NEW ORLEANS —
Dominee Matthews scored 12 of her 17 points in the
second half Saturday, and
Brittany Whitmore added a career-high 16 points to
rally Xavier to a 73-60 Gulf Coast Athletic Conference women's
basketball victory against Mobile at The Barn.
Jarryn Cleaves scored 14 points and
Erica Turnbull 10 for Xavier (10-5,
2-0 GCAC), which extended its winning streak in The Barn against
conference opponents to 26 games.
Emmerentia Ledwaba scored 13 points for Mobile (9-5, 1-1), ranked 20th
in NAIA Division I. Xavier ended the Lady Rams' five-game winning
streak.
The Gold Nuggets trailed 27-14 at 8:44 of the first half but cut
Mobile's lead to 31-29 by halftime. Xavier took the lead for good at 44-42 on
Rynika Hebert's basket with 12:29 remaining.
Xavier outshot Mobile 38 to 33 percent from the floor and outrebounded
the Lady Rams 51-36.
Mobile is one of three teams in this week's NAIA Division I top 25 to
lose to Xavier this season.
Xavier's next game will start at 5:30 p.m. Monday against
LSU-Shreveport in The Barn.
