XU's Wright receives national player of week honor

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NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana men's basketball standout Morris Wright has been named the North Carolina Mutual BOXTOROW National Player of the Week.
    
Wright — a 5-foot-10 junior guard from Zachary, La., and a former Zachary High School and Baton Rouge Community College standout — will be a guest on the national sports talk show From the Press Box to Press Row with Donal Ware. The one-hour show airs at noon Saturday in New Orleans on KKNO Radio (750 AM). 
 
Wright on Tuesday earned his third Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Player of the Week award this season. He led Xavier in scoring (18.0 points per game), assists (4.0), steals (3.0) and made 3-pointers (6) during a 2-0 week. Wright averages 13.8 points in 2014-15 and leads Xavier in scoring for the second consecutive season.
    
The Gold Rush are in Little Rock, Ark., to play GCAC opponent Philander Smith at 4 p.m. Saturday. Xavier is 19-6 overall and 8-2 in the GCAC and in second place. Xavier is ranked 17th in NAIA Division I.

Ed Cassiere, Sports Information Director
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