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No. 17 Xavier Survives 'Street Fight' inCincinnati

Article from: The Washington Post Article date: December 13, 2007

Technical fouls. Injured players helped off the court. Frenzied lead changes in the closing minutes. The crosstown rivalry included everything that has made it famous, except for the big upset.

Derrick Brown took the game firmly into his left shooting hand and scored 11 points in the final seven minutes last night, rallying No. 17 Xavier to a 64-59 victory over Cincinnati that perfectly fit their rough-and-tumble tradition.

"I had to change my way of thinking," said Brown, who asserted himself and finished with a career-high 17 points.

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