Buffalo Funds-NAIA Division I National Championship 2017-18 XULA Schedule Xavier Gold Rush (24-8) vs. 24 wins, 8 losses (13-3 home, 10-5 away, 1-0 neutral) Oklahoma City Stars (23-8) Date Day Opponent Site Time Xavier Gold Rush Men’s Basketball Wednesday, March 14, 2018, 3 p.m. Oct. 27 Fri. #20 St. Thomas (Fla.) Away W, 75-73 No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Mo. Oct. 28 Sat. #14 Florida Memorial Away W, 71-49 0 Rayshawn Mart G 6-3 Fr. Houma, La. Nov. 4 Sat. LeMoyne-Owen Away W,70-69 ot 2 Virgil Davison G 5-8 Jr. Memphis, Tenn. Notable: Nov. 6 Mon. MILES HOME W, 72-59 3 Jeff Dixon G 6-2 Jr. New Orleans, La. Nov. 8 Wed. #2 LSU-Alexandria Away L , 65-92 This is the fourth of 16 first-round games in this 81st annual tournament. DH 4 Khalil McCoy G 6-2 Fr. Suwanee, Ga. Nov. 14 Tue. #16 William Carey Away L , 62-71 After nine consecutive Thursday first-round games from 2005-16, XULA DH 5 Monté Lambert G 6-3 Fr. Bronx, N.Y. Nov. 18 Sat. HUSTON-TILLOTSON (1) HOME W, 82-68 12 Jalen David G/F 6-4 Sr. Mount Vernon, N.Y. opens on Wednesday for the first time since 2004. Nov. 20 Mon. MOBILE HOME W, 73-70 14 Joseph Williams F 6-6 Sr. Memphis, Tenn. XULA seeks its first win at nationals since 2007 and its second since 1973. Nov. 22 Wed. St. Thomas (Texas) Away L , 61-63 Nov. 29 Wed. #2 LSU-ALEXANDRIA HOME L, 65-80 21 Innocent Kukulu G 6-0 So. Staten Island, N.Y. Current losing streak at nationals is eight, the last seven in the first round. DH Dec. 13 Wed. CARVER HOME W, 83-71 24 Elex Carter F 6-7 Sr. LaPlace, La. XU is 11-5 on the road this season (10-5 away, 1-0 neutral) and won eight Dec. 16 Sat. Loyola (N.O.) Away W, 75-70 25 Donovan Armstrong G 5-9 So. Round Rock, Texas W, 73-52 of its last 10 road games. Dec. 17 Sun. VIRGIN ISLANDS (2) DH HOME 30 Rondell Best F 6-7 Sr. Boston, Mass. Dec. 18 Mon. RUST (2) HOME W, 94-71 Series: Oklahoma City leads 1-0 after winning 91-69 on March 15, 2001, DH 32 Galen Smith F 6-8 Fr. Bay St. Louis, Miss. at Tulsa, Okla., in the opening round of NAIA nationals. XULA is 1-6 Dec. 22 Fri. Mobile Away W, 61-49 33 Jerry Gibson F 6-5 So. Alexandria, La. Jan. 8 Mon. • Edward Waters DH Away W, 64-57 all-time vs. Sooner Athletic Conference teams, 0-4 at nationals. XULA’s most Jan. 13 Sat. • Tougaloo DH Away W, 83-72 HEAD COACH: Alfred Williams (Xavier 2008)...eighth season at Xavier, recent meeting with a Sooner team was an 83-68 home loss to Wayland Jan. 15 Mon. • Talladega DH Away W, 69-55 second season as head coach...34-28 at Xavier, 48-45 overall (three seasons) Jan. 17 Wed. #19 WILLIAM CAREY HOME canceled Baptist on November 4, 2016. DH ASSISTANT COACHES: Tyrone Mitchell (Northwestern State 2006), Jan. 20 Sat. • Dillard Away L , 69-70 DH third season; Ryan DeRousselle (Xavier 2011), fifth season How We Got Here: XULA received an at-large bid after finishing Jan. 22 Mon. • Philander Smith Away L , 67-84 DH GRADUATE ASSISTANT: Gary Smith (Xavier 2017) second in the GCAC Tournament (Dillard 