Biography
Honors
• NAIA All-America honorable mention twice (2018-19, 2019-20)
• All-Gulf Coast Athletic Conference twice (first team in 2019-20, second team in 2018-19)
• GCAC All-Defensive team in 2019-20
• GCAC Freshman of the Year in 2017-18
• All-GCAC Tournament in 2019-20
• GCAC Player of the Week four times (twice in 2020-21, twice in 2019-20)
• XULA Sister Grace Mary Flickinger Honor Roll in 2019
Briefly
• Fourth year at XULA
• Starting for the fourth consecutive season
• XULA has won three GCAC championships — two regular season, one tournament — during his tenure
• Will attempt to join Byron Williams (1976-80), Derrick Collins (1983-87) and Merlin Peters (1989-93) as the only XULA men to average
double-figure points per game in four consecutive seasons
• XULA career game highs: 34 points, five made 3s (twice),
11 rebounds (three times), 11 assists, four blocks, five steals (three times)
• Provided the winning points for XULA in four late-game situations:
— Dec. 29, 2018, at Williamsburg, Ky.: two free throws with two seconds remaining . . . XULA beat NAIA No. 5 Campbellsville 68-66
— Dec. 19, 2018, at home: two free throws with 1.9 seconds remaining . . . XULA beat Virgin Islands 78-76
— Nov. 5, 2018, at home: offensive rebound and dunk with 2.7 seconds remaining . . . XULA beat NAIA No. 10 William Carey 74-73
— Feb. 19, 2018, at home: off-balance bank shot at the buzzer . . . XULA beat Philander Smith 60-58 in overtime
2020-21 (Senior)
• One of five chosen preseason All-GCAC
• Black College Sports Network picked him preseason first-team NAIA All-HBCU
• GCAC Player of the Week twice
• Averaged 28 points in the first three games of the season
• Became the first XULA player in 31 seasons with 25-or-more points in three consecutive games . . .
Percy Bland in 1988-89 had been the last to reach 25 in three straight games . . . Mart and Bland are the only XULA
men in the last 35 seasons (1985-2005, 2006-21) with three consecutive 25-point performances
• Team was ranked 20th in the NAIA preseason coaches poll and was the top pick to win the GCAC
2019-20 (Junior)
• NAIA All-America honorable mention for the second consecutive year
• First-team All-GCAC and made the GCAC All-Defensive team
• GCAC Player of the Week twice
• Made the All-GCAC Tournament team
• First player in program history to reach 500 points, 150 rebounds, 25 made 3s, 70 assists, 50 steals and
shoot 50 percent from the floor and 70 percent from the line
• Shared team lead in scoring with William Loyd at 16.5 points per game . . . Also averaged 5.1 rebounds and
2.2 assists in 33 games with 31 starts . . . Shot 51.9 percent from the floor, 35.8 percent on 3s (29-of-81) and 70.5
percent from the line (134-of-190)
• He and William Loyd became the first XULA tandem since 1986-87 to reach 500 points . . . Both finished with 545 points in 33 games
• His 190 free-throw attempts were XULA's most in a season since Merlin Peters's 224 in 1989-90
and are No. 5 on XULA's all-time season list
• His career-high 34 points in a 100-86 victory at Texas College
on Nov. 22, 2019, were the most by a XULA individual on an opponent's floor since Percy Bland's 34 at Louisiana College on Feb. 23, 1989
• Game highs: 34 points, five made 3s, 10 rebounds, six assists, three blocks, five steals
• 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)
• NAIA All-America honorable mention and second-team All-GCAC
• No. 2 on the team in scoring with 12.1 points per game . . . Also averaged 5.1 rebounds and
2.5 assists in 30 games with 29 starts . . . Shot 43.8 percent from the floor, 35.5 percent on 3s (22-of-62) and 61.2
percent from the line (101-of-165)
• • Led team with 14 blocked shots
• Game highs: 22 points, five made 3s, 11 rebounds, seven assists, three blocks, five steals
• Provided the winning points for XULA in three late-game situations:
— Dec. 29, 2018, at Williamsburg, Ky.: two free throws with two seconds remaining . . . XULA beat NAIA No. 5 Campbellsville 68-66
— Dec. 19, 2018, at home: two free throws with 1.9 seconds remaining . . . XULA beat Virgin Islands 78-76
— Nov. 5, 2018, at home: offensive rebound and dunk with 2.7 seconds remaining . . . XULA beat NAIA No. 10 William Carey 74-73
• Helped XULA finish 18-14 overall, 8-6 GCAC (tied for fourth place) and reach the GCAC
Tournament semifinals
2017-18 (Freshman)
• GCAC Freshman of the Year
• Was the only Louisiana freshman in 2017-18 to reach 300 points, 150 rebounds and 50 assists
• First XULA freshman in 13 seasons (since Drionne Major, 2003-04) with a double-digit scoring average
• No. 4 on the team in scoring with 10.7 points per game . . . Also averaged 5.1 rebounds and
1.6 assists in 33 games with 27 starts . . . Shot 51.5 percent from the floor, 22.2 percent on 3s (8-of-36) and 67.1
percent from the line (96-of-143)
• Game highs: 21 points, two made 3s, 11 rebounds, 11 assists, two blocks, five steals
• Led XULA in steals, offensive rebounds and minutes
• XULA was 16-1 when he shot better than 50 percent from floor
• First XULA freshman in 27 seasons to lead the team in made free throws and one of only four freshmen
in the last 52 seasons (1967-2005, 2006-20) to lead the team in that category
• Team-best three double-doubles, one which included 11 assists
• His shot at the buzzer in overtime — an off-balance bank shot — clinched XULA’s 20th victory, 60-58 at home
against Philander Smith on Feb. 19, 2018
• Helped XULA finish 24-9 overall, 9-3 GCAC (regular-season co-champion), GCAC
Tournament runner-up and NAIA nationals qualifier with an at-large bid
• XULA was No. 25 in the final NAIA Division I coaches poll of the season
Club
• Played 10 years of AAU basketball
• Played five years with the L.T. Rockets of Houma, La., and helped his team
win state championships in 2015 and 2016
High School
• Averaged 17 points, 6.2 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.6 steals per game as a senior (2016-17 season)
• Helped the H.L. Bourgeois Braves reach the round of 16 in the LHSAA Class 5A state playoffs
his senior year and finish 28-7
• Honorable-mention all-state, first-team All-District 7-5A and the league's defensive MVP as a senior
• Helped HLB reach the 5A state quarterfinals his junior season (2015-16) and
picked to his district's all-defensive team
• Also played football (strong safety) . . . Started as a senior (2016), intercepted four passes
and scored twice — once on an interception, once on a fumble return
• Played for the West in the 2017 state basketball all-star game
• Academic all-state as a senior and member of the Beta Club
Personal
• His sister, Celeste, received her doctor of pharmacy degree from XULA in 2018
• At the end of 10th grade (2015) he was 5-feet-7 . . .Three months later he had grown to 6-1
Favorites
Food: Baked potato with cheese, bacon bits and sour cream
Candy: Three Musketeers
Pizza toppings: Pepperoni
Ice cream flavor: Ben & Jerry's Chunky Monkey
Cake: Gentilly
Flower: Yellow rose
Color: Gold
Vacation destination: Walt Disney World
