2022-23 Men's Basketball Roster
Biography
Honors
• XULA Athletic Director's Honor Roll in 2019
• Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll in 2019-20
Briefly
• Second year at XULA
• Returning letterman
• Older brother and XULA teammate of Cory Wells
2019-20 (Freshman)
• Averaged 4.2 points, 3.4 rebounds, one assist, 0.4 blocks, 0.9 steals and 15.6 minutes while appearing in all 33 games and earning three starts . . . Ninth on the team in scoring, tied for second in total blocks, fourth in rebounding and fifth in minutes
• Shot 65.6 percent from the floor (59-of-90) and 51.2 percent from the line (22-of-43) . . . Missed his only 3-point attempt
• Earned playing time because of his ability to defend
• Game highs: 12 points, nine rebounds, five assists, two blocks, four steals
• Scored in double figures five times, and XULA won each of those games . . . Four times he finished with 10 points
• Scored nine points (4-of-4 floor) and grabbed eight rebounds in 80-66 home victory Nov. 5, 2019, against NAIA No. 7 William Carey
• His basket with 3:03 remaining put XULA ahead to stay, 58-56, in a 66-64 victory at NCAA Division II Columbus State on Nov. 17, 2019
• Scored 10 points apiece in home victories against NAIA top-25s Wiley (Nov. 20, 2019) and city rival Loyola (Nov. 26, 2019)
• Helped XULA win GCAC regular-season championship and, for the first time since 1996, the GCAC Tournament championship
• Shot 72.1 percent from the floor (44-of-61) in the first 16 games and never shot less than 50 percent in a game during that time
• Team finished 27-6 overall, 12-2 in the GCAC and ranked 10th in NAIA Division I
• The GCAC Tournament title earned XULA an automatic bid to the NAIA Division I National Championship in Kansas City, Mo., but the NAIA canceled the tournament March 12 due to concerns about the worldwide COVID-19 outbreak
• The XULA men in April 2020 won the inaugural HBCU Fantasy Men's Basketball Tournament, an online voting event sponsored by the Black College Sports Network
High School
• Four-year varsity starter
• Helped Wylie's Pirates qualify for playoffs three times, including his final two seasons (2017-18 and 2018-19)
• Averaged 12 points, seven rebounds and 1.7 steals per game as a senior for a 27-7 team
• Academic all-district four years
• First-team all-district as a senior and second-team all-district as a junior
• Team captain and chosen his team's MVP his senior year
Club
• Played three years of AAU basketball with Southwest Soldiers of Plano, Texas
• Started for a team that won a Las Vegas tournament during the summer of 2018
Personal
• Compiled 30 hours of community service before enrolling at XULA
Favorites
Food: Burger
Candy: Milky Way
Pizza toppings: Pepperoni
Ice cream flavor: Cookie dough
Cake: Chocolate cake and icing
Flower: Rose
Color: Blue
Vacation destination: Fiji
Statistics
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Historical Player Information
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2019-20Freshman
Guard
6'1"
185 lbs
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2020-21Sophomore
Guard
6'1"
185 lbs
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2021-22Junior
Guard
6'1"
185 lbs
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2022-23Senior
Guard
6'1"
185 lbs