HOLLY SPRINGS, Miss. — William Loyd continued his hot shooting, and Khalil McCoy didn't miss a shot Saturday in Xavier University of Louisiana's 64-47 Gulf Coast Athletic Conference men's basketball victory against Rust.
     The Gold Rush (9-7, 1-1) snapped a two-game losing streak and won on an opponent's floor for the first time since October. XULA limited the Bearcats (1-11, 0-3) to their fewest points in a game since Dec. 19, 2015.
     Loyd was 7-of-11 from the floor and scored a game-high 18 points. Loyd shot 71.1 percent from the floor (27-of-38) in the last five games.
     McCoy scored 11 points, was 4-of-4 from the floor and had a career-high six assists.
     Damani Flanagain, in his second contest with the Gold Rush, had game highs of seven assists and eight rebounds.
     XULA shot a season-high 53.2 percent from the floor.
     Jordan Jackson and Quentin Pough scored 10 points apiece for Rust, a first-year GCAC member. Pough had seven assists, and Jackson had six.
     After trailing 3-2, XULA outscored the Bearcats 22-4 — including three McCoy 3-pointers and two by Anfernee King — to seize control. XULA led 31-15 at halftime, and the final margin was its largest of the game.
     Rust shot 32.7 percent from the floor. XULA outrebounded the Bearcats 41-19. The plus-22 rebound margin was a XULA season high.
     Coupled with XULA's 57-49 women's victory against Rust in the opening game, it was the first time since Feb. 22, 2016, that the Gold Rush and Gold Nuggets won both ends of an out-of-town GCAC doubleheader.
     XULA will stay on the road and travel to Little Rock, Ark., for a 7:30 p.m. GCAC game Monday against Philander Smith.