MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) — Megan Askew scored a career-high 17 points and No. 4 Xavier held off Middle Tennessee State 65-52 on Thursday night to extend the best start in school history.
Special Jennings added 14 points for the Musketeers (9-0), who have their highest ranking ever for the second straight week. Ty’Shia Phillips picked up her third foul before halftime but still finished with 11 points and 13 rebounds.
Tyeasha Moss and Amber Harris each scored 10 for Xavier.
MTSU freshman Ebony Rowe led the Blue Raiders (6-3) with 13 points, and Jordyn Luffman scored 10.
Phillips, with only three first-half points, scored four of Xavier’s six straight points out of the gate in the second half to give the Musketeers their first double-digit lead, 32-21.
