Men's Basketball: Nov. 24 Scoreboard
Southland Conference
UIW 105, Texas A&M-International 83
Baylor 67, Stephen F. Austin 51
Wake Forest 75, Nicholls 48
Tennessee Tech 81, Southeastern Louisiana 62
UIW 105, Texas A&M-International 83
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS – The University of the Incarnate Word men's basketball team ran their record to 4-0 with a 105-83 victory over visiting Texas A&M-International on Monday night at the McDermott Center.
The Cardinals shot a scorching 62.3 percent from the field and were able to fend off a pesky Dustdevil (2-3) team that fought to stay in the game. UIW had three players score at least 20 points and they eclipsed the century mark for the first time this year.
The game was very close at the start as the two teams traded the lead back and forth seven times and had five ties through the first 12:30 of the game. The Cardinals held a 29-28 lead with exactly six minutes remaining in the half when they blitzed TAMIU to the tune of a 16-0 lead. UIW hit a trio of three-pointers in the run and also had a conventional three-point play by Denzel Livingston (Houston/Waltrip HS) cap off the run. The Cardinals took a 51-34 lead into halftime and connected on 8-of-10 three-point attempts.
In the second half, the Cardinals continued to shoot the ball well and took a 77-54 lead after a Shawn Johnson (Gretna, LA/Alief Hastings HS) alley-oop dunk off a nice pass from fellow freshman Jontrell Walker (Aurora, IL/West Aurora HS) with 11:55 remaining in the game.
The Cardinals still led by 19 points with 6:39 to play when the Dustdevils put on a little run and pulled to within 12 points with 3:42 remaining on a fast break layup by David Horst. Coming out of a timeout, Walker hit a tough jumper in the lane that seemed to open the flood gates for UIW as they closed the game on a 15-6 run. Johnson recorded four of his season high six blocks in the final 2:48 of the game.
The Cardinals 71 percent in the first half and finished 33-of-53 from the floor and they were 15-of-25 from three-point range. They also knocked down 24-of-31 from the foul line. Livingston led the team with 29 points on 9-of-16 shooting from the field. Walker scored over 20 points for a second straight game as he went for 26 points and five assists while draining six three-pointers. Kyle Hittle (New Braunfels/New Braunfels HS) had another strong performance with 22 points, five rebounds, five assists and three steals while going 8-of-9 from the field. Johnson added nine points, eight rebounds and the aforementioned six blocks while Mitchell Badillo (Houston/Cy Falls HS) chipped in 12 points and eight assists.
The Dustdevils shot 53.3 percent from the field, made 9-of-17 from three-point range and were 10-of-12 at the foul line. They had five players score in double figures with Vadal Faniel leading the way with 23 points and eight boards. Montrice McKnight pumped in 16 points, including four three-pointers, and dished out four assists. Anthony Alston had 10 points, four assists and four steals.
The Cardinals are back in action on December 4 against St. Edward's for their final home game of 2014.
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Baylor 67, Stephen F. Austin 51
WACO, Texas – Junior Jared Johnson recorded a season-high 16 points off the bench, but the Stephen F. Austin men’s basketball was unable to topple Baylor in a 67-51 loss on Monday night inside Ferrell Center.
Baylor (4-0) limited the Lumberjacks (1-3) to a season-low 33.3 mark (18-for-54) from the field and 19.2 percentage (5-for-26) from 3-point land.
The loss moves SFA to 1-3 on the season, the program’s worst start since the 1998-99 season when the team opened up 0-4.
Johnson paced the ‘Jacks, finishing 4-of-10 from the field, 2-of-5 from beyond the arc and 6-of-7 from behind the line. The native of Columbia, South Carolina, also pulled down five rebounds against the Bears (4-0).
SFA placed three players in double figures in all, as senior Jacob Parker and junior Thomas Walkup netted 10 and 11 points, respectfully. Parker finished with 4-of-9 from the field with one 3-pointer and one free throw, while Walkup finished 5-of 8 with a free throw. Parker also crashed the glass for eight boards.
