Xavier women’s basketball A sequence of 10 -year losses in the playoff series is over.
Xavier, seeded n ° 11 of the Big East tournament, upset n ° 6 DEPAUL Friday evening, 80-73, in Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.
Xavier’s last victory for the Big East tournament took place exactly 10 years ago, On March 7, 2015, on Georgetown in Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois.
“So incredibly proud of this group and its resilience,” Second-year coach Billi Chambers said. “Watching them in the locker room, they work so hard, and they haven’t really seen the result they wanted this year. It fills me to see their hard work to materialize and win a big one for Xavier. I am super proud of this group.”
Xavier’s first-year goalkeeper, Meri Kanerva, led all scorers with a 28-point career summit on the shooting of 7 out of 11, including a memorable buzz in the second quarter of Beyond Half Court to give the musketeers an advance of 33-19 at halftime. Kanerva also collected 4 assists and went 11 out of 13 on the free throw line to help Xavier withdraw.
“Watching her (Kanerva) will throw that it just reminded our team that we were good, we had that,” Chambers said about Élan’s swing. “This is something we practice the day before the matches, anyway. Anyone can take a half-terrain shot. They were pumped for her to do this time.”
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The second-year Aizhanic MAYO guard also had a career score evening with 27 on 9 shots out of 14, including half a dozen 3 points. The Tae’Lor Purvis guard was the third two -digit musketer with 12.
“It was almost like this emannice crisis this year. She (Mayo) had been so accelerated all season,” said Chambers. “Watch her assemble everything.
“We do this in the right direction.
Xavier’s female basketball program crossed an obvious reconstruction during the first two seasons of the era of Chambers.
After winning only once last season, Xavier experienced five games in the victory column this season.
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On January 18, Xavier broke a 47 Big East matches pilted by beating Butler at the Cintas Center. The musketeers then finished the regular season on a sequence of 11 consecutive defeats before the Big East tournament, but were competitive in a series of conference matches that they could simply not withdraw at the end.
Although the file does not reflect it, there were clear signs of improvement.
“Even if you feel this progress, you understand that it is very early in your process. You can start to vacillate a little. You can start wondering:” My God comes? Do I do the right things to build? “” Said Chambers. “I think it is a very good reminder to our staff that we do in the right way. We love these children. We teach them as much as possible. We must remain faithful to our course and our process.”
The n ° 11 Xavier plays the N ° 3 Seton Hall on Saturday evening in the quarter -finals of the Big East Tournament.
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Xavier’s women’s female basketball has won the 1st Big East tournament game since 2015
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