University of Minnesota Crookston Athletics

2020-21 (Junior): Xia appeared in five games during the 2020-21 season...He shot 40.0 percent from the field...Xia had four assists on the season...He had two points against St. Cloud State Feb. 13 and Bemidji State Feb. 20...Xia played 15 minutes against Northern State.

Prior to Minnesota Crookston: Xia appeared in 10 games during the 2019-20 season for Santa Ana College...He notched 0.7 points and 0.4 rebounds per game...Had previously played for Impact Academy and prior to that competed for St. John's Northwestern Military Academy in Delafield, Wis., where he was coached by Minnesota Crookston Assistant Coach Krayton Nash...Xia had three points in a win over Orange Coast College...Had an assist versus Saddleback College...He had 10 points for Impact Academy against College of Southern Idaho during the 2016-17 season...At St. John's Northwestern Military Academy, Xia averaged 12 points and two assists per game...He played club basketball back in China...In junior college, he was an Academic All-Orange Empire Conference selection...Has also been named Academic Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

Personal: Given name is Xianjue Xia, but he goes by Silas...His older brother Yang Yue plays professionally in the Chinese Basketball Association...Xia was born Nov. 3, 1998...He plans to major in software engineering at Minnesota Crookston...His father is George Xia and mother is Miranda Zhang...His uncle Qiang played semi-professional basketball in China...One of his uncles runs one of the largest sports agency groups in China, where he has worked alongside former NBA player Yao Ming as a sports agent.