|
Xavier Lets Win Slip Away in Memphis
Xavier played some of its best basketball of the season for 34 minutes on Saturday. But it was the final 6 that defined the game. Ultimately, that kind of play has defined this season.
The Musketeers (15-8, 6-3) couldn't close the door on Memphis (16-7, 6-2), even with an 11 point lead, as they fell 72-68. It was as heart-breaking a loss as Xavier has experienced all season. Particularly for how well they played for the majority of the game. And then for how awful that final six minutes really was.
Continue reading...
Muskies Can't Close Out Memphis!!
XU played 34 strong minutes on the road against Conference USA power Memphis but forgot how to score down the stretch and lost 72-68 at the Fedex Forum. The Muskies fleshed out their lead to 11 points at 62-51 with 6:16 remaining in regulation thanks to a Dez Wells baseline pull-up jumper and FT. For the next 6 minutes it was all Memphis Tigers. They outscored XU 17-1 building a 68-63 lead which they successfully closed out.
Continue reading...
|
|
|
|
|
Monday, February 06, 2012
|
|
|
|
Muskies Clip Colonials!!!
Xavier dodged 3 GW bullets (shots) in the final 20 seconds and squeezed out a 59-58 A-10 road win in DC Wednesday night. Things looked a trifle grim for the Muskies when GW's star PG Tony Taylor hit two FTs with 3:22 left to put the Colonials up 58-54, but XU clamped down defensively and shut GW out the rest of the way finishing on a 5-0 run (two Tu Holloway lay-ups and a Kenny Frease FT). The stingy defense brought back good memories of earlier come from behind wins over Vanderbilt and Purdue. The final GW possession seemed a mixture of strong Muskie defense, panicky Colonial offense and a touch of luck for X.
Holloway Leads Muskies to a Must-Win
In what was the ugliest win of the season, Xavier found a way to win. And it probably wasn't the kind of game they would have won a few weeks ago, or a month ago. This game involved a little luck at the end. Three George Washington Colonials (Bryan Bynes, Dwayne Smith, and Lasan Kromah) missed chances to give their team a win.
Tu Holloway didn't miss his 20+ second earlier. The Musketeers survived, 59-58, in a game that they trailed for the majority of the 40 minutes. Now, Xavier (15-7, 6-3) can breathe a sigh of relief for winning a pair of road games they absolutely could not lose.
Scouting George Washington!!
Major surgery has been performed at Foggy Bottom!! The new GW athletic director shocked a few folks by firing head coach Carl Hobbs. In 10 seasons he'd taken the Colonials to 3 NCAA tournaments and had averaged around 17 wins/season. Last year the Colonials were 17-13 with a weak non-conference schedule,but they finished 10-6 in the conference-just missing a top 4 bye to Atlantic City. St Joe's then upset GW at the Smith Center in an overtime play-in game. Hobbs headed back to UConn where he played and coached under Jim Calhoun. Enter Mike Lonergan!!
View more Men's Stories
|
|
|
XU Women's Basketball: A New Era
Coach Amy Waugh takes over the program, and sees a lot of exciting potential for the upcoming season and the future. "We are not going to fail," Coach Amy Waugh said. As the new head coach of a Xavier University women's basketball program that has reached new heights over the past few years, that is a daring thing to say. Especially with the losses of stars Ta'Shia Phillips, Amber Harris, Special Jennings, and 3 point specialist Katie Rutan.
Xavier Falls in a Heartbreaker
Amber Harris and Ta’Shia Phillips walked off the court to a standing ovation. Harris had her jersey pulled up to her face, covering the tears. Phillips had a look of disbelief on her face. Special Jennings was sobbing in the arms of an assistant coach. What had been such a great game, a great season, and a great four years suddenly had unraveled in a little over a minute. The scoreboard read Louisville 85, Xavier 75.
“That was an incredibly tough loss,” coach Kevin McGuff said, “It was bad for the seniors. But it wasn’t about effort, or the intangibles, there were just too many mistakes down the stretch.
Phillips, Musketeers Out-muscle Jackrabbits
On a Sunday afternoon at the Cintas Center, it was a day for focus. The Musketeers made sure there would be no doubt against 15th seeded South Dakota State, out of the Summit League – not like there was at times last year in a tight matchup with East Tennessee State in the first round. There was determination and frustration at the same time in the opening half, but the Muskies stuck with it, pulling out a decisive 72-56 victory. “We just kept wearing on them,” Ta’Shia Phillips stated, “We stuck to our game plan: balance on offense and tenacity on defense.”
View more Women's Stories
|
|
|
Home
| Admin
| Contact Us
|
Copyright © 2010-11 Musketeer Madness. All Rights Reserved
MusketeerMadness.com is an independently owned and operated site,
unaffiliated with Xavier University, the school and athletic program.
|
|
|
