Today’s Game: 2013-14 XU Schedule Xavier Gold Rush (5-3) Date Day Opponent Site Time Xavier Gold Rush vs. William Carey Crusaders (4-0) Nov. 1 Fri. CARVER HOME W, 91-67 Nov. 6 Wed. LSU (1) AwayNo. 45-80 Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown Tuesday, December 3, 2013, 7 p.m. Nov. 9 Sat. ALBANY STATE 0 Sydney Coleman F 6-7 Jr. Meridian, Miss. Men’s Basketball Convocation Center, New Orleans, La. DHHOME W, 71-68 Nov. 11 Mon. Mobile DHAway W, 88-72 2 Anthony Goode G 6-0 Jr. Baltimore, Md.  Notable: First of two XU home games in three days . . . MatchupNov. 14 ofThu. WILEY HOME W, 86-73 3 Chaz Sharp G 6-3 Jr. Baltimore, Md. Nov. 19 Tue. LOYOLA HOME L, 70-74 ranked NAIA Division I teams — XU is 19th, and William Carey is 10thNov. 23. . . Sat. TEXAS COLLEGE (2) 4 RJ Daniels G/F 6-4 So. New Orleans, La. 11th-year XU head coach Dannton Jackson is 231-101 and needs four DHHOME W, 83-47 5 Gary Smith G 6-1 So. Sugar Land, Texas Nov. 26 Tue. Wiley Away L, 57-66 victories to set a Gold Rush record for career victories. He would surpassNov. 30 his Sat. LeMoyne-Owen Away L, 62-63 10 Wesley Pluviose-Philip F 6-7 Fr. Albany, N.Y. predecessor, Dale Valdery, who was 234-136 from 1990-2002 . . . XU hasDec. won 3 34 Tue. WILLIAM CAREY HOME 7 p.m. Dec. 5 Thu. MOBILE 11 Lucas Martin-Julien G 6-2 Fr. Reserve, La. of its last 38 non-conference home games and 53 of its last 58 . . . Newcomers DHHOME 7:30 p.m. 12 Xavier Rogers G 6-2 Sr. Denton, Texas Sydney Coleman and Morris Wright lead XU with seven games of 10Dec. or 14 moreSat. Loyola Away 4 p.m. 14 Morris Wright G 5-10 So. Zachary, La. points. Wright has a current streak of five such games . . . Coleman Dec.and 17 Tue. Spring Hill Away 7 p.m. Dec. 19 Thu. Faulkner Away 6 p.m. 24 Olivier Siewe F 6-5 Sr. Douala, Cameroon teammate Jarvis Thibodeaux are preseason All-Gulf Coast Athletic ConferenceDec. 30 Mon. Belhaven Away 2 p.m. Jan. 4 Sat. • Fisk 25 Jarvis Thibodeaux F 6-8 So. Houston, Texas selections . . . Coleman had three consecutive double-doubles in November. 32 Riley Smith F 6-1 Fr. Sacramento, Calif.  Series: XU leads 43-30 and won 13 of the past 17 meetings. This is the DHAway 5 p.m. Jan. 6 Mon. • Voorhees DHAway 7:30 p.m. ESTHEAD COACH: Dannton Jackson (Xavier 1992 and 1996) . . . first of two meetings this season. Here’s a recap of the 2012-13 games:Jan. 11 Sat. • SUNO DHHOME 5 p.m. 231-101 in 11th season at Xavier Date Site Winner XU High Scorer Carey HighJan. Scorer 13 Mon. SPRING HILL HOME 7 p.m. Nov. 19, 2012 (Mon.) Convocation Center Carey, 78-68 18-Wanto Joseph 34-Guy PayneJan. 18 Sat. • EDWARD WATERS ASSISTANT COACH:Alfred Williams (Xavier 2008), fifth season DHHOME 5 p.m. Dec. 18, 2012 (Tue.) Hattiesburg, Miss. Carey 72-71 22-Denzell Erves 17-JeremiahJan. Dunnings 20 Mon. • TALLADEGA GRADUATE ASSISTANT: Landon Bussie (Xavier 2011), fourth season DHHOME 5:30 p.m. Jan. 25 Sat. • DILLARD (3) XU’s most recent victory was 63-47 at The Barn on January 20, 2012. The DHHOME 7 p.m. STUDENT ASSISTANTS: Keenan Gay, first season; teams also will meet February 11 at William Carey. Jan. 28 Tue. BELHAVEN HOME 7 p.m. Nick Haywood, first season Feb. 1 Sat. • Tougaloo  Rankings: Current streak of appearances in the NAIA Division I coaches DHAway 5 p.m. Feb. 3 Mon. • Philander Smith poll: 25 for XU, 13 for William Carey . . . XU has 38th appearances in the last 39 DHAway 7:30 p.m. Feb. 8 Sat. • SUNO William Carey Crusaders polls . . . The next poll will be announced December 10 . . . XU was second in the DHAway 5 p.m. Feb. 11 Tue. William Carey No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown DHAway 7:30 p.m. GCAC preseason coaches poll. Feb. 17 Mon. • PHILANDER SMITH DHHOME 7:30 p.m. 1 Sharod Smith G 6-3 Jr. Meridian, Miss.  