NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana's Tyrone Mitchell was announced Thursday as a member of the 2025 N-Club Hall of Fame at his alma mater, Northwestern State University.
        Mitchell — who is 2025-26 begins his 11th season as a XULA men's basketball coach — will be one of 13 honored during a 10 a.m. induction ceremony Oct. 4 at the NSU campus in Natchitoches, La.
        A native of New Iberia, La., Mitchell was a 6-foot-1 point guard and a four-year starter at Northwestern State. He is the Demons' career leader with 264 steals. Mitchell was All-Southland Conference second team as a senior and contributed five points, six rebounds, six assists and two steals in the Demons' 64-63 upset of third-seeded Iowa in the 2006 NCAA Tournament. Northwestern State trailed the Hawkeyes by 17 points with 8 1/2 minutes remaining and won on Jermaine Wallace's corner 3-pointer with five-tenths of a second remaining. Mitchell was in the lineup during the winning shot.
        That comeback for the "Demons of Destiny" was named the greatest in Southland men's basketball history in a 2013 fan poll to celebrate the conference's 50th anniversary.
        Mitchell is fourth at Northwestern State with 509 career assists. His four-year totals included 822 points, 365 rebounds and 97 made 3-pointers, and he was selected to the Demons' modern era "Fab 50" (1976-2012).
        Mitchell played professionally in Romania from 2006-13. He ended his career on a high note, helping his team finish second in that country's national tournament.
        The Gold Rush are 203-99 (.672) during Mitchell's XULA tenure, including seven appearances at NAIA nationals, two Gulf Coast Athletic Conference regular-season championships and three end-of-season tournament championships: two in the GCAC (2019-20 and 2020-21) and one in the Red River Athletic Conference (2022-23).