RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Kendall Anthony led five Richmond players in double figures with 16 points to beat Xavier 73-71 Saturday night in an Atlantic 10 Conference showdown.
Alonzo Nelson-Ododa and Darien Brothers scored 13 points apiece, Cedrick Lindsay added 12 and Greg Robbins had 10 for Richmond (14-9, 4-4).
It was a tightly contested match consisting of 15 lead changes, nine ties and neither team having more than a single-digit advantage in the second half.
Lindsay made two free throws for Richmond to cut its deficit to 59-58 with 4:14 left and then Robbins' 3-pointer at the 3:30 mark put the Spiders ahead for good.
Xavier (12-9, 5-3) cut the lead to one, 68-67, behind Dee Davis' 3-pointer with 10 seconds left, but Richmond made 5 of 6 free throws the rest of the way to hold off the Musketeers.
Travis Taylor led Xavier with 24 points and eight rebounds.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Xavier (12-9) | 34 | 37 | 71 |
| Richmond (14-9) « | 35 | 38 | 73 |
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| Xavier Musketeers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Taylor, F | 34 | 9-11 | 6-10 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 24 |
| J. Robinson, F | 30 | 3-4 | 2-2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| J. Martin, F | 21 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| S. Christon, G | 29 | 4-10 | 7-13 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 |
| D. Davis, G | 28 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| I. Philmore | 27 | 4-4 | 2-2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| B. Redford | 25 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| L. Amos | 6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| E. Stenger | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-40 | 20-31 | 27 | 10 | 24 | 71 | |
| 60% | 64.5% | ||||||
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| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Nelson-Ododa, F | 36 | 4-6 | 3-4 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| G. Robbins, F | 34 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 10 |
| D. Taylor, F | 18 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| D. Brothers, G | 34 | 2-9 | 8-9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| C. Lindsay, G | 23 | 2-6 | 7-7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Davis | 21 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| K. Anthony | 18 | 5-8 | 3-4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 16 |
| W. Sparrow | 11 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| T. Allen | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 20-41 | 25-31 | 21 | 13 | 23 | 73 | |
| 48.8% | 80.6% | ||||||
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