NEW ORLEANS -- Xavier University of Louisiana is still winning and still gaining support in the NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll.The Gold Rush (16-6 overall, 5-1 Gulf Coast Athletic Conference) climbed for the third straight week, moving from 20th to 19th Tuesday. It's Xavier's highest rank since the preseason, when it was 13th.
Xavier won 73-59 Monday at Voorhees and improved its win streak to a season-high five games.
The Gold Rush are in the top 25 for the 43rd consecutive time. That's the longest active streak among NAIA DI men's teams. Xavier appeared in 56 of the last 57 top-25s.
The GCAC has three top-25 teams for the sixth time in as many polls this season. Talladega climbed from sixth to fourth, and Philander Smith dropped from 24th to 23rd. Talladega will visit Xavier at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 9.
Campbellsville, No. 1 for the past three polls, dropped to sixth after losing both its games this past week. Ascending to the top spot is Cal State San Marcos, which received 5-of-10 first-place votes and is No. 1 for the first time since Dec. 9.
Xavier will visit city rival Dillard at 5 p.m. Saturday, then play Edward Waters at 7:30 p.m. Monday at XU's Convocation Center.
The top 25:
1. Cal State San Marcos
2. Pikeville
3. Hope International
4. Talladega
5. Freed-Hardeman
6. Campbellsville
7. Benedictine (Kan.)
8. Dalton State
9. Wayland Baptist
10. Arizona Christian
11. Our Lady of the Lake
12. Great Falls
13. Columbia (Mo.)
14. (tie) Concordia (Calif.)
14. (tie) Martin Methodist
14. (tie) Georgetown (Ky.)
17. Mid-America Christian
18. Montana Western
19. Xavier
20. Oklahoma Baptist
21. Evangel
22. Bethel (Tenn.)
23. Cumberlands
24. Philander Smith
25. LSU-Alexandria
Ed Cassiere, Sports Information Director
XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA
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