Honors
• All-Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Tournament in 2019-20
• Baton Rouge Community College Student-Athlete of the Year in 2017-18
Briefly
• Second year at XULA
• Returning starter
• Transferred to XULA from NAIA member Northern New Mexico (Española, N.M.)
• Game highs for his college career: 30 points, seven made 3s,
14 rebounds, eight assists, three blocks, five steals (three times)
• Wearing No. 2 this season after wearing 21 as a junior, 1 as a sophomore and 2 as a freshman
2020-21 (Senior — XULA)
• Team was ranked 20th in the NAIA preseason coaches poll and was the top pick to win the GCAC
2019-20 (Junior — XULA)
• Averaged 11 points, 6.8 rebounds and 3.1 assists in 20 games with 17 starts . . .
Shot 45.6 percent from the floor, 34 percent on 3s (17-of-50) and 61.4 percent from the line (27-of-44)
• Game highs: 19 points, three made 3s, 14 rebounds, six assists (three times), three blocks, four steals (twice)
• First XULA player in 33 seasons and the program's fourth to average at least 11 points, six rebounds and three assists per game
. . . The others to accomplish it in one season were Donald "Slick" Watts (1972-73), Evan Robinson (1978-79) and Kenny Loyd (1985-86)
• Became eligible in mid-December 2019 and helped XULA go 17-3 thereafter
• Was No. 3 on the team in scoring, No. 2 in rebounding and tied for third in assists
• Produced four double-doubles
• Led XULA in rebounding 10 times and assists nine times
• Scored 19 points and blocked three shots, both season highs, and grabbed eight rebounds at home
in an 82-78 victory against city rival Dillard in the GCAC Tournament semifinals on March 7, 2020
• Scored XULA's 10,000th point in the Convocation Center — a 14-foot jumper, right of the foul line, assisted by
Nigel Allen — at 9:46 of the first half in a 69-65 victory against Tougaloo that clinched for XULA
the GCAC regular-season championship on March 2, 2020
• Grabbed career-best 14 rebounds in a 73-44 GCAC victory at city rival SUNO on Jan. 20, 2020 . . .
That makes Richard the only XULA man shorter than 6-4 to reach 14 rebounds in a game over the last 17 seasons
(2003-05, 2006-21) . . . And he accomplished it in a game in which an opposing 7-footer (SUNO's Raymone Lampkin)
also grabbed 14 rebounds
• Helped XULA finish 27-6 overall, 12-2 GCAC (champion) and, for the first time 1996, win
the GCAC Tournament
• XULA was No. 10 in the final NAIA Division I coaches poll — XULA's highest ranking since 10th on Feb. 7, 2011
• XULA qualified automatically for NAIA Division I nationals at Kansas City, Mo.,
and a first-round matchup with Clarke (Iowa), but the NAIA canceled the tournament because of the COVID-19 pandemic
2018-19 (Sophomore — Northern New Mexico)
• Averaged 14.4 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.4 assists in 24 games with 23 starts . . .
Shot 44.9 percent from the floor, 35.3 percent on 3s (41-of-116) and 56 percent from the line (47-of-84)
• Led Northern New Mexico's Eagles in assists and second on the team in scoring and steals (26)
• Game highs: 30 points, seven made 3s, 10 rebounds, eight assists, two blocks, five steals
• Scored in double figures 16 times, including his first six games
• Five times he reached 20-or-more points
• Made 7-of-10 3s in his Northern New Mexico debut: a 98-77 home victory against Southwest (N.M.)
on Oct. 25, 2018
2017-18 (Freshman — Baton Rouge [La.] Community College)
• Averaged 12.5 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.1 assists in 24 games with 23 starts . . .
Shot 45.5 percent from the floor, 38.8 percent on 3s (33-of-85) and 67.5 percent from the line (56-of-83)
• Game highs: 28 points, five made 3s, 10 rebounds (four times), seven assists, five steals (twice)
• His 3.4 GPA earned him BRCC's Student-Athlete of the Year award
Club
• Played two years
High School
• Played four varsity sports
• Class 4A All-State honorable mention in basketball as a senior (2016-17)
and junior (2015-16)
• As a senior he averaged 12.6 points per game, was
District 7-4A Defensive MVP and helped Morgan City's Tigers reach the second round of the Class 4A state playoffs
• Three-year starter in football; played wide receiver and defensive back
• Started in center field for the baseball team his junior year
• Competed in the long jump for the track and field team
Personal
• Teamed with three others from St. Mary Parish — Taaj Daniels, Kenan Jones, and Clifton Escort —
to start a non-profit organization, the Roots of Brotherhood, to mentor the youth and unite the community of
his hometown, Morgan City, La.
• Has 11 siblings
• Enjoys cooking; made Cajun pasta for his XULA teammates during his junior season
• Cousin of Shawn Long, a former Louisiana-Lafayette standout now playing basketball professionally in Korea
Favorites
Food: Cajun alfredo pasta
Candy: Purple Skittles
Pizza toppings: Meat lovers
Ice cream flavor: Cookies and cream
Cake: 7 Up
Flower: Sunflower
Color: Royal blue
Vacation destination: Dubai
Makye Richard on his involvement in the Roots of Brotherhood
"Growing up, every time someone asked me 'what are you going to school for?'
I always said I wanted to give back to my community. I want to start training facilities.
I want to have youth programs for the kids. I can't take all the credit for starting this group.
I only had the idea. Taaj, Kenan and Clifton all brought me in and wanted to
start this group and asked for my help. They had a base foundation, and everything came together."
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