NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana men's basketball guard Morris Wright is the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Player of the Week for Nov. 9-15. This is Wright's fourth career award and his first this season.
Wright, a 5-foot-10 senior from Zachary, La., and a former Zachary High School and Baton Rouge Community College standout, averaged 21.5 points per game during Xavier's 2-0 week and shot 56 percent from the floor, 60 percent from 3-point range and 90 percent from the line. Against Loyola, Wright scored 22 points and became the 27th Gold Rush player to reach 1,000 career points. He scored 21 points three days later against Miles of NCAA Division II.
Wright enters a Tuesday game at Mobile with 1,022 points. This is his third season at XU.
During the last 10 seasons, Wright is one of three from the Gold Rush to win the GCAC's weekly award more than twice in a career. Anthony Simmons (2010-13) also did it four times, and Denzell Erves (2009-13) did it six times.
Xavier, ranked 19th in NAIA Division I, will play NCAA D2's LeMoyne-Owen at 1 p.m. Saturday for homecoming at the Convocation Center.
Ed Cassiere, Sports Information Director
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