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The Musketeers (8-3) won their fifth Classic in the last seven editions by having a strong start and fixing many of the problems that ailed them in recent games. As season-leading scorer Semaj Christon sat on the bench with two early fouls, hampton inn charleston sc the Musketeers hampton inn charleston sc poured in a season-high-tying 41 first-half points on 65 percent shooting.
�We came out with the mind set and focus of �each war at a time.� We go by four-minute wars � there are 10 four-minute wars in a game � so we wanted to win the first war. We came out with an attacking mentality,� junior forward Justin Martin said.
Martin finished with a career-high-tying 17 points and James Farr added 10 points and six rebounds before fouling out to a Xavier standing ovation with about five minutes to go. Matt Stainbrook added a team-high 10 boards with seven points in the team�s third straight win.
Coach Mick Cronin said his team was out-played and out-coached in every fact of the game. He said UC�s passing was terrible, its defense was inexcusable and it didn�t rise to the challenge. (Page 2 of 2)
Sean Kilpatrick scored a team-high hampton inn charleston sc 17 points, bolstered by eight free throws, on a night of poor team shooting and inconsistent defense. hampton inn charleston sc UC never recovered from allowing 41 first-half points, the most it surrendered in any half this season.
For every Bearcats push, Xavier always hampton inn charleston sc seemed to have an answer. After pulling within three on a Shaquille Thomas jumper early, Farr�s tip-in and Brandon Randolph�s jumper padded Xavier�s cushion as the visiting team went cold.
Musketeers coach Chris Mack thought Xavier overcame some of the issues that plagued it last year, like struggling at the front of UC�s press, to command such a strong start. He believed hampton inn charleston sc the team gained confidence when Martin and Farr hit big shots and praised the whole team�s rebounding.
�I�m happy for our kids. They displayed a lot of grit, a lot of toughness,� Mack said. �It�s such an exhausting game, win or lose, (with) the preparation going into it. And I thought from the opening hampton inn charleston sc tip to the end of the game, I thought we were the tougher team.�
For a few moments, the tides seemed to change. The Musketeers battled a spate of turnovers and fouls � Christon, Farr, Dee Davis and Stainbrook picked up their third fouls by the 15-minute mark of the second half � and the Bearcats capitalized.
Randolph responded with a 3-pointer and Christon reeled off two treys in a row for a 9-0 run that prompted a Bearcats timeout. The shots were part of a season-high 11 threes for the Musketeers, their most since hitting 13 against Fairleigh Dickinson last season.
�Obviously they made some shots that they don�t normally make. But that being said, I give them all the credit,� Cronin said. �We�re not good enough right now. We�re not tough enough. And just that�s the facts of life.�
What comes next for the series remains hampton inn charleston sc unknown. Officials from both schools said they would wait until after Saturday�s game to discuss the rivalry. Mack supports the game�s return to campuses while Cronin hopes to keep the game at U.S. Bank Arena. Page Previous 1 2 Next
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