| NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana seniors Denzell Erves and Wanto
Joseph received honorable mention on the All-Louisiana collegiate men's
basketball team announced late Saturday. Erves, a 6-foot-7 forward from Vicksburg, Miss., and a graduate of Vicksburg High School, averaged 13.7 points, 9.3 rebounds and 1.3 blocked shots per game this season and ranked third in NAIA Division I with 17 double-doubles. He became XU's career leader with 132 blocked shots — Louis Williams (1979-82) held the previous mark of 130 — and was No. 4 with 762 career rebounds. Erves was a third-team NAIA Division I All-American this season and was All-Gulf Coast Athletic Conference twice. |
 Denzell Erves |  Wanto Joseph |
Joseph, a 5-9 guard from New Orleans a graduate of O. Perry Walker High School, averaged 16.2 points, 3.6 rebounds, six assists and 1.9 steals per game and was All-GCAC. He was one of four NAIA Division I players this season, one of three Louisiana men's players in the last 10 seasons and the second in Xavier history to reach 500 points and 175 assists in a season.
Both Erves and Joseph reached 1,000 career points in the regular-season finale against city rival Dillard. Joseph finished with 1,041 points, and Erves scored 1,031.
Xavier had no representatives on the All-Louisiana women's basketball team, but the Gold Nuggets' Bo Browder was the runner-up to LSU's Nikki Caldwell in voting for Coach of the Year. Out of 32 votes cast, Caldwell received 12 and Browder eight. Nicholls State's DoBee Plaisance was third with four votes.
A Louisiana Sports Writers Association panel of sports information directors and media members selected the All-Louisiana teams.
By Ed Cassiere, SIDXAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA
XULAATHLETICS
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