Xavier Girls Basketball

Xavier - Girls Basketball

Cougars build big lead, hold on to beat Saints

Tue - 14 Jan Written by Mike Condon

Kennedy girls basketball coach Tony Vis didn’t spend much time in the locker room after his team’s 54-46 home win Tuesday night over rival Xavier.

The time for talking will come prior to practice on Wednesday.

Despite sporting 9-2 overall record (4-1 in the Mississippi Valley Conference) and a No. 6 state ranking in Class 5A, Vis was not a happy man after Tuesday’s game.

“We’ve had three straight games of lackluster effort,” he said. “We’ve had lackluster execution and I’m just tired of watching it.”

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No.2 Valley too strong for Saints

Sun - 12 Jan Written by Metro Sports Report

The battle between the No.2 team in Class 5A and the No.5 team in Class 4A was not much of a fight Saturday afternoon.

Madi Agey led a balanced attack with 13 points as West Des Moines Valley bounced Xavier, 55-31, in a Rivalry Saturday game at the U.S. Cellular Center.

Morgan Breitbach scored 10 points for Xavier (6-5). West Des Moines Valley raised its record to 10-0.

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Balanced Warriors stroll by Saints

Thu - 09 Jan Written by Jim Ecker

The Franklin & Hobbs Show had a stronger supporting cast for the Washington girls basketball team Thursday night.

It helped immensely.

Twelve players scored points for the Warriors as they bumped off the Xavier Saints, 69-47, in a Mississippi Valley Conference game at Washington.

Dani Franklin netted 22 points and Aleena Hobbs had 15, but the Warriors got another 32 points from the rest of the club to win easily.

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No.4 Saints trimmed by Assumption

Sat - 04 Jan Written by Tom Fruehling

Facing a Murderer's Row of top-ranked Class 5A teams over the next 14 days, the Xavier girls were hoping to gain a little confidence by playing someone their own size Saturday afternoon at home.

And if the Class 4A fourth-ranked Saints had played sixth-ranked Assumption the whole game the way they played the final four minutes, their self-esteem would be sky high.

Down 36-23 with 4:14 to go, Xavier cut the lead to four and had the ball under its own basket with 34 seconds left. An inbound pass sailed away, however, and the visiting Knights squeaked out a 42-38 victory.

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Deutmeyer's senior moments lead Saints

Fri - 20 Dec Written by Ryan Suchomel

IOWA CITY - Xavier senior Hayley Deutmeyer eats junk defenses for breakfast and freshmen defenders for lunch.

Deutmeyer scored 20 points and helped rally Class 4A No. 4 Xavier to a 49-46 win over Iowa City West Friday in Iowa City.

"We found Deutmeyer in a mismatch," Xavier Coach Tom Lilly said. "They tried to play a little face-guard junk defense with their freshman (Regan Steigleder). We recognized it.

"A senior should be able to take advantage of a height mismatch, as well as a senior versus a freshman."

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