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Balanced Xavier Dunks on Duquesne

No. 10 Musketeers stay atop Atlantic 10 with an easy win

By Mitch Pritchard, Newser User

Posted Feb 21, 2008 10:08 PM CST

(Newser) – Duquesne thought pressing No. 10 Xavier would work last night, since its star point guard Drew Lavender was hobbled with a sprained ankle. The Dukes were wrong. The Musketeers got double-doubles by Derrick Brown and C.J. Anderson, and cruised to a 75-48 Atlantic 10... Read full story »

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Balanced Xavier Dunks on Duquesne

No. 10 Musketeers stay atop Atlantic 10 with an easy win

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