Feb. 27, 2013

No. 18 SAINT LOUIS 70, SAINT JOSEPH'S 53 | SAINT LOUIS HIGHLIGHTS

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Dwayne Evans had 21 points, 12 rebounds and three blocks in perhaps his most complete effort of the season, helping No. 18 Saint Louis run its winning streak to 10 games with a 70-53 victory over Saint Joseph's on Wednesday night.

Rob Loe had 11 points and six rebounds and Mike McCall Jr. contributed 10 points, five assists and four rebounds for the balanced Billikens (22-5, 11-2 Atlantic 10), who held Saint Joseph's (15-11, 6-7) to a season-worst 32.7 percent shooting.

Saint Louis cracked the Top 25 this week for the first time this season after beating a pair of ranked opponents on the road. The Billikens have won by double digits eight times during their winning streak.

Ronald Roberts had a season-best 25 points with three dunks for Saint Joseph's.



DAYTON 88, CHARLOTTE 67 | DAYTON POSTGAME | CHARLOTTE POSTGAME/HIGHLIGHTS

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Devin Oliver had 16 points and 11 rebounds off the bench as Dayton won its first Atlantic 10 Conference road game 88-67 at Charlotte Wednesday night.

Dayton (15-12, 5-8) had been winless in six A10 road games. Josh Benson and Kevin Dillard added 15 points each, Vee Sanford had 13 and Dyshawn Pierre had 12 for the Flyers.

Dayton entered making a conference-leading 46.4 percent from the field in A10 games, and drained 61.7 percent (29 of 47) Wednesday, including 6 of 15 from 3-point range.

The loss was the third straight for Charlotte (18-9, 6-7). Darion Clark paced the 49ers with 17 points and Terrence Williams added 15 off the bench.

Charlotte led 34-29 at halftime, but Dayton shot 66.7 percent (18 of 27) in the second half and outscored the 49ers 59-33.

Charlotte shot 37 percent (10 of 27) after halftime, whiffing on all eight 3-point tries.

RICHMOND 73, GEORGE WASHINGTON 64 | RICHMOND POSTGAME | LONGERGAN POSTGAME AUDIO

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Alonzo Nelson-Ododa made a go-ahead 3-pointer for his only basket of the night with 6:48 to play and Richmond rallied for a 73-64 victory against George Washington Wednesday night.

Cedric Lindsay scored 19 points and Greg Robbins had 15 for the Spiders (17-11, 7-6 Atlantic 10 Conference), who trailed by as many as nine in the second half. Robbins' three-point play pulled them even with 7:13 to play, and after Nelson-Ododa's 3-pointer, Robbins hit one to give the Spiders a 61-55 lead.

Kevin Larsen scored 16 and Kethan Savage 12 for the Colonials (12-14, 6-7).

The victory gave Richmond its first three-game winning streak since early December.

The Spiders trailed 48-39 after George Washington opened the second half on a 12-3 burst, but Robbins scored eight points and Kendall Anthony hit back-to-back 3-pointers for Richmond in a 22-7 run.