CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Willie Clayton scored 14 points as Charlotte held off Xavier 63-57 Wednesday night, snapping the Musketeers' winning streak and handing them their first Atlantic 10 Conference defeat.
The 49ers (16-3, 4-1), who lost 81-61 at league foe Richmond on Saturday, have won five of their past six games.
No. 19 Virginia Commonwealth (4-0) is the only remaining team undefeated in A-10 play.
Trailing 37-36 with 14:44 to go, Clayton made back-to-back layups to spark a 13-2 run. The Musketeers closed the gap to four points twice, but could get no closer. After Brad Redford's jumper made it 61-57 with 8 seconds left, Denzel Ingram hit a pair of free throws 2 seconds later to clinch it.
DeMario Mayfield added 13 points and Chris Braswell and Ingram chipped in 12 apiece for Charlotte.
Semaj Christon, who had 11 first-half points, and Travis Taylor finished with 18 apiece for Xavier (11-7, 4-1).
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Xavier (11-7) | 27 | 30 | 57 |
| Charlotte (16-3) « | 28 | 35 | 63 |
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| Xavier Musketeers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Taylor, F | 25 | 9-16 | 0-1 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 18 |
| J. Martin, F | 24 | 3-8 | 0-1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| J. Robinson, F | 24 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| S. Christon, G | 35 | 8-16 | 2-4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 |
| B. Redford, G | 30 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Davis | 26 | 1-9 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| I. Philmore | 16 | 0-4 | 2-2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| E. Stenger | 14 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| L. Amos | 6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Farr | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 25-68 | 4-9 | 44 | 5 | 27 | 57 | |
| 36.8% | 44.4% | ||||||
| Charlotte 49ers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| W. Clayton, F | 34 | 6-6 | 2-3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| C. Braswell, F | 21 | 4-7 | 3-7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| P. Henry, G | 34 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| D. Ingram, G | 34 | 4-7 | 2-2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| D. Mayfield, G | 34 | 5-12 | 1-4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Clark | 21 | 2-3 | 2-7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| E. Nickerson | 11 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| T. Williams | 5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Thompson | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| I. Benkovic | 2 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 22-44 | 14-29 | 33 | 13 | 15 | 63 | |
| 50% | 48.3% | ||||||
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