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Smith can’t pull upset, beaten by untouchable NYU in Div. 3 women’s basketball title game
Smith College’s quest for its first national basketball championship fell one game shy on Saturday night. New York University completed an undefeated season with a 51-41 victory over the Pioneers in the Division 3 women’s title game in Columbus, Ohio.
The top-ranked Violets (31-0) won their six tournament games by an average of 21 points, including a 15-point semifinal victory over previously undefeated Transylvania, the defending national champion. Only two of their 31 victories were decided by fewer than 10.
Smith (30-4), playing in its second straight final four, never led, but hung tough for most of its first national title game.
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