Prior to the men’s game with Dayton, I was wondering if the men’s and women’s team had ever beaten ranked teams on the same day. The SLU women were up by three against 17th ranked Xavier with time running out. But it fell apart at the end, with SLU missing free throws and Xavier making shots, getting rebounds and getting fouled and making free throws. The Musketeers won 70-67. SLU is 5-7 in league play and is tied for eighth with Dayton.

“It’s devastating,” SLU coach Shimmy Gray-Miller said. “It’s devastating, especially when you feel that in
your heart you deserve to win a game. It’s absolutely heart-breaking.”

Gray-Miller was more than a bit miffed with some of the officiating, as Nate Latsch details in his report on the game. Gray-Miller thought several things went against her team in the final 2 minutes.

“I thought Amanda boxed the kid out on the free throw and I thought the kid went over Amanda’s back for the putback on the free throw that they did not call,” Gray-Miller said. “I thought that Goody (Alisha Goodwin) did a great job of going for a loose ball the way that she’s been taught and I thought that was a cheap foul that she picked up. I thought that was obviously a turning point in the game because the kid shot the free throws.

“I thought at the end, we executed. They fouled. We made the first free throw as we were supposed to. Theresa was instructed to miss the second one. She did a great job. We put ourselves in position to get the rebound. We did no get the rebound but the kid traveled. I thought the kid traveled and that call was not made. It’s unfortunate, but sometimes you do everything right