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Rush win on road with another second-half comeback
January 7, 2013
Box score
TALLADEGA, Ala. — Wanto Joseph scored 18 of his
25 points in the second half Monday to rally NAIA No. 16 Xavier University of
Louisiana to a 70-66 Gulf Coast Athletic Conference men's basketball victory
against Talladega.
The Gold Rush (14-3 overall, 2-0 GCAC) won a conference
road game for the second time in three days after trailing by four at halftime.
It was Xavier's third consecutive victory and its eighth in nine road games this season.
It was the third time this season that Joseph scored 25
or more points. The 5-foot-9 senior guard has scored in double figures in
every game this season.
Xavier outscored the Tornadoes (6-6, 1-1) 35-27 in the
second half after trailing 39-35 at halftime. Talladega's biggest first-half
lead was 12 points.
"I don't care what Talladega's record is. They're a
very good team with good size," XU coach Dannton Jackson said. "Our guys are
trying to get better. We grew up a little tonight. It was standing-room-only
in a small gym. Talladega's band was behind our bench. It was a loud and
festive atmosphere."
Anthony Simmons scored 13 points for the Gold Rush,
and Renard Smith had 12 points, a career-high-tying six rebounds and a
career-best five assists. Denzell Erves missed his fourth consecutive double-double
but finished with nine points and nine rebounds.
Darrion Booker and Jimmie Davis each scored 18 points for
Talladega, which won 84-64 at home against the Gold Rush a year ago.
Xavier outshout Talladega 67 to 30 percent from the
floor in the second half. "We got some big stops down the stretch," Jackson
said. "Our defense did a good job locating shooters."
For the game, Xavier shot 46 percent from the floor,
66.7 percent from the line (20-of-30) and committed 18 turnovers. The Gold
Rush made four 3-pointers. Each team grabbed 32 rebounds.
The Gold Rush share first place in the GCAC with
Philander Smith, an 84-81 winner in double overtime at home against Tougaloo.
Xavier's next game will start at 5 p.m. Saturday against Tougaloo at XU's new
Convocation Center. It will be the first Gold Rush home game in more than a month.
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The Xavier Gold Rush and Gold Nuggets compete in Division I of the NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) as a member of the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (GCAC).
Xavier fields men's teams in basketball, cross country, tennis and track and field and women's teams in basketball, cross country, tennis, track and field and volleyball.
Department of Intercollegiate Athletics
Xavier University of Louisiana
1 Drexel Drive
Campus Box 92
New Orleans, LA 70125
(504) 520-7329 phone
(504) 520-7934 fax
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