Xavier University Athletics
Decade of Dominance, Game No. 11
10.23.10 | Men's Basketball
Oct. 23, 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. 11 as voted on by the fans. For an entire list click here.
Game #11
Xavier 63
No. 13 Memphis 58
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Puerto Rico Tip-Off Championship
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Xavier won the championship game of the O'Reilly Auto Parts Puerto Rico Tip-Off with an impressive win over No. 13 Memphis, the defending National Runner-up.
Xavier's defense came up big again, holding a Memphis team that came in averaging 84.2 ppg. to 58 points on 32.7 shooting from the field. Another key was the fact that Xavier handled the Memphis pressure defense, turning the ball over only 11 times.
Xavier led 32-29 at halftime behind 11 points from sophomore Jamel McLean. Freshman Terrell Holloway finished with a game-high 13 points (10-of-10 free throws), while senior B.J. Raymond added 11. Senior C.J. Anderson (10 with seven rebounds) also scored in double figures, while a game-high and career-high 12 rebounds from junior Jason Love helped XU win the rebounding battle, 44-40. Anderson was named the MVP of the tournament.
The game was tied 53-all with under three minutes left. A free throw from Love at 2:50 put XU ahead for good at 54-53. That was followed by a big steal and a conversion at the other end of a three-point play by sophomore Danté Jackson that extended the XU lead to four at 57-53 with 2:25 left. XU free throws helped hold of the Tigers in the closing minutes.
