Xavier University Athletics
Decade Of Dominance, Game No. 16
10.18.10 | Men's Basketball
Oct. 18, 2010
Over the past three weeks fans were able to vote on what they believed to be the top 10 games of the Decade of Dominance. As part of the celebration leading up to Saturday's Musketeer Madness, games 11 through 16 will be exclusively unveiled at GoXavier.com. One game will be unveiled every day beginning Monday Oct. 18 and concluding prior to the start of festivities on Saturday Oct. 23. The top 10 games of the Decade of Dominance will be announced as part of Musketeer Madness, celebrating the start of the men's and women's basketball seasons.
Today we unveil game No. 16 as voted on by the fans. For an entire list click here.
Game #16
No. 9 Xavier 79
No. 8 Brigham Young 77
Thursday, March 15, 2007
NCAA Tournament First Round
Lexington, Ky.
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No. 9 seed Xavier erased a six-point halftime deficit to defat No. 8 Brigham Young. BYU jumped out to an early 12-4 lead after the first five minutes and led by seven points, 24-17, with 7:47 left in the first half. Xavier got back-to-back 3-pointers from sophomore guard/forward B.J. Raymond that started a 15-6 run, giving XU a 32-30 advantage with under three minutes left before intermission.
BYU answered by scoring the final eight points of the half to take a 38-32 hafltime lead. The Cougars still led by eight points, 55-47, with under 13 minutes left. The Musketeers used a 13-0 run over the next four minutes to take a 60-55 lead with nine minutes left. The run was jump-started by back-to-back 3-pointers from senior forward Justin Doellman and junior guard Drew Lavender. BYU would battle back to tie the score five times after that point, the last tie coming at 75-all with 56 seconds left
Junior forward Josh Duncan played the role of hero when he drove to the basket and scored what proved to be a game-winning layup with 33 seconds left. A pair of free throws by Lavender iced the game at 79-75 with 11 seconds to left. Doellman led Xavier with 23 points to go with five rebounds and two blocks. Lavender contributed 17 points, five assists and four rebounds.
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