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ALMA MATER
In the Mississippi Valley,
In the Crescent Bend
Stands our loved and noble Xavier,
Far her praises send.
Refrain:
Wave her colors bear them onward
Gold and white so true
Hail to thee, all hail, dear Xavier
Hail, all hail, X.U.!
Xavier, ever be our guide
And lead us on the way,
Through life's journey, onward, upward
To the eternal day. (Refrain)
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NAIA Division I Men's Basketball
Xavier's 25 seasons of 20 or more victories are the most
in the history of Louisiana men's college basketball
Men's Basketball
updated November 18, 2009
Head Coach: Dannton Jackson (seventh season), (504) 520-5448 or djackson@xula.edu
Media Contact: Ed Cassiere, (504) 520-5707 or ecassier@xula.edu
Next:
The Gold Rush will continue its lengthy home stand when it plays
longtime HBCU rival Wiley for homecoming at 2 p.m. Saturday at The Barn.
The women's teams of Xavier and Wiley will meet in the first game of the doubleheader at noon.
The Record:
4 wins, 1 loss in 2009-10. The Gold Rush was 19-12 in 2008-09, including 11-7 in
the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference to tie for fourth place. Conference play will begin January 7.
Most Recently:
Jeremy Mansel and Cordell Hadnot each scored a career-high 14 points, and Xavier shot a season-best
59.2 percent from the floor in a 71-60 victory against Delta State at The Barn. Delta State entered with
a pair of top-25 rankings in NCAA Division II.
story
stats
Summer 2009:
It was a busy time for the Gold Rush:
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Alfred Williams replaced David Egans as assistant coach. Egans is back
in his native California as an assistant coach at West Los Angeles Community College. Both Williams and
Egans are XU graduates and former Gold Rush players.
• Kelechi Okoroha was accepted into Howard University College of Medicine.
• Shaun Dumas had a tryout with the NBA's New Orleans Hornets.
• Coach Dannton Jackson was director of the New Orleans Hornets Summer
Hoops Clinics for the second straight year. Jackson also organized the DJ Augustin Basketball Camp,
the
DJ Augustin Point Guard School and the Brandon Bass Reachback Basketball Camp.
• Xavier and O. Perry Walker High School were co-hosts of the
Super Elite Summer League at The Barn.
Preseason Poll:
GCAC coaches picked the Gold Rush to finish eighth out of 10 teams.
story
Preseason All-GCAC:
No Xavier players made the 10-player team, which was selected by the coaches and announced October 27.
2008-09 Highlights:
• Senior point guard Shaun Dumas made the
NAIA Division I All-America third team for the second time in three seasons.
• Xavier won 68-49 at Alcorn State, an NCAA Division I member, on December 20. Xavier
counted the game as an exhibition, but Alcorn counted the game in its record and statistics.
• 4,321 fans attended the Allstate Sugar Bowl Crosstown Classic, a doubleheader at
New Orleans Arena involving the men's and women's teams of Xavier and Dillard. Attendance was
more than 150 percent higher than the previous season.
• The Gold Rush finished above .500 for the ninth consecutive season.
• Senior forward Kelechi Okoroha was chosen to the ESPN The Magazine Academic
All-District 6 second team in the college division — the only men's or women's basketball
player from an HBCU or the GCAC to be Academic All-District this season — and was the
Heritage Sports Radio Network National Player of the Week in Division II (Feb. 2-8).
• Senior guard Shaun Dumas was a two-time GCAC Player of the Week (Dec. 29-Jan. 4
and Jan. 12-18).
• Shaun Dumas (third time) and Kelechi Okoroha (first time) were chosen
to the coaches' All-GCAC team. Dumas is the fifth Gold Rush player to earn that
distinction three times.
• Shaun Dumas finished as the third player in 27 seasons to lead the
Gold Rush in scoring, assists and steals in the same year.
He averaged 14.7 points, 4.2 assists and 3.2 steals.
Dumas was second in NAIA Division I in steals per game through March 8.
He also tied Merlin Peters' Xavier record of 129 career games played.
• Xavier won on consecutive days to start a season for the first time
since 2003.
• Xavier started 5-0 for the second consecutive year and the fourth time in six seasons.
• Xavier started 6-0 in consecutive seasons for the first time since
doing it three straight times in 1938-39, 1939-40 and 1940-41.
• Xavier allowed less than 60 points in each of its first two games
for the first time since the 1956-57 season.
• The Gold Rush beat Paul Quinn 58-40 on December — Xavier's fewest points
allowed in a game since a 116-27 home victory over Wesley (Miss.) on Nov. 15, 2004.
• Xavier limited Czyz Bennett, a second-team NAIA All-American in
2007-08, to 12 points on 4-of-14 shooting in a 71-49 Gold Rush victory over Texas College on November 22.
• Xavier allowed less than 60 points in five consecutive games (Jan. 17-31) for the first time since the 1992-93 season.
• The Gold Rush played its earliest season opener and provided a thriller
to its fans on Halloween night. Xavier rallied from a 15-point deficit to defeat
Southern Polytechnic 58-55 at The Barn.
Recruiting:
Six have signed for 2009-10:
• Denzell Erves
of Vicksburg, Miss., and Vicksburg High School.
• Wanto Joseph
of New Orleans and O. Perry Walker High School.
• Jeremy Mansel
of Greenville, S.C., and Carolina High School.
• Kevin Miller
of Baton Rouge, La., and Catholic High School.
• Brandon Morris
of Sorrento, La., and St. Amant High School.
• DeRonn Scott
of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., and Etiwanda High School.
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Basketball at The Barn
XU students admitted free with valid student ID
XU men vs. Wiley • 2 p.m. Saturday (homecoming)
LIVE STATS
XU men vs. Concordia (Ala.) • 7 p.m. Monday
LIVE STATS
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The pro players turn
to Coach Jackson
story
Bass: "Dannton is great at what he does."
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Shaun Dumas receives a tryout
with the New Orleans Hornets
See news section for more on XU grad's bid for pro basketball
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The 2009-10 Xavier University of Louisiana men's basketball team.
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Xavier appearances at the
NAIA Division I National Championship
1972 • 1973 • 1981 • 1982
1991 • 1996 • 2001 • 2004
2005 • 2007 • 2008
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2009-10 team members participate in a service project at XU's cafeteria.
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