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CINCINNATI -- No. 17 Xavier got outrebounded for the first time all season and wasted several chances to put the game away, allowing it to come down to a final free throw. Trevon Bluiett made it.Bluiett scored 20 points, including three free throws in the final 19 seconds, and the Musketeers held on for a 69-65 victory over Wake Forest on Saturday night in their annual game dedicated to former coach Skip Prosser .The Musketeers (9-2) led most of the second half but didnt have the game in hand until Bluiett hit one of his two free throws with 2 seconds left. Wake Forest (8-3) missed a pair of 3-point shots that could have tied it before Bluiett got the rebound and was fouled.Something may be off, said point guard Edmond Sumner, who had 17 points and six turnovers. At times you can see were clicking, but its not through a whole half, its in spurts. We still have to figure out whats going on.John Collins had his sixth consecutive double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds, and Bryant Crawford scored 20 points for the Demon Deacons. Wake Forest missed all of its 12 shots from beyond the arc in the second half and finished 5 of 25 on 3-pointers.Were still going to shoot it, coach Danny Manning said. Were going to shoot it 12 times the next game. Normally we make our fair share.There were nine ties and 11 lead changes in a back-and-forth game, with the Musketeers holding a slim lead for most of the second half. Sumner had a bank shot high off the backboard, and J.P. Macura had a steal and layup that made it 66-61 with 1:29 left.Sumner and Bluiett both missed the front end in the bonus before Bluiett finally closed it out from the line.Even when were not on top of our game, we can still close games out, Bluiett said. Its a good feeling for us to know were capable of doing that. We dont want to keep putting ourselves in those situations.OUTREBOUNDEDThe Demon Deacons became the first team to outrebound Xavier this season, getting a 38-37 edge that included 15 offensive rebounds.ARC WOESWake Forest has done much better at shooting the 3 this season, making 38.8 percent before Saturdays game. Theyve been a team of extremes, tough, making 13 twice and five or less four times.We were getting good looks at the basket but the ball wasnt falling, Crawford said. We should have gone inside more, found other ways to score.POLL IMPLICATIONSXavier has won its last two games, including a 77-69 victory over Utah, to stabilize in the poll after dropping because of back-to-back road losses against Baylor and Colorado.BIG PICTUREWake Forest: The Demon Deacons have lost both of their games against ranked teams this season, including 96-77 to Villanova in the Charleston Classic. Theyre 1-12 against ranked teams in last two seasons, including a win over No. 13 Indiana in the Maui Invitational. Their last win on the road over a ranked team was 82-69 at No. 24 North Carolina on Jan. 20, 2010.Xavier: The Musketeers soft passes led to repeated turnovers that played into Wake Forests hands. Xavier had 10 turnovers in the first half and 15 overall.That was just us doing careless stuff, like me traveling two times, Sumner said. It wasnt because of the pressure.UP NEXTWake Forest returns home and finished non-conference play against LSU on Thursday. The Demon Deacons won in Baton Rouge 77-71 last season.Xavier hosts Eastern Washington on Tuesday before opening Big East play by hosting Providence on Dec. 28.---More AP college basketball: http://collegebasketball.ap.org Roger Staubach Cowboys Jersey . James, who turned 29 on Monday, injured his groin Friday during the Heats overtime loss at Sacramento. 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Argentina coach Daniel Hourcade has urged World Rugby to end misuse of the residency rule that allows Test sides to naturalise overseas-born stars.Global governing body World Rugby has launched a review into the three-year residency qualification period for a nation to select a player born abroad.Argentina were the only nation at Rugby World Cup 2015 without any foreign-born players in their squad.World Rugbys new vice president and former Argentina scrum-half Agustin Pichot has been a vocal supporter of extending the residency eligibility period to five years -- and Pumas boss Hourcade endorses those views.I agree with him, with Gus [Pichot], we dont suffer that situation so its difficult to talk about it for us, because we never have players born in other countries in our team, said Hourcade.If players qualify on residency there should be a strong relation between the player and the country. There should not be any misuse by the country for their own advantage.We have seen that from one World Cup to another World Cup, players representing different countries. They have to show there is a strong relation between that player and that country to be selected.Its difficult to understand that some countries with one million players have to go after players from other countries.At World Cup 2015 some 135 players represented nations other than the country of their birth, almost 22 percent of the players in the competition.All the home nations have profited from the current residency rules, with Ireland perhaps the most open about identifying project players for their four provinces.Hourcade believes extending the residency period to five years could also stop Argentina losing young stars to other nations. Sergio Parisse was born in Argentina but ended up scaling the world games heights with Italy, but Hourcade believes the Pumas have plenty of plans in place to keep their top stars on home soil.Argentina only consider players with their Super Rugby franchise the Jaguares for Test selection, effectively ignoring several high-profile stars plying their club trade in Europe.ddddddddddddHourcade said Argentina also harbour the long-term goal of securing a second Super Rugby franchise.Its happened to us, its happened to us before, with Italy, said Hourcade of Argentina losing potential Pumas players in the past.But on the other hand we werent able to offer anything to them back then. We didnt have a good tournament in relation to the country.Now we have the Rugby Championship, the Jaguares franchise, a good tournament where they can play. And we are thinking about having another franchise in the future. If we can get it or not is another matter, but thats the idea.Argentina and Australia will contest the first Rugby Championship match staged in the northern hemisphere at Twickenham on Saturday.The Pumas are itching to claim a victory to close the tournament and reach their target of two wins for the competition.Fly-half Nicolas Sanchez and wing Manuel Montero will face late fitness tests ahead of the milestone match in London.We will give them every chance to prove their fitness, said Hourcade. We take the invitation to play at Twickenham as an honour, and its something very important for our players.The fact that we are not playing at home probably generates something that is not so strong for the team, but on the other hand its very important to play at Twickenham in this type of game.Argentina team to face Australia: Tuculet, Moroni, Orlando, Gonzalez Iglesias, Montero, Sanchez, Landajo; L Noguera, Creevy (C), Herrera, Petti, Alemanno, Matera, Ortega Desio, Senatore.Replacements: Montoya, Garcia Botta, Pieretto, Kremer, Cubelli, Leguizamon, De La Fuente/Ascarate, Moyano/ Amorosino. ' ' '