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Xavier's Dumas and Stewart, Tougaloo's McCoy make preseason All-GCAC men's basketball team
October 27, 2007
Xavier University of Louisiana guards Shaun Dumas and Mark Stewart were selected to the preseason All-Gulf Coast Athletic Conference men's basketball team by the league's head coaches.
 Dumas is a 5-foot-11 junior from New Orleans and a 2004 graduate of St. Augustine High School. He averaged 13.2 points, 6.1 assists and 3.1 steals this past season for the Gold Rush and was a third-team NAIA Division I All-American.
Stewart, a 6-1 senior from Destrehan, La., and a 2002 graduate of Destrehan High School, was All-GCAC this past season and third-team All-Louisiana. As a junior he led the Gold Rush with a 16.8 scoring average and set Xavier records for 3-pointers made in a season (109) and career (202). He scored a game-high 19 points, including five 3-pointers, in Xavier's 82-79 upset of NAIA No. 3 Georgetown (Ky.) -- the Gold Rush's first victory in the national tournament since 1973.
McCoy is a 6-4 senior from Magnonia, MS who graduated from South Pike High School. He is one of three returning starters for a team that went 17-13 last year and finished second in the conference.
The preseason All-GCAC team, listed alphabetically:
Shaun Dumas, Xavier
Walter Fitzgerald, Mobile
Jeremy Holder, William Carey
Kevin McCoy, Tougaloo
Dax Miller, Belhaven
Jamon Morris, LSU-Shreveport
Josh Porter, LSU-Shreveport
Jeremy Price, Spring Hill
Mark Stewart, Xavier
Luke Zumo, Loyola
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