By George Slaughter The Nicholls State Lady Colonels and the Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks won their respective Southland Conference basketball titles this weekend at the Merrill Center. Nicholls will learn its women’s tournament seed this evening. SFA will play Texas Tech Thursday night in Dallas in the first round of the men’s tournament. Nicholls Wins Women’s Title In the women’s title game, Nicholls defeated the Stephen F. Austin Ladyjacks 69-65 Sunday afternoon. The win gives […]
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New Orleans Edges Islanders in OT 68-65 for ticket to big dance
Brandon Williams, Southland Conference, reports timely free throw shooting and a dominating edge on the offensive glass propelled the Privateers to a 68-65 overtime victory over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at the Merrell Center, giving the program its first Southland Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament title and an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, the first for top-seed New Orleans since 1996. The Privateers (20-11) trailed by 10 points in the first half and were down […]