Upcoming Event: Men's Basketball versus Florida Tech on October 30, 2025 at 6 p.m.
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Jersey Number 4
Xavian Stapleton
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-7
- Weight:
- 203
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Flora, Miss.
- Prev School:
- Mississippi State
- High School:
- Madison Central HS
- Major:
- MBA- Sport Management
- Birthday:
- 1/24/96
Grad Transfer (2018-19)
Louisiana Tech (2014-15)
Personal
- Posted a double-double (14 points, season-high 10 rebounds) in 80-79 win at UCF (11/11).
- Scored 10 points in back-to-back games at the Islands of the Bahamas Showcase.
- Made six three-pointers as part of season-high 27 point game vs. Florida Gulf Coast (11/25). Also had seven rebounds in the contest.
- Poured in 23 points vs. Old Dominion (1/10) in second game back after missing time due to injury.
- Had 20 points in 89-72 win at FIU (1/26).
- Scored 19 points in 69-61 victory against Louisiana Tech (1/31).
- Had 17 points vs. La Tech in the C-USA Tournament (3/13).
- Posted 14 points against Charleston Southern in CIT (3/21)
- Finished the year with eight straight double-digit scoring games.
- Was second on the team with 21 double-digit scoring games, including three 20 point games.
- Named C-USA Co-Sixth Man of the Year.
- Sat out a season under NCAA transfer rules.
- Appeared in 55 games, with 12 starts in two years in Starkville.
- Averaged 6.7 points and 2.7 rebounds as a Bulldog.
Louisiana Tech (2014-15)
- Played under Coach May and Coach Church, who were both on staff at La Tech.
- Averaged 6.7 points and scored in double-digits six times.
- Had back-to-back games of 16 and 17 points against Southern Arkansas (Dec. 29) and at Southern Miss (Jan. 3), en route to earning C-USA Freshman of the Week honors.
- First-career start came against Florida Atlantic (Feb. 12).
- Had ESPN and Fox Sports No. 1 Play of the Day on one-handed alley-oop slam in regular season finale against Southern Miss (March 5).
- Registered 8 points and career-high 6 rebounds in NIT second round victory at Texas A&M (March 23).
- Lettered for Madison Central, which was ranked as high as No. 1 in the state by the Clarion Ledger.
- Named to the Clarion-Ledger's "Dandy Dozen."
- Earned first team all-state honors while averaging 20.9 points per game, shooting 52 percent from the field and 42 percent from beyond the arc as a senior.
- Earned all-state and all-district honors after averaging 12 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists as a junior.
Personal
- Son of Yulanda and Kevon Davis.
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