Xavier Silas Class: Senior Hometown: Austin, Tex. High School: Brewster Academy (N.H.) Last College: University of Colorado Height / Weight: 6-5 / 198 Position: Guard

Xavier Silas' Final 2009-10 Game-by-Game Stats

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• Silas withdraws from NBA Draft
  
• Five Predictions for the 2010-11 Season (ESPNChicago.com)
  
• Silas Named Academic All-MAC
  
• Silas Named NABC Second-Team All-District
• Silas Named Honorable Mention All-MAC
• Generation X (Basketball Times Online)
• Good Fit (ESPNChicago.com)
• Silas goes "On the Wire" with the Daily Chronicle's John Sahly
• Silas Chalks up Second-Straight MAC-West POW Honor
• Silas Named MAC Male Scholar-Athlete of the Week
• Silas Collects First MAC-West POW Plaudit
• Daily Chronicle Season Preview: Silas Itching to Play Again
• Daily Herald Season Preview

2009-10: Appeared in and started 25 contests ... Missed five games between Nov. 17 and Dec. 2, with a fractured right hand suffered in the season opener at Northwestern (11/13/09) ... Tabbed Honorable Mention All-Mid-American Conference ... Named to the National Basketball Coaches Association (NABC) District 14 Second-Team, becoming the first NIU player to chalk up All-District honors since T.J. Lux in 1999-2000 ... Was a two-time MAC-West Player of the Week (1/5/2010, 1/11/2010), and was named MAC Male Scholar-Athlete of the Week on two other occasions (1/8/2010, 1/29/2010) ... Scored his 1,000th career point (dating back to his two years at Colorado) in the first-round of the FirstEnergy MAC Tournament at Eastern Michigan (3/7/2010) ... Scored 20 or more points 10 times on the season, and posted 19 double-digit scoring outputs ... Led the Huskies in scoring on 16 occasions, and was NIU's second-leading rebounder in conference play ... Eight of his 20-point outbursts came during MAC play ... Scored a career-high 31 points on 10 field goals against MAC Champion Ohio (1/27/2010) ... Poured in 30 points and corralled 10 rebounds, securing his first-career double-double, versus Ball State (2/13/2010) ... Went 15-for-15 in the MAC road opener at BSU (1/9/2010), setting a school record for single-game free throw percentage ... His 493 points were the most scored by an NIU player since Leon Rodgers poured in 596 points during the 2001-02 campaign ... One of four Huskie players to pull down at least 100 rebounds (132) on the season.

Single-season NIU ranks: 24th in total points (493) ... 23rd in scoring (19.7 ppg) ... Tied for 19th in three-point field goals made (52) ... Tied for sixth in three-point field goals attempted (162) ... fourth in free throws made (159) ... 10th in free throws attempted (196) ... 27th in minutes played (31.6 mpg).

MAC ranks (all games): Second in scoring (19.7 ppg) ... 19th in rebounding (5.3 rpg) ... fourth in free throw percentage (.811) ... seventh in three-point field goals made per game (2.08) ... 18th in minutes played.

MAC ranks (conference games only): Second in scoring (20.4 ppg) ... Tied for 19th in rebounding (5.6 rpg) ... eighth in free throw percentage (.832) ... Tied for fourth in three-point field goals made per game (2.25) ... 17th in minutes played (31.56 mpg).

Noteworthy: Sat out the 2008-09 season to satisfy NCAA transfer rules.

2007-08 Highlights (Colorado): Started 19 games and appeared in 23, averaging 29.5 minutes per contest ... Ranked third on the team with 9.7 points per game ... Averaged 3.3 rebounds and 1.6 assists ... Started the first 19 games of the year ... Scored a career-high 24 points against Florida A&M ... Went 4-of-5 from beyond the arc and scored 16 points versus Colorado State ... Pulled down a career-high nine boards against Nebraska ... Scored in double-figures for six consecutive games ... Played three games with four or more assists.

2006-07 Highlights (Colorado): Played in 25 games, with 17 starts ... Averaged 12.0 points and 3.7 rebounds per game ... Second on team scoring and third in minutes played ... Led the team in scoring seven times ... In 17 starts, averaged 13.5 ppg., 4.1 rpg., and was 72-for-171 from the field (.421) ... Scored in double-digits 15 times and had nine games with at least five rebounds ... Poured in a season-high 23 points at Baylor (Jan. 30)... Totaled 19-points against Pepperdine (Dec. 4) and Iowa State (Jan. 17) ... Scored in double-digits in 10 of his last 13 games ... Knocked down four three-pointers in a game three times.

Prep: Averaged 12.8 points and 4.0 rebounds while playing with seven other Division I signees at Brewster Academy ... Scored 25 points as a season-high ... Team finished 19-9 and ended the season ranked eighth in the final prep poll ... Lettered four years at Stephen F. Austin High School ... Averaged 23.7 points and 8.4 rebounds a game as a senior ... Was an all-district, all-central and all-region first team selection ... Helped school to a 27-6 overall and a 14-0 district record ... 2005 McDonald's All-American nominee ... Earned team MVP honors his junior and senior years ... Team captain was a two-time academic all-district selection ... Broke 11 school records, including most points scored in a game (42), in a season (738) and highest scoring average (23.8 ppg.).

Personal: Born Jan. 22, 1988 in San Antonio, Texas ... Son of James and Vanessa Silas ... Has six brothers and one sister ... Father was a two-time All-American at Stephen F. Austin and played 328 games in four seasons in the American Basketball Association, where he averaged 18.2 points, 4.3 assists and 4.0 rebounds per game ... Dad played six seasons in the NBA for the San Antonio Spurs and one for the Cleveland Cavaliers after the merger, scoring 14.2 points per game ... Listed as the ninth greatest San Antonio Spur of all time by MySanAntonio.com... enjoys playing the piano ... Majoring in communication.

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