Rush win 5th straight; season-high 25 for Davison

MOBILE, Alabama — Virgil Davison scored a season-high 25 points Friday to lead Xavier University of Louisiana to its fifth consecutive men's basketball victory, 61-49 against the University of Mobile.
     
Davison, a junior guard, made five 3-pointers in eight attempts. He was the only XULA player to score in double figures. Teammate Jeff Dixon had eight assists, and Rayshawn Mart had three steals.
     
The Gold Rush (11-4) led wire-to-wire and opened the game with a 13-2 run. It was 34-18 at halftime. XULA's largest lead was 42-20 after a Joseph Williams free throw with 15:02 remaining.
     
Will Stanford scored 12 points and Darius Curry 10 for the Rams (5-8).
    
 XULA outshot Mobile 44 to 33.3 percent from the floor and made eight 3-pointers to the Rams' three. Dixon made a pair of treys.
     
The Gold Rush swept the two-game regular-season series from the Rams. XULA won 17 of its last 19 meetings with Mobile.
     
XULA exceeded its victory total of last season, when it was 10-20. The win streak is XULA's longest since winning five in a row Feb. 16-March 7, 2015. XULA has not won six straight since an eight-game streak Jan. 10-Feb. 5, 2015.

XULA will break for Christmas, then play its first Gulf Coast Athletic Conference game of the season Jan. 8 at Edward Waters at 7:30 p.m. EST in Jacksonville, Fla. The next home game will be Jan. 17 against William Carey at the Convocation Center.

Ed Cassiere, Assistant Athletic Director for Communications
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