NOTE TO BATON ROUGE MEDIA: Morris Wright leads Xavier in scoring for the season
with 15.6 points per game. Story follows.

Rush rally from 16 down to beat 10th-ranked Carey in OT

December 3, 2013

NEW ORLEANS — Sophomore guard Morris Wright scored six of his career-high 26 points in overtime Tuesday
to help Xavier University of Louisiana rally a 90-80 men’s basketball victory against William Carey in a matchup of ranked NAIA Division I teams.

The Gold Rush (6-3), ranked 19th, trailed by 16 points in both halves but never
trailed in overtime. Wright, a former Zachary High School and Baton Rouge
Community College standout, put Xavier ahead to stay, 80-78, with two free
throws at 3:48. It was the first time Xavier led since the fourth
minute.

Wright, who scored 20 points after halftime, made two free throws with 57 seconds remaining in regulation to tie the score at 78. He forced overtime when he blocked Jeremiah Dunnings’ attempted layup at the buzzer.

Anthony Goode scored a career-high 17 points for Xavier. Xavier Rogers scored 16 points, Sydney Coleman 14 and RJ Daniels 10. Coleman grabbed 10 rebounds in his fourth double-double of the season.

Daron Bell scored 27 points for 10th-ranked William Carey (4-1), and Dunnings scored 23.

Wright set a school record for free-throw accuracy by making all 14 of his attempts. The previous best was 12-of-12 by Jonathan Harper and Timothy Green in separate games in December 2003.

Xavier limited William Carey, which entered the game shooting 55 percent from the floor, to 41.5 percent. The
Crusaders shot 64.3 percent in building a 47-33 halftime lead but shot 16 percent after halftime.

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