DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - Kevin Dillard scored 17 points and Josh Benson had 16 to lead Dayton to a 70-59 win over Xavier on Saturday.
Dyshawn Pierre and Matt Derenbecker each finished with 10 points for the Flyers (14-11, 4-7 Atlantic 10 Conference), who snapped a two-game losing streak.
Xavier kept the game close midway through the second half, trimming the deficit to 42-39 when Erik Stenger scored on a slam dunk with 11:42 left. But the Musketeers (14-10, 7-4) were unable to pull closer, as Dayton went on a 9-0 run that was capped by Benson's jumper with 9:23 remaining.
The Flyers took their largest lead of the game at 70-56 with 1:23 left on two free throws by Benson, who went 6 of 9 from the floor.
Semaj Christon led Xavier with 17 points but had a game-high five turnovers. Isaiah Stenger scored 12 points and Travis Taylor added 10 points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Xavier (14-10) | 26 | 33 | 59 |
| Dayton (14-11) « | 34 | 36 | 70 |
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| Xavier Musketeers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Taylor, F | 26 | 4-4 | 2-4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| J. Martin, F | 20 | 2-7 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| J. Robinson, C | 26 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| D. Davis, G | 34 | 3-8 | 1-2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| S. Christon, G | 33 | 5-18 | 7-10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| I. Philmore | 27 | 4-6 | 4-5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| B. Redford | 18 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| L. Amos | 13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| E. Stenger | 3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Totals | 20-51 | 16-23 | 28 | 6 | 23 | 59 | |
| 39.2% | 69.6% | ||||||
| Dayton Flyers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Pierre, F | 29 | 3-7 | 4-5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| D. Oliver, F | 24 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| D. Scott, C | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| K. Dillard, G | 38 | 5-12 | 7-7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 17 |
| V. Sanford, G | 25 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Robinson | 27 | 3-7 | 3-3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| J. Benson | 22 | 6-8 | 4-5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16 |
| M. Derenbecker | 21 | 3-4 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| A. Gavrilovic | 11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Vonderhaar | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-46 | 21-24 | 28 | 11 | 21 | 70 | |
| 50% | 87.5% | ||||||
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