NCAA Men's Basketball

Nicholls Colonels (16-15)


Mon. 2/20 Thu. 2/23 Sat. 2/25 Wed. 3/1 Mon. 3/6
vs. TXA&MC 
L 71-72
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@ UNO 
L 82-88
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vs. HCU 
W 68-64
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vs. Lamar 
W 64-60
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@ McNe 
L 71-77
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McNeese beats Nicholls State in Southland Conference tourney

LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) Christian Shumate and Zach Scott each scored 22 points and McNeese beat Nicholls State 77-71 on Monday night in the Southland Conference Tournament.

Shumate added 14 rebounds for the Cowboys (11-22). Donovan Oday was 3 of 4 shooting and 5 of 6 from the free throw line to finish with 12 points.

Latrell Jones led the Colonels (16-15) in scoring, finishing with 25 points. Nicholls State also got 22 points from Caleb Huffman. In addition, Marek Nelson finished with nine points and three steals.

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Leaders
Points: C. Huffman16.5
Rebounds: C. Huffman5.1
Assists: L. Jones1.6
FG%: C. Huffman52.0%
FT%: No qualifiers
3P%: C. Huffman39.5%
Steals: C. Huffman2.1
Blocks: M. Collins0.8
AP Rankings
Rank School Rec
1 Alabama31-6
2 Houston33-4
3 Purdue29-6
4 Kansas28-8
5 Texas29-9
6 Marquette29-7
7 UCLA31-6
8 Arizona28-7
9 Gonzaga31-6
10 UConn31-8
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Coaches Rankings
Rank School Rec
1 UConn31-8
2 San Diego State32-7
3 Miami (FL)29-8
4 Alabama31-6
5 Florida Atlantic35-4
6 Houston33-4
7 Texas29-9
8 UCLA31-6
9 Kansas State26-10
10 Gonzaga31-6
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Southland Standings
 ConferenceOverall
  W-L W-L
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 14-4 24-11
Northwestern State 13-5 22-11
Southeastern Louisiana 12-6 18-14
Nicholls 11-7 16-15
Texas A&M-Commerce 9-9 13-20
New Orleans 7-11 12-20
Houston Christian 7-11 10-22
UIW 6-12 12-19
McNeese State 6-12 11-23
Lamar 5-13 9-22
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Offense (Rank)
Points: 75.6 (82)
Rebounds: 11.5 (64)
Assists: 13.9 (111)
FG%: 45.6% (107)
FT%: 64.5% (348)
3P%: 34.1% (180)
Defense (Rank)
Points: 72.7 (260)
Rebounds: 23.2 (299)
Assists: 14.1 (286)
FG%: 44.5% (228)
FT%: 72.1% (218)
3P%: 33.9% (194)