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 No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown Tuesday, December 3, 2013, 7 p.m. Nov. 6 Wed. LSU (1) Away 45-80 0 Sydney Coleman F 6-7 Jr. Meridian, Miss. Men’s Basketball Convocation Center, New Orleans, La. Nov. 9 Sat. ALBANY STATE HOME W, 71-68 DH 2 Anthony Goode G 6-0 Jr. Baltimore, Md. Nov. 11 Mon. Mobile DH Away W, 88-72 Notable: First of two XU home games in three days . Matchup of Nov. 14 Thu. WILEY HOME W, 86-73 3 Chaz Sharp G 6-3 Jr. Baltimore, Md. ranked NAIA Division I teams — XU is 19th, and William Carey is 10th . Nov. 19 Tue. LOYOLA HOME L, 70-74 4 RJ Daniels G/F 6-4 So. New Orleans, La. Nov. 23 Sat. TEXAS COLLEGE (2) HOME W, 83-47 11th-year XU head coach Dannton Jackson is 231-101 and needs four DH 5 Gary Smith G 6-1 So. Sugar Land, Texas victories to set a Gold Rush record for career victories. He would surpass his Nov. 26 Tue. Wiley Away L, 57-66 10 Wesley Pluviose-Philip F 6-7 Fr. Albany, N.Y. Nov. 30 Sat. LeMoyne-Owen Away L, 62-63 predecessor, Dale Valdery, who was 234-136 from 1990-2002 . XU has won 34 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 Dec. 3 Tue. WILLIAM CAREY HOME 7 p.m. Dec. 5 Thu. MOBILE HOME 7:30 p.m. 12 Xavier Rogers G 6-2 Sr. Denton, Texas Sydney Coleman and Morris Wright lead XU with seven games of 10 or more DH Dec. 14 Sat. 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 and Dec. 17 Tue. Spring Hill Away 7 p.m. 24 Olivier Siewe F 6-5 Sr. Douala, Cameroon teammate Jarvis Thibodeaux are preseason All-Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Dec. 19 Thu. Faulkner Away 6 p.m. 25 Jarvis Thibodeaux F 6-8 So. Houston, Texas selections . Coleman had three consecutive double-doubles in November. Dec. 30 Mon. Belhaven Away 2 p.m. 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 Jan. 4 Sat. • Fisk DH Away 5 p.m. Jan. 6 Mon. • Voorhees Away 7:30 p.m. EST first of two meetings this season. Here’s a recap of the 2012-13 games: DH HEAD COACH: Dannton Jackson (Xavier 1992 and 1996) . Jan. 11 Sat. • SUNO HOME 5 p.m. Date Site Winner XU High Scorer Carey High Scorer DH 231-101 in 11th season at Xavier Jan. 13 Mon. SPRING HILL HOME 7 p.m. Nov. 19, 2012 (Mon.) Convocation Center Carey, 78-68 18-Wanto Joseph 34-Guy Payne ASSISTANT COACH: Alfred Williams (Xavier 2008), fifth season Jan. 18 Sat. • EDWARD WATERS HOME 5 p.m. Dec. 18, 2012 (Tue.) Hattiesburg, Miss. Carey 72-71 22-Denzell Erves 17-Jeremiah Dunnings DH GRADUATE ASSISTANT: Landon Bussie (Xavier 2011), fourth season Jan. 20 Mon. • TALLADEGA HOME 5:30 p.m. XU’s most recent victory was 63-47 at The Barn on January 20, 2012. The DH STUDENT ASSISTANTS: Keenan Gay, first season; Jan. 25 Sat. • DILLARD (3) DH HOME 7 p.m. teams also will meet February 11 at William Carey. Jan. 28 Tue. BELHAVEN HOME 7 p.m. Nick Haywood, first season Rankings: Current streak of appearances in the NAIA Division I coaches Feb. 1 Sat. • Tougaloo DH Away 5 p.m. Feb. 3 Mon. • Philander Smith Away 7:30 p.m. poll: 25 for XU, 13 for William Carey . XU has 38th appearances in the last 39 DH William Carey Crusaders Feb. 8 Sat. • SUNO Away 5 p.m. polls . The next poll will be announced December 10 . XU was second in the DH No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown Feb. 11 Tue. William Carey Away 7:30 p.m. GCAC preseason coaches poll. DH Feb. 17 Mon. • PHILANDER SMITH HOME 7:30 p.m. 1 Sharod Smith G 6-3 Jr. Meridian, Miss. Most Recently: XU got a career-high 18 points from RJ Daniels in a DH Feb. 22 Sat. • TOUGALOO (4) HOME 5 p.m. 2 LaSheddrick Edmondson G 5-9 So. Anniston, Ala. 63-62 loss Saturday at LeMoyne-Owen . William Carey lost 99-54 at DH March 1 Sat. • Dillard DH Away 5 p.m. 3 Donovan Walker G/F 6-4 Sr. Meridian, Miss. Southern Miss in a November 24 exhibition . William Carey won 99-76 at March 6-9 GCAC TOURNAMENT AT NEW ORLEANS 4 Jake Reed G 6-3 Sr. Brookhaven, Miss. home against Auburn Montgomery on November 23 in its most recent March 19-25 Buffalo Funds-NAIA Division I 10 Daron Bell G/F 6-3 Sr. Waveland, Miss. regular-season game. National Championship at Kansas City, Mo. • GCAC game doubleheader with XU women (1) exhibition 11 Kelvin Nixon G/F 6-2 Sr. Heidelberg, Miss. About the Opponent: William Carey’s leading scorers are DH 12 Stefan Sartori G 6-1 Sr. Belgrade, Serbia Daron Bell (15.8), Jeremiah Dunnings (15.0) and Demarcus Lewis (14.3) . (2) Homecoming (3) Crosstown Classic (4) Senior Day 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.