NEW ORLEANS - Shaun Dumas has dreamed many years of playing professional basketball. On Tuesday morning the Xavier University of Louisiana All-American will get a shot to impress another hometown team when he works out for the New Orleans Hornets.
     Dumas, who received his bachelor of science degree from Xavier on May 9, will work out for the NBA team with five other collegiate players at the Alario Center in suburban Westwego, La. The process will start at 9:30.

     "I've been granted an opportunity to make my dreams become reality," said Dumas, a 5-foot-11 point guard and a 2004 graduate of St. Augustine High School. "It shows that hard work pays off. I'm going to come ready to play and just do what I've been doing since I was nine years old."