Xavier women's basketball retained possession of the women's Crosstown Shootout trophy, the Kendle Cup, for a fourth consecutive season.
With the game tied, 41-41, with 9:00 to play in the fourth quarter of Sunday's game at Cintas Center against the Cincinnati Bearcats, redshirt sophomore Kindell Fincher keyed a decisive 10-2 run that put the Musketeers up 51-43.
Fincher scored eight of her team-high 13 points during the 10-2 run and was 3 of 3 from the floor during that stretch, and 2 of 2 from 3-point range.
The Bearcats still had a run left in them to pull within a point at 51-50 with 77 seconds to play, but Xavier held on for the 53-50 victory before a crowd of 1,654.