Most Recently: XU got a career-high 18 points from RJ DanielsFeb. 22 in aSat. • TOUGALOO (4) DHHOME 5 p.m. 2 LaSheddrick Edmondson G 5-9 So. Anniston, Ala. 63-62 loss Saturday at LeMoyne-Owen . . . William Carey lost 99-54March at 1 Sat. • Dillard DHAway 5 p.m. 3 Donovan Walker G/F 6-4 Sr. Meridian, Miss. Southern Miss in a November 24 exhibition . . . William Carey won 99-76March 6-9at GCAC TOURNAMENT AT NEW ORLEANS March 19-25 4 Jake Reed G 6-3 Sr. Brookhaven, Miss. home against Auburn Montgomery on November 23 in its most recent Buffalo Funds-NAIA Division I National Championship 10 Daron Bell G/F 6-3 Sr. Waveland, Miss. regular-season game. at Kansas City, Mo. • GCAC game 11 Kelvin Nixon G/F 6-2 Sr. Heidelberg, Miss.  About the Opponent: William Carey’s leading scorers are DHdoubleheader with XU women (1) exhibition Daron Bell (15.8), Jeremiah Dunnings (15.0) and Demarcus Lewis (14.3) . . .(2) Homecoming (3) Crosstown Classic (4) Senior Day 12 Stefan Sartori G 6-1 Sr. Belgrade, Serbia 15 Donzedrick Smith G 6-2 Sr. Clinton, Miss. Lewis leads NAIA Division I in field-goal percentage (.778, 21-of-27). If XU scores 100 points  Rank and File: XU beat at least one ranked team from NAIA Division today, fans will receive a 20 Demarcus Lewis F 6-4 Jr. Canton, Miss. I in each of the last nine seasons. XU’s most recent victory against a top-10 coupon for a free McDonald’s 21 Detrick Davis F 6-5 Jr. Waynesboro, Miss. baked apple pie. Coupons 22 Dennan Seal G 5-8 Fr. Picayune, Miss. team was 75-72 in overtime at No. 3 LSU-Shreveport on January 23, 2008. valid from end of game until 6  Next: XU will play Mobile at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Convocation a.m. the next day and ONLY 23 Jeremiah Dunnings G 6-0 Sr. Biloxi, Miss. Center . . . William Carey will play host to SUNO at 7 p.m. next Tuesday. at the McDonald’s at 3443 25 Douglas La Rue F 6-5 Jr. Kennett, Pa. South Carrollton Ave. 33 Guy Payne F 6-6 Sr. Biloxi, Miss. 2013-14 XU Statistics HEAD COACH: Steve Knight (William Carey 1979), 32nd season # Player GP GS MIN AVG FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT R/G PF A TO BLK ST PTS P/G ASSISTANT COACHES: Tracy English, Scotty Fletcher, Eric Burt 0 Sydney Coleman 8 8 222 27.8 46 83 .554 0 0 .000 23 29 .793 27 30 57 7.1 20 11 10 7 12 115 14.4 14 Morris Wright 8 6 237 29.7 40 71 .563 14 31 .452 20 28 .714 1 18 19 2.4 28 28 24 0 13 114 14.3 12 Xavier Rogers 8 6 217 27.1 36 76 .474 13 36 .361 20 24 .833 2 16 18 2.3 21 30 24 3 7 105 13.1 4 RJ Daniels 8 2 156 19.6 32 58 .552 6 13 .462 14 21 .667 11 20 31 3.9 15 11 18 1 2 84 10.5 This Date in Gold Rush History 5 Gary Smith 8 5 169 21.2 11 26 .423 3 5 .600 27 32 .844 3 18 21 2.6 26 21 13 1 13 52 6.5 2 Anthony Goode 8 1 106 13.3 13 26 .500 1 8 .125 7 10 .700 0 12 12 1.5 11 11 4 3 6 34 4.3 December 3, 2010 10 Wesley Pluviose-Philip 8 0 136 17.0 12 23 .522 0 0 .000 7 13 .538 7 31 38 4.8 24 3 16 5 2 31 3.9 XU improved to 9-0 after a 70-63 victory against 24 Olivier Siewe 8 8 182 22.8 8 15 .533 0 0 .000 13 22 .591 13 31 44 5.5 19 4 16 0 7 29 3.6 25 Jarvis Thibodeaux 8 0 73 9.1 8 20 .400 1 2 .500 6 8 .750 4 15 19 2.4 17 1 11 0 1 23 2.9 Talladega at The Barn. Anthony Simmons had 19 points 21 Christian Sampson 7 4 90 12.8 5 20 .250 0 6 .000 8 10 .800 1 7 8 1.1 8 3 13 0 5 18 2.6 and 13 rebounds, Devin Andrew scored 12 points, and 32 Riley Smith 4 0 11 2.7 1 2 .500 0 0 .000 1 2 .500 1 1 2 0.5 1 0 0 0 0 3 0.8 Michael Harvey scored 11, including three 