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Xavier continues dominance in A-10 play

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The Xavier women’s basketball team continued its conference dominance last week, blowing out St. Bonaventure and Charlotte to improve its Atlantic 10 record to 5-0 and overall record to 16-2.

The week’s work began at home with a convincing 76-56 victory over the Bonnies in which head coach Kevin McGuff notched his 200th career victory patrolling the sidelines for the No. 7-ranked Musketeers.

Senior guard Amber Harris paced Xavier with her 10th double-double of the season, pouring in 20 points on 9-of-16 shooting while grabbing 12 rebounds.
It was more of the same on Saturday as the Musketeers traveled to Charlotte, N.C. to defeat Charlotte, 82-61.

Leading the way once again was Harris, who scored 27 points and recorded 12 rebounds. She was named the Atlantic 10 Player of the Week for her efforts against the 49ers and Bonnies.

The victories now make Xavier 33-1 in its last 34 conference matchups, a mark that began in 2008 against SBU.

Temple remains undefeated

Perhaps the one team stopping Xavier from running the table in the A-10 this year is Temple.

The Owls kept their perfect conference record intact this week with a dominating defensive effort against Saint Joseph’s, defeating the Hawks 53-43 at The Liacouras Center on Wednesday.

Junior forward Kristen McCarthy recorded the 1,000th point of her career in the victory to become the 18th player to do so in program history.

The 2009-10 Atlantic 10 First Team selectee scored 14 points and tied her career-high by corralling 11 rebounds to spark the Owls to their 4-0 conference mark.

Junior guard Shey Peddy led all scorers with 19 points and also recorded five steals to pace Temple.

The Owls will look to keep their undefeated conference record this week as they travel to Massachusetts on Wednesday before hosting Richmond on Saturday afternoon.

Woes continue for GW

With just over eight minutes remaining in the game on Saturday afternoon, George Washington held a commanding 51-41 lead against Fordham and seemed well on its way to not only notch its first conference win, but also its first road victory of the season.

It wasn’t in the cards, however, as Rams senior Tiffany Stokes completed a three-point play shortly after, followed by Becky Peters and Kristina Bell knocking down back-to-back 3-pointers to bring Fordham within one.

Brooke Nilson nailed a jumper to make it 53-50 before Peters hit another shot from long range to tie things up at 53.

After some back-and-forth scoring, it was Fordham’s Arielle Collins who sank a desperation jumper to beat the shot clock late in the game and the Rams would not look back as they went on for the 59-56 victory.

The victory marked the first time Fordham has ever beaten the Colonials in 17 meetings.

It was also a career day for Peters as she scored a personal-best 27 points to lead the Rams to the win.

Next up for Fordham is a matchup with Saint Louis on Tuesday night while GW will host Duquesne on Wednesday before heading to Philadelphia to try and notch its first conference and road victory of the season against La Salle.

Stephen Hewitt can be reached at [email protected].

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