Xavier Silas

Position:
Guard
Height:
6-5
Weight:
195
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Austin, Texas
High School:
Stephen F. Austin HS

COLORADO (freshman year): Played in 25 games, starting 17 ... Averaged 12.0 points and 3.7 rebounds per game ... Second in team scoring and third in minutes played (736) ... Led CU in scoring seven times (six of them were Big 12 games); also led in rebounding once (shared), five times in assists (three shared) and steals (three shared), and twice in blocks (twice shared) ... Scored the most points of the eight freshmen (301) ranking eighth all-time among CU guards ... In 17 starts, averaged 13.5 ppg., 4.1 rpg., was 72-for-171 from the field (.421) and led the team in scoring five times. In eight games coming off the bench, averaged 9.8 ppg., 3.3 rpg. and shot 26-for-77 from the field (.338) with 11 3-pointers ... Netted scoring double-digits 15 times and had nine games with at least five or rebounds ... Scored a season-best 23 points at Baylor (Jan. 30) on 9-for-17 shooting; also had a pair of 19-point efforts against Pepperdine (Dec. 4) and Iowa State (Jan. 17) ... Had double-digit scoring in 10 of his last 13 games (13.3 ppg.) ... Led team scoring three straight games (Iowa State, Jan. 17; at Nebraska, Jan. 20; Missouri, Jan. 24) becoming first CU player other than Richard Roby to lead team in scoring three straight times since 2002-03 ... Made four 3-pointers in a game three times against (Texas, Jan. 6; Iowa State, Jan. 17; at Baylor, Jan. 30) ... Started his first game as a Buff against Northern Colorado (Dec. 2) netting 17 points and a season-best 8-fort-9 from the free throw line ... Big 12 Conference-only games: 6^th in 3-point goal percentage (.423), 10^th in 3-point field goals made (2.2) and 17^th scoring (13.6 ppg.) ... One of three finalists named for the CUSPY Freshman of the Year award ... CU Athlete of the Week (Feb. 11-18).

BREWSTER ACADEMY (2005-06): Averaged 12.8 points and 4.0 rebounds playing with seven other Division I signees ... Team finished 19-9 and ended the season ranked eighth in the final prep poll.

STEPHEN F. AUSTIN HS: Lettered four years ... Averaged 23.7 points and 8.4 rebounds a game during his senior year ... Was an all-district (16-5A), all-central and all-region first team selection ... Helped school to a 27-6 record and to a 14-0 district record ...2005 McDonald’s All-American nominee ... Earned team Most Valuable Player honors junior and senior years ... Team captain ... Was a two-time academic all-district selection ... Averaged 17 points as a junior; 13 points and nine rebounds as a sophomore; 10 points and six rebounds as a freshman ... Member of Silas Texans, an AAU team his father coached that won the Las Vegas Nike Main Event Blue 2004 ... Holds a number of school records including most points scored in a game (42), most points in a season (738) and highest scoring average (23.8 ppg.) ... Member of first undefeated district team since 1975 ... Also broke 11 school records.