Point Goals:
10-17, .588 (Piipari 1-2, Parr 1-6, Levandusky
7-8, Sarajlija 1-1). Team rebounds: 1. Blocked
shots: 2 (Tuukkanen 2). Turnovers: 21 (Parr 4,
Piipari 4, Bell 3, Levandusky 3, Tuukkanen 3,
Kreager 2, Hall, Phillips). Steals: 9 (Levandusky
6, Bell, Parr, Piipari).
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Fordham            27   39  -   66
Xavier             50   34  -   84
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Technical fouls: None.  A: 1,003. Officials:
Ralph Pickett, Judith Schneider, Bonita Spence.

       

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