Anderson carries Richmond over No. 17 Xavier

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03/07/2009 - Richmond, VA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kevin Anderson tallied a career-best 29 points and Justin Harper added 20 as the Richmond Spiders held off the 17th-ranked Xavier Musketeers, 80-75, at the Robins Center to close out the regular season.

Richmond (17-14, 9-7 Atlantic 10) posted just its third win over Xavier in 13 all-time meetings.

B.J. Raymond led the Musketeers (24-6, 12-4) with 17 points and nine boards, and Derrick Brown posted 16 points and seven rebounds. Xavier, which had a three-game winning streak broken, had already locked up the No. 1 seed for the conference tournament with a win Thursday over Dayton.

The first-half belonged to the home team, as the Spiders took a 7-4 lead at the 17:40 mark and led the rest of the half. Richmond led by as many as 10 points three times and hit halftime with a 45-37 advantage.

Richmond led 50-42 with 17 minutes to play in the game, but Xavier closed the gap to 54-51 on a Brown layup. Brown came back with a jumper at the 12:43 mark to make the score 54-53.

The Spiders built back the lead to 64-55 with 8:39 to go on a David Gonzalvez layup.

Raymond nailed a trey with 3:26 to play to make the score 75-69. After a pair of Xavier free-throws and a Terrell Holloway bucket, Richmond's lead was down to 75-73 with 1:21 remaining.

Down the stretch Richmond made five from the charity stripe to Xavier's two as the home team survived.

Game Notes

Jarhon Giddings added 12 points for the Spiders. The Musketeers got 10 points from Jason Love. The Musketeers are 5-1 on the Spiders' home floor. Richmond has come on strong down the stretch, posting wins in five of its last six outings.

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