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GCAC News and Information
- Teams in the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference went a combined 5-4 (not counting exhibition contests) last week including 0-1 against ranked foes.
- Philander Smith, Talladega and Edward Waters have won a combined 13 games in a row.
- GCAC Preseason Player of the Year Brandon Peters of Talladega won his first GCAC Player of the Week award of the season.
- The first regular season NAIA Division I Coaches’ Top 25 poll will be released on Tuesday, December 9th. Xavier has been ranked in 38 consecutive polls, which is the longest active streak in the nation.
- GCAC teams are 22-11 at home this season, 11-17 on the road, and 8-8 at neutral sites this season.
- Voorhees was picked to finish last in the conference in the GCAC Preseason Coaches’ Poll, but as of Dec. 7th, the Tigers had a better record than SUNO (picked 5th), Tougaloo (6th), and Dillard (7th).
- Half of the teams in the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference have winning records. This places the GCAC 6th out of the nine conferences in Division I.
- This marks the first week since the week of Nov. 10 that no GCAC school will face a ranked opponent.
| Conference Standings | |||||||||||
| GCAC | Overall | ||||||||||
| W-L | Pct. | Home | Away | W-L | Pct. | Home | Away | Neutral | Streak | Vs Top 25 | |
| (23) Philander Smith | 0-0 | .000 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 7-2 | .778 | 4-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | Won 2 | 0-0 |
| (5) Talladega | 0-0 | .000 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 10-3 | .769 | 4-1 | 4-1 | 2-1 | Won 5 | 1-0 |
| Edward Waters | 0-0 | .000 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6-2 | .750 | 4-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | Won 6 | 0-0 |
| (13) Xavier | 0-0 | .000 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 8-4 | .667 | 6-3 | 2-1 | 0-0 | Lost 2 | 0-1 |
| Voorhees | 0-0 | .000 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5-5 | .500 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 4-5 | Won 1 | 0-1 |
| SUNO | 0-0 | .000 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-7 | .222 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-1 | Lost 4 | 0-3 |
| Tougaloo | 0-0 | .000 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-4 | .200 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 1-0 | Lost 3 | 0-2 |
| Dillard | 0-0 | .000 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-10 | .167 | 2-3 | 0-7 | 0-0 | Lost 4 | 0-3 |
Scores from the Week of December 1
Monday, December 1
North Florida 97, Edward Waters 65 (exhibition)
Talladega 69, Freed-Hardeman 57
(9) William Carey 69, Xavier 59
Philander Smith 85, Fisk 78
Wednesday, December 3
Loyola (La.) 59, Xavier 46
McNeese State 74, SUNO 63 (exhibition)
Thursday, December 4
Blue Mountain College 75, Tougaloo 70
Friday, December 5
Talladega 72, Concordia College-Selma 58
Voorhees 87, Morris College 69
Southern University 68, Dillard 55 (exhibition)
Edward Waters 68, Florida Memorial 64
Saturday, December 6
Faulkner 63, SUNO 55
Edward Waters 71, College of Coastal Georgia 50
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GCAC News and Information
- The teams of the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference went a combined 5-4 in games played during the past week, including a 1-1 mark against ranked opponents.
- GCAC schools are 19-6 at home so far this season. The conference has a 17-20 road mark and is 3-3 in games played at neutral sites.
- The GCAC has struggled against ranked opponents, going 1-9 against teams in the NAIA Division I Coaches’ Top 25. 18th ranked Xavier is the only team to earn a win against a ranked foe.
- Currently, 7 of 8 basketball teams have records of .500 or better. Last season 5 GCAC teams finished the season with winning records.
- Philander Smith’s 8-1 record represents a four-game improvement over last season’s 4-5 start. The Lady Panthers have won 4 road games this season; they won 6 all of last season.
- During Xavier’s four-game winning streak they have held opponents to just over 52 points per game. In their previous 6 contests they allowed an average of 70.5 points per contest.
| Conference Standings | |||||||||||
| GCAC | Overall | ||||||||||
| W-L | Pct. | Home | Away | W-L | Pct. | Home | Away | Neutral | Streak | Vs Top 25 | |
| Philander Smith | 0-0 | .000 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 8-1 | .889 | 2-0 | 4-1 | 2-0 | Won 5 | 0-0 |
| SUNO | 0-0 | .000 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5-2 | .714 | 2-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 | Lost 1 | 0-1 |
| Edward Waters | 0-0 | .000 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 7-3 | .636 | 3-0 | 3-3 | 1-1 | Won 1 | 0-0 |
| (18) Xavier | 0-0 | .000 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6-4 | .600 | 4-0 | 2-2 | 0-2 | Won 4 | 1-3 |
| Dillard | 0-0 | .000 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5-4 | .556 | 2-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 | Lost 1 | 0-3 |
| Talladega | 0-0 | .000 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5-4 | .556 | 4-1 | 1-3 | 0-0 | Lost 1 | 0-1 |
| Voorhees | 0-0 | .000 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-4 | .500 | 2-1 | 1-3 | 0-0 | Lost 1 | 0-1 |
| Tougaloo | 0-0 | .000 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-6 | .000 | 0-2 | 0-4 | 0-0 | Lost 6 | 0-0 |
Scores from the Week of December 1
Monday, December 1
Philander Smith 81, Fisk 49
(18) Xavier 57, (22) Mobile 55
Tuesday, December 2
Bethune-Cookman 60, Edward Waters 42 (exhibition)
Wednesday, December 3
SUNO 69, Selma 35
(18) Xavier 52, LeMoyne-Owen 45
Thursday, December 4
(11) Loyola 71, Talladega 54
Blue Mountain College 72, Tougaloo 66
Friday, December 5
Morris College 91, Voorhees 81
Edward Waters 67, Florida Memorial 63
Saturday, December 6
Blue Mountain College 82, SUNO 74
Mississippi Valley State 59, Talladega (exhibition)
Courtesy: GCAC
