Saturday, February 3, 2018

Gold Rush maintain top-25 national ranking

NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana men's basketball remained in the NAIA Division I top 25 Tuesday, dropping from 22nd to 23rd.

The Gold Rush are 17-6 overall and 4-2 in the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference after a 90-72 home victory Monday against SUNO. XULA's next game will start at 7:30 p.m. Monday against Edward Waters at XULA's Convocation Center.

XULA has won three straight and 11 of its last 13 games under second-year head coach Alfred Williams, and junior guard Jeff Dixon leads NAIA Division I in total assists with 124.

William Penn of Oskaloosa, Iowa, is No. 1 for the second consecutive poll. The Statesmen received all nine first-place votes from the panel of coaches representing each conference and the Association of Independent Institutions. This is the first time this season there's been a unanimous No. 1.
     

Two weeks ago XULA entered the top 25 for the first time since the preseason poll of Oct. 25, 2016. The next rankings will be announced Feb. 13.

NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll
(first-place votes in parentheses — records through Jan. 28) 
 

RANKPREVIOUSSCHOOL  RECORDPOINTS
11William Penn (Iowa) (9)20-1219
24The Master's (Calif.)21-1212
35Columbia (Mo.)21-1202
43LSU-Shreveport (La.)19-2194
52Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)20-2193
612Pikeville (Ky.)20-2188
715Science & Arts (Okla.)18-3175
816Montana Western17-4166
97Hope International (Calif.)19-3159
105Georgetown (Ky.)19-3155
1113Dalton State (Ga.)17-4146
129Central Methodist (Mo.)19-3142
1313LSU-Alexandria (La.)17-5140
1410Carroll (Mont.)18-4134
1521Oklahoma City15-5116
1620Westmont (Calif.)16-4115
1719William Carey (Miss.)15-4106
1823Our Lady of the Lake (Texas)16-6103
198Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)17-588
2011Wayland Baptist (Texas)15-587
2118Cumberlands (Ky.)16-574
2217Missouri Baptist18-465
2322Xavier (La.)16-662
24RVTexas Wesleyan14-753
2525Life (Ga.)16-748
Others Receiving Votes: Harris-Stowe State (Mo.) 47; Peru State (Neb.) 46; William Jessup (Calif.) 27; Campbellsville (Ky.) 23; Faulkner (Ala.) 14; Graceland (Iowa) 9; Talladega (Ala.) 4; Dillard (La.) 3. 

Ed Cassiere, Assistant Athletic Director for Communications
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