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Freshman Tara Boothe had 17 points and 10 rebounds, her second straight double-double, as Xavier defeated Indiana State 78-65 Saturday at Cintas Center.

Sophomore forward Alexis Henderson totaled 16 points and nine rebounds, and senior Amy Waugh added 15 points for the Musketeers (6-1), who overcame 16 turnovers.

Nikki Wells scored 11 points and grabbed nine rebounds for Xavier, which finished with a 40-38 edge on the boards. Reetta Piipari had 10 points and a game-high eight assists for XU.

Kourtney Mennen scored 19 points to lead the Sycamores (3-1), who made only 36 percent of their field goal attempts (27 of 74).

Lindsay Galbraith had 12 points for Indiana State.

Xavier shot 90 percent from the foul line (18-for-20).

INDIANA STATE (65) - Mennen 8-19 0-0 19, Chambers 2-3 0-0 4, Stewart 2-5 0-0 4, Boeglin 1-9 4-4 6, L.Verhoff 2-7 1-1 6, J.Verhoff 2-8 0-0 6, Galbraith 6-9 0-0 12, Rhodes 3-7 0-1 6, Pahl 1-6 0-0 2, lebovy 0-0 0-0 0, Hendrickson 0-1 0-0 0. Totals: 27-74 5-6 65.

XAVIER (78) - Boothe 7-8 3-3 17, Henderson 8-13 0-1 16, Waugh 3-12 6-6 15, Piipari 3-11 2-2 10, Wallner 1-4 2-2 5, Statuto 0-1 0-0 0, Wells 4-5 3-4 11, Sarajlija 1-1 2-2 4. Totals: 27-55 18-20 78.

Halftime: XU 35, IS 31. 3-pointers: IS 6-19 (Mennen 3-7, Boeglin 0-1, L.Verhoff 1-3, J.Verhoff 2-7, Galbraith 0-1), XU 6-21 (Waugh 3-11, Piipari 2-7, Wallner 1-3). Rebounds: IS 38 (Stewart 5, Rhodes 5), XU 40 (Boothe 10). Assists: IU 13 (Boeglin 6), XU 22 (Piipari 8). Records: XU 6-1, IS 3-1.

Mount St. Joseph 68,

Bluffton 42

Tasha Reid scored 16 points as the Lions remained perfect in Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference games this season.

Rhonda Meyer added 12 points and Rebecca Petty had eight points, 10 assists and seven steals for MSJ (6-1, 3-0 HCAC).

The Lions held the Beavers (0-7, 0-3) to 19 percent shooting (6 of 32) in the second half.

Melissa James had 10 points and six rebounds for Bluffton (0-7, 0-3).

BLUFFTON (42) - Siller 1-3 0-0 2, Fry 1-3 0-0 2, James 4-11 0-0 10, Young 2-7 2-2 6, Robinson 3-8 1-2 7, Delscamp 0-1 0-0 0, Champion 0-1 0-0 0, Harris 1-8 0-0 2, Wightman 0-0 0-0 0, Hughett 1-5 0-0 2, Rock 2-6 2-2 6, Tartt 0-2 0-0 0, Demery 1-3 3-4 5. Totals: 16-58 8-10 42.

MOUNT ST. JOSEPH (68) - Petty 4-9 0-0 8, Day 3-5 0-0 7, Reid 7-11 2-2 16, Grace 3-7 1-2 7, Meyer 6-8 0-0 12, Montgomery 0-0 0-0 0, Campbell 1-2 0-0 2, Wessel 0-3 0-0 0, Marshall 0-3 0-2 0, Pember 0-2 1-2 1, Grilliot 2-6 0-0 4, Swart 1-4 2-2 4, Brown 3-7 0-0 7, Hall 0-0 0-0 0, Smith 0-1 0-0 0. Totals: 30-68 6-10 68.

Halftime: MSJ 43, BC 23. 3-pointers: BC 2-7 (James 2-3, Young 0-1, Harris 0-2, Hughett 0-1), MSJ 2-10 (Petty 0-1, Day 1-2, Reid 0-2, Wessel 0-1, Marshall 0-1, Brown 0-3). Rebounds: BC 47 (Young 8), MSJ 36 (Grace 6). Assists: BC 12, MSJ 20 (Petty 10). Records: MSJ 6-1 (3-0 HCAC), BC 0-7 (0-3).

Men

Mount St. Joseph 67,

Bluffton 60

Chris Washington scored 23 points, going 8-of-12 from the field, to lead the Lions.

