Monday, March 05, 2001
Xavier women make tourney finals
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PHILADELPHIA — Xavier has put teams on notice: get ready to score if you want to win.
The 12th-ranked Musketeers got 22 points from Taru Tuukkanen and beat Dayton 80-71 on Sunday to advance to their third straight Atlantic 10 Conference championship game.
They play George Washington at 5 p.m. today. Xavier and GW split their season series, each winning at home. GW beat Temple 75-59 Sunday.
“You know you have to score in the 80s if you want to beat them,” Dayton coach Jaci Clark said of the Musketeers. “That's where they put pressure on you.”
Nicole Levandusky scored 17 points, Jennifer Phillips had 15 and Reeta Piipari added 11 for top-seeded Xavier (27-2l), the defending conference champion. The Musketeers also won the regular season title and have won 17 straight.
Sunday's win set a school record for wins in a season, besting the 26-5 mark set last season.
“What we do best is share the ball,” Xavier coach Melanie Balcomb said. “We take very good shots because we make the extra pass.”
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DAYTON (71)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Mcintosh 17 0-5 0-1 0-0 6 2 0
Martens 22 6-10 0-1 4-7 3 2 12
Hineline 28 6-8 0-0 2-4 2 5 12
Donovan 31 5-8 0-0 0-3 2 4 14
S Miller 26 3-9 0-0 3-5 1 0 7
Jones 20 1-4 0-0 0-1 1 0 2
Schloss 22 2-3 2-2 0-2 2 1 6
Winner 12 2-3 3-4 0-1 0 2 7
Stull 22 5-6 1-4 1-5 1 4 11
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TOTALS 200 30-56 6-12 10-28 18 20 71
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Percentages: FG-.536, FT-.500. 3-Point Goals:
5-11, .455 (Martens 0-1, Donovan 4-5, S Miller
1-3, Jones 0-2). Team rebounds: 3. Blocked shots:
1 (Schloss). Turnovers: 20 (Hineline 6, Donovan
3, Martens 3, S Miller 2, Stull 2, Jones,
Mcintosh, Schloss, Winner). Steals: 5 (Donovan 2,
Hineline, Jones, Schloss).
XAVIER (80)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Phillips 29 5-9 5-6 1-5 2 4 15
Levandusky 37 7-14 2-2 3-5 1 1 17
Tuukkanen 28 10-14 2-3 3-4 3 4 22
Piipari 32 4-6 0-0 0-1 6 1 11
Parr 27 2-6 1-4 0-0 2 2 7
Waugh 22 2-2 2-2 0-3 6 0 7
Kreager 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0
Hall 19 0-3 1-2 1-4 0 3 1
Bell 2 0-0 0-0 1-1 0 0 0
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TOTALS 200 30-54 13-19 9-23 21 15 80
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Percentages: FG-.556, FT-.684. 3-Point Goals:
7-15, .467 (Phillips 0-1, Levandusky 1-5, Piipari
3-4, Parr 2-4, Waugh 1-1). Team rebounds: 2.
Blocked shots: 2 (Levandusky, Tuukkanen).
Turnovers: 18 (Hall 4, Tuukkanen 4, Piipari 3,
Waugh 3, Phillips 2, Levandusky, Parr). Steals: 9
(Phillips 3, Levandusky 2, Waugh 2, Parr,
Tuukkanen).
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Dayton 26 45 - 71
Xavier 35 45 - 80
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Technical fouls: None. Officials: John Palermo,
Tina Napier, Terri Maddock.
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