XU's Coleman earns NAIA All-America honorable mention

Sydney Coleman

NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana's Sydney Coleman received honorable mention on the NAIA Division I Men's Basketball All-America Team announced Wednesday.
   
Coleman is a 6-foot-7 forward from Meridian, Miss., and a graduate of Meridian High School. The only Gold Rush player to start in all 32 games in 2013-14, Coleman averaged 12.9 points per game and led the team with 7.6 rebounds, 30.5 minutes, a .543 field-goal percentage, 24 double-figure scoring games and seven double-figure rebounding games. He became the third player in Gold Rush history to reach 400 points and 200 rebounds while shooting 50 percent from the floor and 75 percent from the line in the same season. Coleman also became the only Xavier newcomer since 2003-04 to score in double figures in the first seven games of a season.
   
Coleman helped the Gold Rush finish 23-9, win the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference regular-season championship and qualify for the Buffalo Funds-NAIA Division I National Championship. He was All-GCAC. 

By Ed Cassiere, Sports Information Director
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