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Xavier's Terrell Holloway takes a shot against Dayton on Friday. Holloway finished with a game-high 22 points.

Richmond 77, Massachusetts 72
David Gonzalvez scored 15 points and Richmond held off a frantic late rally by Massachusetts to post a 77-72 victory in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic 10 Conference tournament on Friday night.

Conference player of the year Kevin Anderson and Ryan Butler each hit two free throws in the final 31.2 seconds after the Minutemen twice cut a 17-point lead to four points.

Butler and Kevin Smith finished with 14 points and Anderson and Justin Harper had 13 as the third-seeded Spiders (25-7) advanced to a semifinal showdown against No. 24 Xavier on Saturday at Boardwalk Hall.

The second-seeded Musketeers rallied from a 15-point second-half deficit to beat Ohio rival Dayton 78-73. Xavier beat Richmond 78-76 in double overtime on Feb. 28.

Anthony Gurley matched his career high with 24 points and Ricky Harris had 19 for the 11th-seeded Minutemen (12-20).

Rhode Island 63, Saint Louis 47
Freshman Akeem Richmond hit four 3-pointers early and Rhode Island kept its NCAA tournament hopes alive with its best defensive effort of the season in a 63-47 win over Saint Louis in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic 10 Conference tournament on Friday.

Mitchell had 12 of his 13 points in the 16-1 spurt that gave the fifth-seeded Rams (23-8) the lead for good.

Lamonte Ulmer added 12 of his 16 points in the second half for the Rams, whose previous defensive low was 57 in a season-opening win against Brown.

Rhode Island will play No. 17 Temple (27-5) in the semifinals on Saturday. The top-seeded and two-time defending champion Owls beat St. Bonaventure 69-51 earlier Friday.

Kwamain Mitchell had 18 points for fourth-seeded Saint Louis (20-11), which lost for the third time in 11 games.

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