3-pointers. TEAM 11 17 28 4 Xavier 8 1600 212 420 .505 38 101 .376 146 199 .734 81 216 297 37.1 191 123 153 20 68 608 76.0 Opponents 8 1600 158 413 .383 66 172 .384 148 226 .655 79 151 230 28.8 183 100 143 17 78 530 66.3 Hall doors continue to open for former XU coach Hopkins There’s another honor waiting for Bob Hopkins. The head coach of Xavier University of Louisiana’s men’s basketball team from 1969-74 will be inducted Thursday into the SWAC Hall of Fame in Houston. It will be the second honor in two weeks for Hopkins, a standout player at Grambling who entered the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in Kansas City, Mo., on Nov. 24. At least six halls of fame have honored Hopkins, who set an NCAA career record of 3,759 points when he played at Grambling in the 1950s and has been No. 2 on that list for the past 41 seasons. “I never thought about awards when I was playing,” said Hopkins, who turned 79 in November. “I played because I loved the game and I enjoyed it. As you get older, you get a lot more appreciative of the awards given to you.” He was inducted into the NAIA Hall of Fame in 1963, the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in 1978 and, in 2009, the Grambling Legends Hall of Fame and the Jackson Parish Sports Hall of Fame in his hometown of Jonesboro, La. Hopkins’ XU stint was his longest in 17 seasons as a collegiate head coach — he also worked at Prairie View A&M, Alcorn State, Grambling, Southern and Maryland-Eastern Shore — and it was one of his best. He jump-started an XU program which had resumed in 1967 and produced NAIA District 30 championships and appearances in the NAIA National Championship in 1972 and 1973. His 1972-73 team — led by Donald “Slick” Watts and Bruce Seals, both eventual NBA players — upset top-ranked and unbeaten Sam Houston State 67-60 in the second round of the NAIA’s national tournament. Until 2012, the 1972-73 Gold Rush were the only XU team in any sport to reach the NAIA national quarterfinals. XU was 43-11 from 1971-73, won two NAIA District 30 championships “Once I met the vice president (Anthony Rachal) and president (Dr. and won games at the NAIA National Championship both seasons. Norman C. Francis), I was elated,” Hopkins said of his interview with Front row, from left: Donald “Slick” Watts, Sammy Young and Xavier. “They did everything in their power to enhance the program. Greg Berniard. Back row, from left: Bruce Seals, Dan Jackson, They were very supportive. I didn’t even have to negotiate with them. “We had some great teams at Xavier. We won the City Series. James “Shirt” Williams and head coach Bob Hopkins. We beat Tulane, a major D-I at the time. You didn’t need an airplane and a million dollars a year to make a good program.” up a family. I paid $60,000 for my house. It’s worth $1.3 million today.” Hopkins left XU to join his cousin, legendary center Bill Russell, on Hopkins has been married to his wife, Beverly, for nearly 55 years. the staff of the NBA’s Seattle SuperSonics. He was a Sonics assistant for They met at Grambling, where Beverly was a roommate of Hopkins’ three years and head coach for the first 22 games of 1977-78. Although sister. Hopkins and his wife have three daughters, one son and his coaching journey continued, Hopkins didn’t leave Seattle. He bought several grandchildren. a house in suburban Mercer Island, Wash., and still lives in it. “We had a lot of family and friends in Kansas City when I got “I just love it up here,” Hopkins said. “It’s such a great place to bring inducted,” Hopkins said. “It was a wonderful time. We had a lot of fun.”