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Xavier’s women’s basketball team is off to a hot start in Big East play – its best, actually, since joining the league in 2013. The Musketeers (12-2, 3-0 BE) have defeated Georgetown, Villanova and Butler.
Tonight they face Creighton (7-9, 1-3) at 7 p.m. in Omaha. The game will be televised nationally on FOX Sports 1.
The Musketeers are riding a seven-game winning streak, their longest since 2010-11. Huge credit goes to coach Brian Neal for the program’s turn-around, and also to an immensely talented roster led by Raeshaun Gaffney (13.