Nuggets sign 3 more to increase recruiting class to 6

NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana women's basketball increased its 2018-19 newcomer class to six with the addition of three skilled offensive players.
     
Head coach Bo Browder announced Friday the signing of:

     •  Anica Gacevic, a 5-foot-9 guard/forward from Pljevlja, Montenegro, and West Oaks Academy in Orlando, Fla. She'll major in engineering at XULA.
     •  Jas Hill, a 5-7 guard/forward from Mobile, Ala., LeFlore High School and Tallahassee (Fla.) Community College. Hill is undecided on her major.
     •  Caprice Taylor, a 5-6 guard from Hayward, Calif., Encinal High School and City College of San Francisco. Her XULA major will be public health.
     
Gacevic helped West Oaks win a state championship last season in the Sunshine Independent Athletic Association. She was first-team all-conference, academic all-conference and her team's MVP. Her single-game highs included 25 points and five made 3-pointers. Gacevic was class valedictorian.
     
Hill averaged 19 points, 3.3 rebounds, three assists and 1.7 steals for a Tallahassee team that was 29-6 and won the NJCAA Division I national championship this past season. Hill made 55 3-pointers on 35.9-percent shooting. She made 78.3 percent of her free throws.
     
Hill was first-team all-state as a senior at LeFlore, averaged 20 points and seven rebounds and scored 27 points in the Class 6A state championship game to cap a 34-0 season. She tied an Alabama state tourney record with seven made 3s in the final.
     
Taylor made 75 3-pointers — 34 more than any XULA player in 2017-18 — and averaged 20.2 points, 4.2 rebounds, 3.6 assists and four steals for CCSF. The Rams finished 25-5, won the Coast Conference regular-season championship and reached the round of 16 of the California Community College Athletic Association playoffs. Taylor was conference MVP last season and first-team all-state.
     
Taylor was first-team all-conference for three consecutive years at Encinal.
     
"We had some scoring issues last season, but we have added three very good offensive players in Anica, Jas and Caprice," Browder said. "They will be great additions who will help our production this year. They also are good defenders."
     
The Gold Nuggets' previously announced signees were forward Kyla Duncan of Metairie, La., and East Jefferson High School, forward/center Shae Johnson of Riverside, Calif., and Martin Luther King High School and guard Da'Jha Virgil of Kenner, La., and John Curtis Christian School.
     
XULA is a longtime member of NAIA Division I and the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference. The 2018-19 season will be Browder's 20th as head coach.

2018-19 XULA women's basketball signees
Name	Pos.	Ht.	Yr.*	Hometown	High School (College)
Kyla Duncan	F	5-10	Fr.	Metairie, La.	East Jefferson
Anica Gacevic	G/F	5-9	Fr.	Pljevlja, Montenegro	West Oaks Academy
Jas Hill	G/F	5-7	Jr.	Mobile, Ala.	LeFlore (Tallahassee CC)
Shae Johnson	F/C	6-2	Fr.	Riverside, Calif.	Martin Luther King
Caprice Taylor	G	5-6	Jr.	Hayward, Calif.	Encinal (City College of San Francisco)
Da'Jha Virgil	G	5-7	Fr.	Kenner, La.	John Curtis Christian
* athletic classification at XULA in 2018-19

Ed Cassiere, Assistant Athletic Director for Communications
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