X-Women Topple Huskies 74-63

Courtesy The Chronicle Herald

Donisha Young and Ashley Stephen scored 17 points apiece to lead the St. Francis Xavier X-Women to a 74-63 win over the Saint Mary’s Huskies in Atlantic university women’s quarter-final basketball action Friday in St. John’s, N.L.

Young went 8-for-11 from the field while Stephen was 7-for-15 and hauled down 13 rebounds as the third-seeded X-Women advanced to today’s semifinal round, where they’ll meet the second-ranked UNB Varsity Reds.

Kirsten Jones added 12 for St. F.X.

Justine Colley and Susanne Canvin netted 21 each for the No. 6 Huskies.

In a late game Friday, the Memorial Sea-Hawks were playing the Acadia Axewomen, with the winner moving on to play the top-seeded Cape Breton Capers today.