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| OLIVIER SIEWE (pronounced oh-liv-ee-ay see-way) HOMETOWN: DOUALA, CAMEROON (hometown pronounced doo-all-uh) |
Siewe transferred to Xavier from Southern University of Shreveport, a two-year college, and will be a junior on the Gold Rush roster.
Siewe was a two-year starter at Southern and helped the Port City Jags win Miss-Lou Conference championships and finish second in the Region XXIII playoffs both seasons. Southern was 27-4 in 2010-11 and 22-8 in 2011-12. Siewe averaged 10 points and five rebounds per game this past season and, accoring to coach David Francis, had the school's highest grade-point average.
"Olivier is a good guy. He worked hard for us," Francis said. "He's a good defensive player and a really good student."
Siewe transferred to SUSLA after one season at NCAA Division I Campbell University, where he did not play during a redshirt season. Siewe was first-team all-conference twice at Piney Woods School in Mississippi, where he averaged 19 points, 12 rebounds and 2.5 assists as a senior and 14.5 points and 12.3 rebounds as a junior.
This will be the seventh season of organized basketball for Siewe, 22.
Siewe is a business management major at Xavier. He'll be the first non-U.S. player for the Gold Rush since Nordine Sekour of Marseille, France, in 2004-05.
The Gold Rush have seven signees for 2012-13. Previously signed were guards RJ Daniels of New Orleans, Xavier Rogers of Denton, Texas, Gary Smith of Sugar Land, Texas, and Lucas Martin-Julien of Reserve, La., and forwards John Gibson of Marietta, Ga., and Wesley Pluviose-Philip of Albany, N.Y.
Xavier was 23-9 this past season, shared the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference regular-season championship, qualified for the second straight year for the Buffalo Funds-NAIA Division I National Championship and ranked 24th in the postseason coaches poll. Xavier's 27 seasons of 20 or more victories are the most in the history of Louisiana men's college basketball. The Rush reached the NAIA national tourney six of the past eight seasons.
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| Name | Pos. | Ht. | Wt. | Yr.* | Hometown | High School (College) | |||||||
| RJ Daniels | G | 6-4 | 190 | Fr. | New Orleans, La. | St. Augustine | |||||||
| John Gibson | F | 6-7 | 195 | Fr. | Marietta, Ga. | Walton | |||||||
| Lucas Martin-Julien | G | 6-2 | 187 | Fr. | Reserve, La. | Riverside Academy | |||||||
| Wesley Pluviose-Philip | F | 6-7 | 230 | Fr. | Albany, N.Y. | Albany | |||||||
| Xavier Rogers | G | 6-2 | 175 | Jr. | Denton, Texas | Lake Dallas (Grambling) | |||||||
| Olivier Siewe | F | 6-5 | 210 | Jr. | Douala, Cameroon | Piney Woods (SU-Shreveport JC) | |||||||
| Gary Smith | G | 6-1 | 180 | Fr. | Sugar Land, Texas | The Village School | |||||||
* athletic classification at Xavier in fall of 2012 By Ed Cassiere, Sports Information Director VISIT: XULAATHLETICS VISIT: XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA | |||||||||||||
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