Nicholls Colonels @ McNeese Cowboys

Southland Tournament - Final

20-14, 13-5 Southland

Final

	1	2	T
Nicholls NICH	32	44	76
McNeese MCN	48	44	92

McNeese CowboysMcNeeseMCN

30-3, 17-1 Southland

Nicholls Colonels

starters
Jamal West Jr.J. West Jr.#15
Diante SmithD. Smith#5
Rob Brown IIIR. Brown III#2
Byron IrelandB. Ireland#13
Quinn StranderQ. Strander#24
bench
Oumar KoureissiO. Koureissi#1
Mekhi CollinsM. Collins#0
Michael Gray Jr.M. Gray Jr.#9
Jalen WhiteJ. White#21
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
37	11	2-5	1-2	6-7	5	0	3	1	0	2	3	4
36	33	11-20	5-11	6-7	4	3	2	0	0	1	3	3
34	13	4-11	2-8	3-4	2	5	1	0	0	1	1	0
33	6	3-6	0-0	0-0	2	2	3	1	1	0	2	5
15	3	1-2	1-2	0-0	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	2
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	6	0	0	0	0	2	4	5
21	8	3-6	1-4	1-1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	5
1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	76	25-51	10-27	16-19	25	13	11	3	1	11	14	24
		49%	37%	84%

McNeese Cowboys

starters
Christian ShumateC. Shumate#24
Antavion CollumA. Collum#5
Omar CooperO. Cooper#1
Shahada WellsS. Wells#13
Javohn GarciaJ. Garcia#14
bench
Roberts BerzeR. Berze#10
CJ FelderCJ Felder#11
Cameron JonesC. Jones#35
Wesley FieldsW. Fields#20
DJ Richards Jr.DJ Richards Jr.#2
T'Johnn BrownT. Brown#0
Mike Saunders Jr.M. Saunders Jr.#3
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
33	11	3-4	0-0	5-9	6	2	0	1	4	3	3	3
22	8	3-6	2-3	0-0	3	3	1	1	0	0	3	1
10	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	1
34	27	6-11	3-6	12-13	4	6	2	3	0	0	4	2
26	19	6-9	2-3	5-6	4	1	0	2	0	1	3	3
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	6	3-3	0-0	0-0	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	5
2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	16	4-6	4-6	4-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	5	2-5	0-2	1-2	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1
	92	27-44	11-20	27-35	22	17	6	8	5	7	15	18
		61%	55%	77%

McNeese tops Nicholls to win Southland title

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Nicholls Colonels vs. Mcneese St Cowboys: Game Highlights

1:48

Christian Shumate rocks the rim with powerful flush

0:22

Game Information

Lake Charles, LA

Referee:Rodrick Dixon

Referee:Eric Kronebusch

Referee:Kerry Sitton

NCAA Division I

Southland Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Stephen F. Austin	20-2	-	28-6
McNeese	19-3	1	28-6
UT Rio Grande Valley	14-8	6	19-14
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	13-9	7	18-15
New Orleans	12-10	8	15-18
Nicholls	12-10	8	14-19
Houston Christian	8-14	12	12-20
Northwestern State	8-14	12	10-22
Incarnate Word	7-15	13	12-19
Lamar	7-15	13	12-19
East Texas A&M	6-16	14	11-21
SE Louisiana	6-16	14	9-22

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