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McNeese named Small School Team of the Year
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Career-high 27 from Williams fuels LSU past Rhode Island in Jamaica, 96-83
A strong 40-minute performance propelled the LSU Men’s Basketball team to a 96-83 victory over Rhode Island in the final game of the Jersey Mikes Jamaica Classic on Sunday.
view moreSoutheastern closes road trip with 65-52 victory over ULM
Morgan Carrier led three Lady Lions in double figures, as Southeastern Louisiana snapped a four-game losing streak with a 65-52 road victory over ULM in nonconference action Sunday afternoon in Fant-Ewing Coliseum.
view moreTulane closes out Utah, 65-61
The Tulane men’s basketball team scored the final 10 points of the game and held Utah scoreless for the final 4:36 to finish off a 65-61 win in the fifth-place game at the 2019 Myrtle Beach Invitational on Sunday at the HTC Center.
view moreRush rout Rams on road
Xavier University of Louisiana produced five double-figure scorers and set a school record for 3-point accuracy Saturday in an 80-65 men’s basketball victory against Huston-Tillotson.
view moreLate shooting woes doom Lions at Austin Peay in 81-60 defeat
Austin Peay State finished the game on a 30-2 run to rally past the Southeastern Louisiana men’s basketball team, 81-60, Saturday night at the Dunn Center.
view moreIrons, Pierce jump-start Nuggets to complete sweep of Lady Rams
AUSTIN, Texas — Abryhia Irons and Nahrie Pierce combined for 21 first-half points Friday to lead Xavier University of Louisiana in a 69-65 women’s basketball victory against Huston-Tillotson.
The Gold Nuggets (7-4) completed a two-game regular-season sweep of the Lady Rams (3-3), who lost 69-67 at XULA Nov. 11.
Irons and Pierce were a combined 8-of-9 from the floor and 5-of-6 from the line — 11 points for Irons, 10 for Pierce — to lead the Gold Nuggets to a 41-26 halftime advantage. Huston-Tillotson rallied to tie the score at 52 on a Daizja Plummer 3-pointer at 2:36 of the third quarter, but Maya Trench answered with six points in an 8-1 run that put XULA ahead to stay.
Irons, a freshman, finished with 16 points, a game-high three steals and a game- and career-high nine rebounds. Nina German scored 12 points, and Pierce and Essence Wells scored 10 apiece.
Traeli Calhoun scored 18 points and Kayla Barber 17 for Huston-Tillotson.
XULA’s traditional Thanksgiving tournament will not be played this season. Next for the Gold Nuggets will be a 2 p.m. visit Nov. 30 to William Carey in Hattiesburg, Miss.
Mart’s career-high 34 helps Rush pull away for 100-86 road victory
Rayshawn Mart scored eight of his career-high 34 points during a second-half run that helped Xavier University of Louisiana pull away for a 100-86 men’s basketball victory Friday at Texas College.
view moreLSU falls short to No. 15 Utah State, 80-78
Sam Merrill’s three-pointer with 57 seconds remaining proved to be the winning bucket that allowed No. 15 Utah State to escape the Montego Bay Convention Centre with an 80-78 victory over LSU at the Jersey Mike’s Jamaica Classic Friday night.
view moreMuhammed nets double-double in 82-61 win over North Alabama
Mubarak Muhammed recorded his second double-double of the season with a team-high 18 points and 12 rebounds to lead Louisiana Tech to an 82-61 victory over North Alabama on Friday night inside the Thomas Assembly Center on Karl Malone Court.
view moreRichmond hits 16 threes in 87-57 win over McNeese
McNeese and Richmond entered Friday’s contest as two of the NCAA’s top three-point shooting teams.
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