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        Taru Tuukkanen scored 23 points and Nicole Levandusky 20 as No.12 Xavier beat Dayton 84-62 Sunday.

        Tuukkanen was 10-of-19 from the field and had three blocks and Levandusky made 4-of-8 3-pointers.

        Jennifer Phillips shot 8-of- 10 from the field and scored 19 points. Reetta Piipari scored 13 points and had 11 assists for the Musketeers (23-2, 13-1 A-10.

        Dayton (13-12, 7-7) got within 44-38 on a layup by Kristy Hineline just over a minute into the second half, but a layup by Tuukkanen and a 3-pointer by Levandusky put Xavier ahead 49-38 and the Flyers never got closer.

 
DAYTON (62)
                      fg    ft    rb
               min   m-a   m-a   o-t  a pf   tp
Hineline        21   2-8   1-2   4-7  1  4    5
Martens         19   1-4   0-0   1-1  2  0    2
Mcintosh        28  4-13   0-0   1-4  1  1    8
Donovan         28   4-8   0-0   0-3  2  2   10
S Miller        27  2-10   0-0   2-2  2  4    5
Sullivan        15   2-7   0-0   1-2  2  0    4
Jones           23   2-8   0-0   1-1  1  1    6
Mcfadden         2   0-1   0-0   0-0  0  0    0
Schloss         10   1-5   0-0   3-4  0  1    2
Haselman         2   0-0   0-0   1-2  0  0    0
Stull           25  8-10   4-4  6-13  1  4   20
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TOTALS         200 26-74   5-6 20-39 12 17   62
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Percentages: FG-.351, FT-.833. 3-Point Goals:
5-18, .278 (Donovan 2-5, S Miller 1-5, Jones 2-7,
Mcfadden 0-1). Team rebounds: 4. Blocked shots:
None. Turnovers: 14 (S Miller 3, Martens 2,
Mcintosh 2, Donovan, Hineline, Jones, Mcfadden,
Stull, Sullivan). Steals: 4 (Stull 2, Jones,
Schloss).


XAVIER (84)
                      fg    ft    rb
               min   m-a   m-a   o-t  a pf   tp
Phillips        29  8-10   3-4   4-7  5  0   19
Levandusky      30  7-12   2-3   1-6  2  0   20
Tuukkanen       32 10-19   3-5   2-6  2  3   23
Piipari         28  5-10   2-3   1-4 11  1   13
Parr            24   1-1   0-0   0-2  1  1    3
Waugh           18   1-5   0-0   0-2  3  0    2
Kreager          8   1-2   0-1   0-1  0  2    2
Yukes            2   0-0   0-0   0-0  0  1    0
Hall            10   0-1   0-0   1-3  0  0    0
Bell            14   1-2   0-0   1-3  1  2    2
Sarajlija        2   0-0   0-0   0-0  0  0    0
Lowry            3   0-0   0-0   0-0  1  1    0
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TOTALS         200 34-62 10-16 10-34 26 11   84
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Percentages: FG-.548, FT-.625. 3-Point Goals:
6-15, .400 (Levandusky 4-8, Piipari 1-3, Parr
1-1, Waugh 0-3). Team rebounds: None. Blocked
shots: 5 (Tuukkanen 3, Levandusky, Phillips).
Turnovers: 11 (Piipari 4, Phillips 2, Kreager,
Levandusky, Parr, Tuukkanen, Yukes). Steals: 8
(Levandusky 2, Phillips 2, Piipari 2, Tuukkanen
2).
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Dayton             33   29  -   62
Xavier             42   42  -   84
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Technical fouls: None.  A: 4,879. Officials: Ric
Foxen, Terri Maddock, Deborah Allen.

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