Tom Luther had 11 rebounds and E.J. Engelkamp 10 for Mount St. Joseph (6-2, 2-1 HCAC), which held a 41-30 advantage at halftime. Luther scored 16 points and Engelkamp 11 for MSJ.

Mike Leimeister totaled 18 points and 12 rebounds for the Beavers (2-6, 0-3), who shot 14 percent (2-of-14) on 3-point tries.

MOUNT ST. JOSEPH (67) - Stephens 1-4 0-0 2, Luther 6-13 4-13 16, Washington 8-12 6-8 23, Sweet 2-5 0-3 5, Engelkamp 4-9 2-3 11, Salaam 0-0 0-0 0, Mahon 2-6 0-0 6, Cropper 1-4 0-0 2, Eichhold 1-2 0-0 2. Totals: 25-55 12-27 67.

BLUFFTON (60) - Boyles 6-7 0-2 12, Leimeister 8-21 2-2 18, DeNero 3-10 0-0 7, Bixler 3-10 0-0 6, Beilharz 1-1 2-2 5, Bergman 0-0 0-0 0, White 0-4 2-2 2, Clark 0-0 0-0 0, Talley 1-1 0-0 2, Sweet 2-4 1-4 5, Yelley 1-3 1-2 3. Totals: 25-61 8-14 60.

Halftime: MSJ 41, BC 30. 3-pointers: MSJ 5-17 (Stephens 0-1, Washington 1-3, Sweet 1-3, Engelkamp 1-3, Mahon 2-6, Cropper 0-1), BC 2-14 (Boyles 0-1, Leimeister 0-4, DeNero 1-3, Bixler 0-4, Beilharz 1-1, White 0-1). Rebounds: MSJ 40 (Luther 11), BC 39 (Leimeister 12). Assists: MSJ 11, BC 10. Records: MSJ 6-2 (2-1 HCAC), BC 2-6 (0-3).

Anderson 96, Thomas More 69

Erik Chapman scored 22 points, going 9-of-9 from the field and 4-of-4 from the line, and Gaga Ghebremichael added 19 for the Ravens (7-2).

Marcus Johnson finished with 15 points for the Saints (1-5), who committed 23 turnovers. Chris Thompson had 11 points and Russell Craig added 10 for Thomas More.

ANDERSON (96) - Ghebremichael 5-9 6-7 19, Rans 3-5 0-0 8, Chapman 9-9 0-0 22, Powell 3-4 0-0 6, Hanson 1-2 0-0 2, DeLoatch 3-4 2-2 8, Lafferty 2-5 0-0 4, Mauro 1-1 0-0 2, Wright 3-8 0-0 8, Barhorst 0-2 0-0 0, Clark 0-0 1-2 1, Anglemyer 4-4 0-0 8, Heuer 2-6 0-0 4, Simcoe 2-4 0-0 4, Furney 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 38-65 9-11 96.

THOMAS MORE (69)- Woodard 1-3 0-1 2, Thompson 4-9 2-3 11, Booth 0-2 1-2 1, T. Johnson 2-3 0-0 4, Russell 4-4 2-2 10, Klein 2-5 2-2 6, M. Johnson 5-8 3-4 15, Tingle 1-2 0-0 2, Wachs 3-5 0-1 6, Mulberry 1-3 0-0 3, Brown 2-2 0-0 5, Hardy 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 27-50 10-15 69.

Halftime - Anderson 49, Thomas More 33. 3-pointers - Anderson 11-20 (Ghebremichael 3-5, Rans 2-3, Chapman 4-4, Hanson 0-1, Lafferty 0-1, Wright 2-2, Heuer 0-3, Furney 0-1); Thomas More 5-12 (Woodard 0-1, Thompson 1-2, Klein 0-2, M. Johnson 2-2, Mulberry 1-3, Brown 1-1, Hardy 0-1). Rebounds - Anderson 33 (Heuer 8); Thomas More 23 (Thompson 5). Assists - Anderson 18 (Rans 5); Thomas More 12 (Thompson 4). Records: A 7-2, TMC 1-5.

Small-school college basketball schedule

Cincinnati State

Men: Off

Women: Saturday, vs. Cuyahoga, 3 p.m.

Thomas More

Men: Wednesday, vs. Centre, 7:30 p.m.

Women: Wednesday, at Centre, 5:30 p.m.; Friday, vs. Wittenberg, 2 p.m.

Mount St. Joseph

Men: Off

Women: Wednesday, at Rose-Hulman, 6 p.m.; Saturday, vs. Wilmington, 2 p.m.