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Men's Basketball John Potter, Media Relations Assistant

Swords slice through Dixie, Streak snapped at 13

Box Score

ST. GEORGE – Chaminade did not look like a team that had lost seven games in a row. Behind a career night from Rickey Clayborn and Lee Bailey's last-second lay-in, the Silverswords defeated the Pacific West Conference champs of Dixie State College 73-71 on Saturday inside the Burns Arena.
 
Clayborn scored 24 points and ripped down eight rebounds for Chaminade (10-13, 8-8 PWC). Bailey added 14, including a left-handed scoop shot on the Swords' final possession.
 
Dixie State had its 13-game winning streak snapped to drop to 20-5 on the year and 15-2 in the PacWest. McKay Massey (Payson, UT/Payson) scored all 14 of his team-high points in the second half. His last effort, a 28-foot shot with less than a second on the clock, bounced off the back iron.
 
The Silverswords used a 10-0 run, primarily off lay-ups, early in the first half to open a 14-9 lead and extended the advantage to as many as 13 points at the 8:03 mark using long-range shots. A short rebuttal by the Red Storm put the score in favor of Chaminade at 36-28 at the break.
 
Dixie State whittled away at the Swords' lead over the first 10 minutes of the second half, eventually tying the game at 54-54 with a Griffon Jones (Cheney, WA/Cheney) bucket. CUH center Matt Cousins fouled out with 7:25 remaining and a subsequent 8-0 run put Dixie State ahead 66-63 with 4:21 left.
 
The Swords went back to the outside shot, retying the game with three-ball. Massey countered with an outside shot at the 2:08 mark. But it would be the last points DSC scored.
 
Bennie Murray connected with the equalizer after Chaminade corralled two offensive rebounds after missing from three-range. DSC turned to Jones on the ensuing possession. Held up on the low block, Jones was called for a travel.
 
The Swords took the ball. Clayborn missed a lay-up, but got the offensive board. After a timeout, Bailey drove to the hoop and scored.
 
Chaminade shot 49 percent from the floor and hit eight-of-25 shot from beyond the arc. Dixie State hit 24-of-60 shots (40 percent) and shined from the free throw line (20-22, 90.9 percent).
 
The regular season finale is next Saturday at Grand Canyon, beginning at 6:30 p.m.
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