March 23, 2010
VANDERBILT (23-11)
– The Commodores lead the all-time series with Xavier 2-1.
– Vanderbilt scored the first points of the game and held the lead by as many as 8 points for the next 17 minutes until the game was tied at 25 points with 3:08 left to play
– Vanderbilt was successful at the free throw line making 5 of 6 attempts in the first half.
– Jence Roads lead the team in scoring in the first half with 8 points and in the second half with 12 points.
– Vanderbilt turned the ball over 9 times in the first half allowing Xavier to covert those turnover into 10 points.
– Vanderbilt gave up its largest lead of 10 points with 9:17 to go
– Vanderbilt’s only bench points in the first half came from Rebecca Silinski at 3:58.
– After scoring 8 points in the first half, Jence Rhoads scored her 12th point of the game with a 3 point field goal with 4:25 left to play.
– Vanderbilt lead most of the second half until Xavier cut the lead down to 1 point with 1:20 to go.
– Vanderbilt took the last shot of the game with a chance to win but was an in and out shot attempted by Jence Rhoads.
– Vanderbilt shot for an impressive 90% from the free throw line making 9 of 10 shots
– Vanderbilt had 16 turnovers in the game
– Hannah Tuomi finished the game with a double-double (10 pts and 11 Reb)
– The lead changed in the game 9 total times
– Vanderbilt had only 11 bench points compared to Xavier’s 21 points
– Vanderbilt finished the game with13 fast break points compared to Xavier’s 4.
– Vanderbilt held the lead for most of the second half until turning the ball over 1 of 15 times in the game giving Xavier the lead by 1 point (61-60) with 43.5 to go.
– This was Tuomi’s third double-double of the season.
– Three Commodore players found double figures including: Marsh (11), Tuomi (10), Rhoads (20).
XAVIER (29-3)
– Xavier is 5-8 all-time in NCAA play and is making its ninth tournament appearance.
– Scoring at 11:46 Xavier went scoreless for the next 3 minutes in the first half without a field goal.
– April Phillips was charged with a technical foul at 9:02 where Vanderbilt converted their two free throws.
– Katie Rutan was the first non starter to score for Xavier in the first half at 5:50
– Xavier used a strong inside attack to score 50 of its 94 points in the paint.
– Xavier leads the battle on the board with 24 rebounds to Vanderbilt’s 19. Xavier was able to score 14 points off 2nd chance points in the paint.
– Vanderbilt lead the entire 1st half until Tashia Phillips scored at 25 points with 3:08 left to play.
– Xavier was able to score 10 points off turnovers in the first half.
– Xavier struggled with 3 point field goals attempts hitting only 1 out of 10 in the first half.
– Xavier was able to hold Vanderbilt scoreless from 4:43 to 22.6 second remaining in the 1st half were the game then entered the half at a 27 point tie.
– Ta’Shia Phillips lead Xavier in scoring in the first half with 9 points and 10 rebounds.
– Katie Rutan struggled with 3 point field goals in the game until making two in a row with 3:50 to play in the 2nd half. She finished the game with 3 threes.
– Xavier was down by as many as 10 points with 9:17 left to play.
– Amber Harris lead Xavier to a 1 point lead which was their first lead of the 2nd half with 43.5 left to go.
– Amber Harris scored with 12.3 seconds remaining in the game which proved to be enough to carry Xavier to a 1 point lead over Vanderbilt.
– Ta’Shia Phillips finished the game with her 22nd double-double of the season and 54th of her career (15pts and 17 Reb). Phillips finished only 1 rebound short of her previous mark (3/21/09)
– Xavier’s 41 rebounds breaks Sunday’s post season record of 21 for most rebounds in a game.
– Xavier turned 16 turnovers into 18 points
– XU finished with 9 steals
– Xavier used a strong inside attacked to score 44 of its 63 points in the paint.
– This is Xavier’s second time in school history that they have advanced to the Sweet 16.
– Harris (21), Phillips (15), Jernigan (10), and Rutan (11) all hit double figures for Xavier.
