Xavier out plays Dayton

Tonight, Xavier and Dayton played for their bid in the NCAA Tournament. At first, the game was fairly even. Dayton began to extend their lead when they went into half time leading 38-28 over Xavier. Xavier would shortly come back, and make it 70-69 with 5.3 seconds left. UD attempted a fade-away deep two-pointer which was short that was rebounded by Frease and passed to Holloway as the clock ticked to 0.0

Holloway celebrated with Dez Wells and Kenny Frease, because Xavier is now in the NCAA Tournament. Dayton hung their heads low and walked clumsy off the court, because Dayton is not in and will be going to the NIT.

Xavier takes on #2 seed Saint Louis Saturday, March 10th at 3:30 p.m. in the semi-finals. If Xavier wins that game, they will go on to play University of Massachusetts or Saint Bonaventure in the A-10 Championship.

Xavier beat Saint Bonaventure in the regular season while UMass defeated Xavier in regular season play.