86, XULA 71) and sharing the Jan. 24 Wed. LOYOLA (N.O.) HOME W, 82-72 regular-season championship with Dillard . At-large bid for Oklahoma City, Jan. 26 Fri. Jarvis Christian Away W,85-83 ot Jan. 29 Mon. • SUNO HOME W, 90-72 which shared the Sooner regular-season championship with Texas Wesleyan DH Oklahoma City Stars Feb. 5 Mon. • EDWARD WATERS HOME W, 71-61 DH No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown and lost in the semifinals of the conference tournament. Feb. 12 Mon. • SUNO Away W, 78-62 DH 0 William Robinson G 6-3 Jr. Chicago, Ill. Rankings: Oklahoma City was eighth, XULA 25th in the March 7 Feb. 17 Sat. • DILLARD (3) DH HOME L, 65-79 W,60-58 ot 1 Walter Rickett G 6-2 Sr. Dallas, Texas coaches poll. Feb. 19 Mon. • PHILANDER SMITH DH HOME Feb. 24 Sat. • TOUGALOO HOME W, 84-79 2 Jonathan Ellis G 5-7 Sr. Powder Springs, Ga. Seedings: Oklahoma City is No. 2, and XULA is No. 7 in the Naismith DH Feb. 28 Wed. • TALLADEGA DH HOME W, 74-62 3 Ridell Camidge F 6-4 Sr. Wilmington, N.C. Bracket. This is the third straight season that the NAIA Division I men seed March 2 Fri. Edward Waters (4) Neutral W, 68-47 4 Mark Howell G 5-11 Jr. Grand Prairie, Texas March 3 Sat. TALLADEGA (4) HOME W, 79-69 their teams like the women. DH 5 Terence Bonhomme G 6-0 Sr. St. Martinville, La. Collision of Contrasts: XULA ranks seventh in NAIA Division I March 4 Sun. #20 DILLARD (4) HOME L, 71-86 10 Elijah Christman F 6-5 Jr. Justin, Texas in scoring defense (68.0) and fourth in field-goal percentage defense (.400). March 14 Wed. #8 Oklahoma City Neutral 3 p.m. 12 Tylar Smith G 5-9 Jr. Garland, Texas Oklahoma City is No. 10 in points per game (89.1) and 15th in field-goal • Gulf Coast Athletic Conference game 20 Curtis Osceola G 6-0 Fr. Anadarko, Okla. DH doubleheader with XULA women (1) Homecoming (2) Xavier Classic percentage (.485). (3) Crosstown Classic presented by Raising Cane’s (4) GCAC Tournament 22 Lou Dunbar G 6-3 Sr. Seabrook, Texas King of Overtime? Sounds about right. In two seasons as XULA’s (5) Buffalo Funds-NAIA Division I National Championship, Kansas City, Mo. 23 Samuel Williams F 6-8 Sr. Reno, Nev. head coach, Alfred Williams is 6-0 in overtime games, 3-0 this season. Call (504) 520-7329 for ticket information or visit xulatix.com 24 Ivan Saicic F 6-7 Sr. Belgrade, Serbia Social media: Twitter twitter.com/xulagold and twitter.com/xugoldrush 32 Ryan Wiley F 6-7 Sr. Arcadia, Calif. Next: The XULA-Oklahoma City winner will play Georgetown (Ky.) or Instagram www.instagram.com/xulagold 34 Eric McCollum C 6-9 Jr. Newburgh, N.Y. Central Baptist in the second round (round of 16) at 9 a.m. Friday. Facebook www.facebook.com/xulagold HEAD COACH: Vinay Patel (Texas Tech 2005), 59-30 in third season 2017-18 XULA Statistics ASSISTANT COACHES: Ryan Litzinger, Dylan Lemley, Jarrod Kruger # 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 2 Virgil Davison 30 22 756 25.2 129 336 .384 88 206 .427 86 121 .711 13 45 58 1.9 68 48 