The Bears led the SFA 30-24 in points in the paint, 13-8 off turnovers, 14-10 in second chance opportunities and 4-0 in fast break points and, while the ‘Jacks outscored Baylor 28-17 off the bench.
After Parker scored the first four points of the game, SFA suffered a scoring drought as the Bears went on a 12-0 run to take a 12-4 lead. The pointless streak lasted 5:43 before Walkup broke up converted a layup with 12:06 left before the half.
Walkup’s layup sparked a 14-6 run over the next 4:32 to tie the game 18-18, before both teams traded 1-for-2 showings from the charity stripe to make it 19-all. The tied didn’t last long however, as Baylor closed the half on a 14-3 run to take a 33-22 lead into the break.
The ‘Jacks were able to cut the Bear lead to 10 points on five different occasions, but were never able to push it below double figures, as Baylor outscored SFA 34-29 in the second half to take the 67-51 final.
The ‘Jacks will be back in action on Thursday, Nov. 27, playing Prairie View A&M in the 2014 Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational.
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Wake Forest 75, Nicholls 48
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The Nicholls State University men's basketball team dug itself a deep hole in the first half and could not claw its way out for a third straight game, falling 75-48 to Wake Forest University.
With a strong second-half performance against UCLA on Thursday, the Colonels (0-3) expected to build on their recent success, but a gritty Demon Deacons (3-2) had other plans, snapping a two-game slide with the victory on Monday night.
Nicholls was within two points at the 14-minute mark, down 10-8 after a Liam Thomas layup, but Wake Forest went on a 9-0 run to push its lead to double-digits. With under nine minutes remaining in the half, Amin Torres nailed a jumper and Ja'Dante' Frye sank a layup to cut the Demon Deacons lead to nine. Wake Forest responded, using a 13-point run to increase its lead to 22. The Demon Deacons hit a three-point shot, a jumper, and notched five points at the charity strike to take a 47-20 lead at the half.
The Colonels shot just 33.3 percent (9-27) from the field in the first period and were 0-5 from beyond the arc, continuing a pattern of slow starts before warming up in the second frame. In contrast, Wake Forest hit 51.7 percent (15-29) of its shots from the field and 4-10 from the three-point line.
Nicholls came out sluggish in the second half, allowing the Demon Deacon lead to balloon to 37-points with nine minutes left in the contest. Over the final nine minutes, the Colonels outscored Wake Forest 20-10, but the game was long out of reach.
In the second half Nicholls played the Demon Deacons to a 28-28 tie, shooting 50 percent from the field and 28.6 from three-point land, while holding Wake Forest to just 30 percent in the period.
At the final buzzer, the overall shooting statistics were comparable for the two teams as Nicholls shot 40 percent from the field and Wake Forest shot 42.9. The Colonels earned 26 points in the paint while the Demon Deacons produced 28.
There were a number of glaring discrepancies in other statistical categories with Wake Forest outscoring Nicholls 22-12 in points off turnovers, 12-2 in second chance points, 12-2 in fast break points and 33-16 in bench points. The Demon Deacons also had a 28-10 advantage in made free throws and outrebounded the Colonels 42-21.
Liam Thomas led Nicholls with 13 points, four rebounds and two blocks, all team-highs. Thomas scored the first eight points of the game for the Colonels. T.J. Carpenter paced the squad with three assists and was second on the team in scoring with eight points. Luka Kamber also contributed eight points with two rebounds, an assist and a blocked shot off the bench.
Cornelius Hudson and Mitchell Wilbekin each had 12 points to lead the balanced offensive outpouring from Wake Forest. Devin Thomas and Greg McClinton had six boards apiece to pace the squad, while Cody Miller-McIntyre and Madison Jones both tossed three assists. Dinos Mitoglou had three blocks to lead the team.
"I think in the second half we learned a lot," