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Saint Joseph's has been so hot of late that it was going to take a superlative performance to stop their six game winning streak. Enter Shawn James. The Duquesne forward recorded a triple-double and the Dukes knocked off the Hawks 102-88 to create more uncertainty in the Atlantic 10. James scored 17 points, grabbed 11 rebounds and blocked an amazing 10 shots to record the first triple-double in Duquesne history. As strong as James played, however, he must share credit for the victory with coach Ron Everhart. The Hawks were coming off an emotional game Monday against Villanova and were without Ahmed Nivins, who hurt his ankle in the win. Everhart had his team in attack mode from the tip, pressing and making St. Joe's work harder than they might have liked during their second game in three nights.
The loss knocks St. Joe's out of a tie for first with Xavier in the league in advance of their game on Sunday. It also comes on the latest night to illustrate how tight the league race is going to be in the A-10. Dayton returned to the win column with a 69-64 home win over Charlotte. The Flyers won despite playing poorly once again. They were bailed out by nine late points from Brian Roberts and a miserable shooting night from Leemire Goldwire.
If Xavier wins tonight, they'll still be three games back of the Musketeers, and will be a game behind the surprising Richmond Spiders no matter what. Richmond beat Temple, winners of five of six entering play, 64-58 and, at 5-3, are ahead of teams with far loftier aspirations for the season. There doesn't need to be any more ink spilled about how good the A-10 is this season but teams like Duquesne and Richmond, who would be leading in several other decent conferences, makes me mention it one more time.
Neither one is going to make the NCAA field unless they win the conference tournament but they are going to have a big impact on who does dance. If Dayton, UMass and St. Joe's can't handle them, it's very hard to recommend them for the postseason but if they do, look out because you'll have teams that have been put through the wringer and look all the better for it.
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