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Team: Xavier Musketeers
2025-26 Record: 11-19, 4-16 Big East
2025-26 Big East Finish: 11th, which is last, one game behind DePaul.
Final 2025-26 Rankings
NET: #201
Her Hoop Stats: #250
BartTorvik.com: #151
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Postseason? Only losing to St. John’s in the 6/11 game of the first round of the Big East tournament, leaving the Musketeers with eight straight losses to end the season.
Notable Departures: Almost everyone that mattered.
Some of the departures were to be expected, Savannah White and Petra Oborilova were on their fourth season of eligibility. White had a little bit of a question after playing in just six games for Wisconsin as a freshman, but the fact that she was part of the lawsuit against the five years/five seasons rules tells you everything about whether or not she was eligible under the old rules. White led Xavier in rebounding and blocks last season at 7.3 and 1.4 per game respectively and she chipped in 7.0 points per night, too. No, that’s not much, but when your leading scorer is under 15 a game, it’s helpful. White nudged out Oborilova in the starts department, 29 to 28, but Oborilova appeared in all 30 games last season. Even though she played nearly 22 minutes a night, Oborilova didn’t impact the stat sheet much at 4.1 points and 2.5 rebounds per game.
That moves us along to the transfers, and that means we get to talk about the departure of Xavier’s top two scorers from last season. Mariyah Noel got what she was probably looking for when she left Ole Miss after two seasons and less than 320 minutes played in that time. She was Xavier’s #1 option, leading the team in field goal attempts on her way to leading in scoring at 14.9 points per game. She also added 6.3 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game, so that’s a lot of production heading out the door. #2 on the scoring chart was MacKenzie Givens, who departs Cincinnati after two years with the Musketeers. She grabbed up a starting spot six games into the season, and as a starter, Givens…
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