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| XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUSIANA MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM 2014-15 ROSTER COACHES |
DENMARK, South Carolina -- Sydney Coleman had 17 points and eight rebounds Monday, and NAIA No. 20 Xavier University of Louisiana produced its best field-goal defense of the season in a 73-59 men's basketball victory against Voorhees.
The Gold Rush (16-6, 5-1) have a season-high five-game win streak and won on the road for the second time in three days.
Coleman, an All-GCAC forward last year, was 6-of-9 from the floor and 5-of-7 from the line. It was the 10th time this season he scored in double figures.
Xavier is 4-0 this season when Coleman leads the team in scoring.
The Gold Rush limited the Tigers (8-10, 1-4) to 29.3 percent from the floor, 21.9 percent in the second half. Voorhees was 0-of-8 on 3-pointers after making 2-of-10 in the first half.
RJ Daniels, in his best performance for Xavier since Nov. 14, had 12 points and nine rebounds. Anthony Goode scored 12 points, and Morris Wright and Jarvis Thibodeaux had nine points apiece. Thibodeaux grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds, six offensive, to reach double figures for the fifth time this season.
Jerrod Brown had 26 points and 10 rebounds for Voorhees -- he made 14-of-16 free throws -- and Greg Henry had 12 points and seven rebounds.
For the sixth time this season, Xavier won after trailing at halftime. Voorhees led 31-28 at the break, but the Gold Rush rallied to lead by double digits midway through the second half. Wright's layup gave Xavier a 52-40 advantage with 10:48 remaining.
It was Xavier's eighth double-digit victory of the season and second in conference. The score was the same as the Xavier-at-Voorhees women's game played prior to the men.
Xavier shot 41.5 percent from the floor, 46.4 percent in the second half, and outrebounded Voorhees 40-33. Both teams committed 29 fouls, with Xavier making 25-of-32 free throws to the Tigers' 23-of-32.
Thibodeaux made 7-of-8 free throws, and Goode made 4-of-4. Goode, who ranked sixth in free-throw accuracy in NAIA Division I entering the game, has made 66-of-75 (88 percent) this season.
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Ed Cassiere, Sports Information Director
XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA
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