Saturday, January 28, 2012

On this day in 2006... Xavier gets by a fiesty Dayton team

On this day in 2006, Xavier hosted Dayton in a Atantic 10 showdown at the Cintas Center. Both teams were having average seasons. Xavier was lead by juniors Justin Doleman, Justin Cage and Senior Dedrick Finn. Dayton was lead by Junior Monty Scott, Sophomores Brian Roberts and Norman Plummer.

Dayton was down two with 28 seconds left. Roberts drove down the middle of the lane and missed a runner that would have tied the game. Xavier would go on to beat the Flyers 60-55.

Xavier has beaten the Flyers the last 26 times the two teams have squared off over the last 31 years they have played in the Queen City. If the last two years are any indication ( both four point Xavier Victories), Dayton could end the draught in the Queen City. I remember sitting at Bdubbs in Sidney last year watching the game at Cincinnati and Chris Johnson hit a 3 with less then 3 minutes to go to give UD a 2 point lead. I then texted my friends that night and said, "c'mon one time". However it was not in the cards. Paul Williams missed a 3 from the right corner wih 7 seconds left and Kenny Frease blocked Matt Kavanaugh's put back to preserve Xaviers win. One of these years, UD is going to end the draught, I can sense it.

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