Gold Rush guard Dumas is GCAC Player of the Week
January 6, 2009

     NEW ORLEANS — Shaun Dumas of Xavier University of Louisiana is the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Player of the Week in men's basketball for Dec. 29-Jan. 4.
     Dumas, a 5-foot-11 senior guard from New Orleans and a 2004 graduate of St. Augustine High School, averaged 17.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists and shot 60.9 percent from the floor, 57.1 percent from 3-point range and 50 percent from the line in two games at the HBCU Classic at Dallas on Dec. 30-31. He had 13 points and a season-high eight rebounds against Paul Quinn in the Gold Rush's first road win of the season, then scored a season-high 22 points, including a season-best three 3-pointers, the next day against Jarvis Christian.
     It is the first GCAC Player of the Week award for Dumas but the latest in his long list of collegiate honors. Dumas was GCAC Freshman of the Year in 2004-05, third-team NAIA Division I All-America and Louisiana Small College Player of the Year in 2006-07 and All-GCAC for the second consecutive year in 2007-08. He received honorable mention on the NAIA All-America team this past season.
     Xavier (8-4) will open its Gulf Coast Athletic Conference schedule at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at LSU-Shreveport (7-5). The next Xavier home game will start at 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 15 against Tougaloo at The Barn.