CINCINNATI (AP) – Reetta Piipari hit three 3-pointers during a
12-2 first-half run as Xavier beat Clemson 77-62 in the second
round of the Mideast Regional Sunday for its 20th straight victory.
|  | | Xavier's Amy Waugh (3) and Nicole Levandusky had plenty to celebrate Sunday – a second-round victory over Clemson. |
Taru Tuukkanen scored Xavier's first nine points as the
Musketeers led 13-7, but then committed three consecutive turnovers
while Clemson (21-10) put together an 11-0 run. The Tigers took a
brief lead on a layup and a 3-pointer by Chrissy Floyd.
Then Xavier (30-2) switched to a stifling zone defense, Piipari
hit three 3-pointers in less than three minutes, and the Musketeers
went ahead for good.
By halftime, the Musketeers had built a 49-27 lead, shooting 68
percent from the field and going 12-for-13 at the line. Meanwhile,
Clemson shot 34 percent and went to the line only four times,
making one free throw.
Nicole Levandusky opened the second half with two 3-pointers and
finished with 19 points, leading five Xavier players in double
figures. Tuukkanen had 14, Piipari and Amy Waugh 13 each, and
Jennifer Phillips 12.
Floyd had 24 for Clemson, which trailed by 31 with 9:01 to play,
before reducing the deficit.
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