76 2 27 432 14.4 12 Jalen David 32 23 866 27.1 149 307 .485 21 69 .304 69 122 .566 29 139 168 5.3 87 50 74 10 33 388 12.1 GCAC Tournament 3 Jeff Dixon 32 32 955 29.8 127 289 .439 34 114 .298 69 84 .821 9 111 120 3.8 73 188 61 10 32 357 11.2 First Round — Friday, March 2 at Dillard 0 Rayshawn Mart 32 26 969 30.3 123 233 .528 8 35 .229 95 139 .683 68 93 161 5.0 75 51 47 8 38 349 10.9 14 Joseph Williams 27 25 612 22.7 82 144 .569 0 1 .000 37 80 .463 52 97 149 5.5 76 14 52 49 20 201 7.4 #4 Philander Smith 85, #5 Tougaloo 75, OT 23 Mike Williams 13 2 152 11.7 24 57 .421 10 33 .303 7 16 .438 4 13 17 1.3 16 8 9 1 7 65 5.0 #3 Talladega 102, #6 SUNO 72 24 Elex Carter 31 13 486 15.7 51 91 .560 0 0 — 23 49 .469 30 91 121 3.9 88 17 44 35 16 125 4.0 #2 XULA 68, #7 Edward Waters 47 4 Khalil McCoy 19 4 194 10.2 22 52 .423 16 38 .421 12 16 .750 4 19 23 1.2 14 15 19 0 8 72 3.8 Semifinals — Saturday, March 3 at XULA 32 Galen Smith 25 4 319 12.8 33 74 .446 1 3 .333 21 25 .840 24 49 73 2.9 45 14 32 5 6 88 3.5 #1 Dillard 99, #4 Philander Smith 86 13 Timothy Jordan 19 2 202 10.6 17 39 .436 0 0 — 23 34 .676 8 17 25 1.3 32 10 22 4 9 57 3.0 #2 XULA 79, #3 Talladega 69 21 Innocent Kukulu 25 1 245 9.8 23 63 .365 19 56 .339 6 9 .667 1 21 22 0.9 24 9 12 0 8 71 2.8 25 Donovan Armstrong 32 5 515 16.1 24 60 .400 3 13 .231 25 49 .510 14 39 53 1.7 44 51 31 2 14 76 2.4 Championship — Sunday, March 4 at XULA 5 Monte Lambert 11 0 70 6.4 8 17 .471 1 2 .500 7 17 .412 4 7 11 1.0 16 3 6 1 3 24 2.2 #1 Dillard 86, #2 XULA 71 33 Jerry Gibson 18 0 105 5.9 12 26 .462 7 16 .438 3 6 .500 5 19 24 1.3 19 1 4 0 1 34 1.9 Records After Tournament All Games Conference 30 Rondell Best 4 1 16 4.0 1 1 1.000 0 0 — 0 1 .000 1 5 6 1.5 8 3 2 1 0 2 0.5 XULA 24-8 9-3 20 Thomas Ortique 5 0 12 2.5 0 3 .000 0 2 .000 0 0 — 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.0 TEAM 46 55 101 24 Dillard 20-9 9-3 Xavier (N.O.) 32 6475 825 1792 .460 208 588 .354 483 768 .629 312 820 1132 35.4 686 482 518 129 223 2341 73.2 Talladega 20-11 8-4 Opponents 32 6475 713 1783 .400 213 625 .341 536 759 .706 323 795 1118 34.9 660 466 530 113 235 2175 68.0 Philander Smith 15-13 7-5 Double-Figure Scoring Games: Virgil Davison 23, Jalen David 20, Jeff Dixon 19, Rayshawn Mart 18, Joseph Williams 7, Mike Williams 3, Innocent Kukulu 2, Khalil McCoy 2, Tougaloo 15-10 6-6 Donovan Armstrong 1, Elex Carter 1, Timothy Jordan 1, Monte Lambert 1, Galen Smith 1 20-Point Games: Virgil Davison 7, Jalen David 5, Jeff Dixon 2, Rayshawn Mart 2, SUNO 4-19 2-10 Joseph Williams 1 30-Point Games: Jeff Dixon 1 Double-Figure Rebounding Games: Elex Carter 2, Rayshawn Mart 2, Joseph Williams 2, Jalen David 1, Jeff Dixon 1 Edward Waters 8-21 1-11 Double-Figure Assist Games: Jeff Dixon 3, Rayshawn Mart 1 Double-Doubles: Jeff Dixon 3, Rayshawn Mart 3, Jalen David 1 Triple-Doubles: none 2017-18 Individual Superlatives Career Point Highs (XULA games only) XULA Opponent (in parentheses: double-figure point games Points 30, Jeff Dixon vs.