The Gold Nuggets (8-5), winner of their last four games, will play Mobile at 7 p.m. in the Xavier Classic at the Convocation Center. The opening game of the two-day, four-team event will match LSU-Shreveport and Faulkner at 5 p.m.
The Gold Rush (9-4), ranked 25th in NAIA Division I, will travel to Jackson, Miss., to play Belhaven at 2 p.m. at the Blazers' Rugg Arena. The XU men have won four of their last five.
Tuesday's games in the Xavier Classic will match Mobile against LSUS at 3 p.m. and Xavier against Faulkner at 5.
The Gold Nuggets have not played since a 69-22 victory against American-Puerto Rico in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, on Dec. 17. The Gold Rush have not played since a 62-53 loss at NAIA No. 17 Faulkner on Dec. 19.
Both XU teams will open defense of their Gulf Coast Athletic Conference regular-season championships with a doubleheader against Fisk in Nashville, Tenn., on Saturday.
By Ed Cassiere, Sports Information Director
XULAATHLETICS
XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA
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