ADAMS TWP — Lauren Wasylson knows the exact time she decided her future.

“It was 10:22 p.m.,” Wasylson said.

That's when the senior guard/forward on the Mars girls basketball team said the words to a college basketball coach that she had been dreaming about most of her life.

“I want to play the next four years for you,” Wasylson said to Xavier University women's basketball coach Brian Neal. “I want to be a Musketeer.”

Wasylson, who averaged 16 points, 6.2 rebounds and shot 90 percent from the free throw line last winter as a junior for the Planets, received offers from 23 schools — most from Division I programs.

Thursday night she decided on Xavier, which checked off all the boxes in Wasylson's pro column.

The 6-foot swing player will major in business and Xavier has a strong program.

She was also excited by the Musketeers growing profile in the Big East.

Xavier went 12-18 last season, but has a roster loaded with young talent.

Wasylson is hoping to make that roster even more potent.

“Coach Neal said he recruited me to be an impact player,” Wasylson said. “That was very special to me. He told me this is a growing program and he wanted me to be a big part of it.”

Neal also wants Wasylson to play guard.

“That was big for me to be able to go somewhere and play guard,” Wasylson said. “That was important.”

Wasylson has been working all offseason to improve her ball-handling skills.

Always a dangerous shooter and slasher, she said she feels even quicker and more explosive with the ball in her hands.

She has posted videos on social media showcasing her improved skills — and they have been getting noticed.

“The work never stops,” she said. “You're never going to be good enough. You want to take your game as far as you can.”

Wasylson is taking her game five hours away to the suburbs of Cincinnati.

It was also important for her to leave home — but not go too far away so her friends and family could still see her play live.

“I wanted to go somewhere and get a new experience,” she said.

Her experience will be a boon for the Planets this season.

So will not having to worry about the arduous recruiting game.

Since it first started several years ago, Wasylson wanted to make her college decision before her senior year began.

“We start school Aug. 24,” she said, laughing. “So, I got that done.

“I always knew I wanted to commit before my senior year,” she added. “Now I can be relaxed and I won't be stressing about who is watching me. I can just go out and play. It'll be very nice.”

What was stressful for Wasylson was the phone calls she had to make Friday informing the other schools who had offered her that she had picked another.

Duquesne, the University of Richmond, Robert Morris University, Delaware, Providence and St. Bonaventure were also on her short list of possible destinations.

“I made bonds with all of them,” Wasylson said. “It was very hard to tell them no. It was a hard day. It's an awful feeling and I told them I was so sorry. They were happy for me, though. It's just part of the process, the highs and lows of the recruiting process.”

One of the highs in the process for Wasylson was getting to know the coaches at all 23 schools who offered her a scholarship.

She said she will never forget how fortunate she was to be in a position to have so many choices.

“I'm very blessed to have such an opportunity,” Wasylson said. “I've very grateful for all I've been given and for all those schools who recruited me.”