St. Xavier's Jordan Brandt (12) dribbles around a St. Francis defender. | Allen Cunningham~For Sun-Times Media
St. Xavier's Jordan Brandt (12) hits a pull-up jumper from the top of the key. | Allen Cunningham~For Sun-Times Media
St. Xavier's Romisha Taylor (25) dribbles into the heart of the St. Francis defense. | Allen Cunningham~For Sun-Times Media
St. Xavier's Niara Harris (23) dribbles at the St. Francis defender Alex Brown (13). | Allen Cunningham~For Sun-Times Media
St. Xavier's Morgan Stuut (10) runs into the defense of Marissa Draper along the baseline.| Allen Cunningham~For Sun-Times Media
St. Xavier's Morgan Stuut (10) drives the lane against St. Francis, Sunday, December 16, 2012. | Allen Cunningham~For Sun-Times Media
St. Xavier's Caitlin McMahon (20) gets a hand on the shot of St. Francis's Katie Gonnering (4). | Allen Cunningham~For Sun-Times Media
St. Francis's Khadija Cooley (25) drives into the defense of St. Xavier's Caitlin McMahon. | Allen Cunningham~For Sun-Times Media
St. Francis's Khadija Cooley (25) looks to get a shot off as St. Xavier's Maloree Johnson (11) closes in.| Allen Cunningham~For Sun-Times Media
St. Francis's Katie Gonnering (4) hopes the referee didn't see her tip the ball before it went out of bounds. | Allen Cunningham~For Sun-Times Media
St. Francis's Ashley Teresiak shoots the ball as St. Xavier's Romisha Taylor (25) collides into her. | Allen Cunningham~For Sun-Times Media
It wasn’t surprising that the celebratory voices coming from the St. Francis locker room could be heard down the hallway of the Shannon Center at St. Xavier. St. Francis had overcome an 11-point second-half deficit against the 12th-ranked team in NAIA Division II to earn …
