Thursday, February 19, 2009

Xavier Humbled Again; Duke Wins in NY

For the third time in their last four games, the Xavier Musketeers have fallen to an Atlantic-10 foe, falling, 65-60, at Charlotte, dropping them a game behind the 10-2 Dayton Flyers in the conference standings at 9-3.

With an overall record of 21-5, there's no panic for Xavier securing an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, but their path to an automatic berth looked much better just 12 days ago, before road losses to Duquesne, Dayton and Charlotte.

C.J. Anderson was the only Xavier player to tally double figures, scoring 13. The Musketeers still have opportunities to get back on track with games against St. Joseph's and Dayton still remaining.

Duke Cruises Past St. John's

The Duke Blue Devils opened up an 11-point lead by halftime and coasted to a 76-69 win at St. John's.

Gerald Henerson was the game's high scorer with 19, tallying 11 from the charity stripe. Jon Scheyer had 18, Kyle Singler, 15.

Duke is 21-5 overall and 7-4 in the ACC, but trails 10-2 North Carolina for the conference lead.

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