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No. 15 Xavier hands URI first home loss (AP) (sports.yahoo.com)

Derrick Brown had 12 points and eight rebounds to help No. 15 Xavier hold off Rhode Island 67-65 Thursday night. C.J. Anderson had seven rebounds, and scored nine of his 11 points in the first 3:55 of the second half for the Musketeers (14-2, 3-0 At1antic 10). Rhode Island (11-6, 0-2) got 19 points from Jimmy Baron in the loss.