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In the Crescent Bend
Stands our loved and noble Xavier,
Far her praises send.
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Gold and white so true
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2009-10 Xavier University of Louisiana Men's Basketball Preview
Gold Rush rebuilds in hopes of more success
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Xavier University of Louisiana will have seven returning lettermen and six freshmen on the 2009-10 men's basketball team — plus the Gold Rush's biggest rebuilding job in four years.
Gone are 61 percent of Xavier's points and 48 percent of the rebounds from this past season, when Xavier was 19-12 and tied for fourth place in the NAIA's Gulf Coast Athletic Conference. Departed players include point guard Shaun Dumas, — who led the Rush in scoring, assists and steals and was third-team NAIA Division I All-America for the second time in three years — and forward Kelechi Okoroha, Xavier's leading rebounder and the school's first ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District selection.
Three starters at the end of 2008-09 — guards Ryan DeRousselle and Michael Harvey and center Cordell Hadnot — are among the Rush's returnees.
DeRousselle, 6 foot 1, averaged 4.8 points, will step in for Dumas at the point and be one of three seniors, along with
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About the Gold Rush
• Head Coach: Dannton Jackson (Xavier 1992 and 1996), seventh season; 134-62 at Xavier and overall
• Assistant Coach: Alfred Williams (Xavier 2008), first season
• 2008-09 Record: 19-12 overall, 11-7 (tied for fourth place) in Gulf Coast Athletic Conference
• 2008-09 Postseason: GCAC Tournament quarterfinalist
• 2008-09 Scoring: offense 65.1 ppg, defense 62.3 ppg
• Leading Returning Scorer: Michael Harvey, 6.3 ppg
• Leading Returning Rebounder: Landon Bussie, 4.5 rpg
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forwards Dannie Woods and Landon Bussie. Harvey, a 6-1 junior, is the leading returning scorer with a 6.3 average and shot 35 percent (29-of-84) during men's college basketball's first season of the extended 3-point line. Hadnot, a 6-7 sophomore, averaged 3.8 points and 3.0 rebounds and started 15 of Xavier's 21 games after Christmas.
Woods, 6-7 and whose 51 career starts are the most among active Gold Rush players, averaged 6.2 points and 4.1 rebounds and missed the final 22 games of 2008-09 because of a knee injury. Bussie, 6-5, averaged 3.3 points and was second in rebounding at 4.5 in his debut season at Xavier.
Two 6-4 guards, junior Devin Andrew and sophomore Jamaan Kenner, also return. Andrew started 17 times and averaged 5.4 points, and Kenner averaged 2.0 points — but in the final six games he averaged 5.2.
The freshmen are 6-7 forward Denzell Erves of Vicksburg, Miss., 5-9 guard Wanto Joseph of New Orleans, 6-3½ forward Jeremy Mansel of Greenville, S.C.,
6-4 guard Kevin Miller of Baton Rouge, La., 6-1 guard Brandon Morris of Sorrento, La., and 6-5 guard DeRonn Scott of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.
Back as head coach will be Dannton Jackson, whose stellar resumé at his alma mater includes a 134-62 record in six seasons, five consecutive 20-game winners, four consecutive appearances in the Buffalo Funds-NAIA Division I National Championship and a share of two GCAC regular-season championships. Defense again could be a strength; the Gold Rush ranked sixth in the nation in scoring defense each of the past two seasons.
The Rush will open its 72nd season on October 31 against Carver Bible at The Barn. It'll be the first of eight consecutive regular-season home games. Xavier will play its GCAC opener January
7 at LSU-Shreveport, the four-time defending GCAC Tournament champion. Two days later the Rush will visit defending GCAC regular-season champion Tougaloo.
This will be the final season of the GCAC’s current 10-team alignment. Five members — Belhaven, Loyola, Mobile, Spring Hill and William Carey — announced September 28 that they will leave the GCAC next summer for another NAIA Division I league, the Southern States Athletic Conference.
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