Xavier University Athletics
Decade Of Dominance, Game No. 13
10.21.10 | Men's Basketball
Oct. 21, 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. 13 as voted on by the fans. For an entire list click here.
Game #13
No. 6 Xavier 71
No. 3 Pitt 68
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Milwaukee, Wisc.
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No. 6 seed Xavier defeated No. 3 seed Pittsburgh to advance to the school's fifth Sweet 16 all-time, including its third straight.
Pittsburgh led 18-15 with nine minutes left in the first half before the Musketeers turned up the defense and offense, reeling off a 16-0 run over the next five minutes to take a 31-18 lead with four minutes left in the half. Sophomore Jordan Crawford led the XU run with eight points while junior Danté Jackson hit a pair of three-pointers.
Pitt battled back to close the gap to seven points, 35-28, at halftime.
Xavier led by 13 points, 50-37, with 13:40 left following a Crawford three-pointer. Pitt answered with a 12-0 run over the next five minutes to close within a point, 50-49, with nine minutes left.
Then it was XU's turn for a run, outscoring the Panthers 7-0 on four free throws from senior Jason Love and an old fashioned three-point play from sophomore Terrell Holloway. Xavier led 57-49 with six minutes left.
Pitt managed to close within three points four times down the stretch, including 71-68 with eight seconds left. A last second potential game-tying three-pointer fell short and Xavier had successfully avenged its loss to Pittsburgh in the 2009 NCAA Tournament East Regional Semifinals.
Crawford led all scorers with 27 points on 9-of-15 shooting from the field to go with six rebounds. Love added 14 points and eight rebounds, while Holloway had 13 points.
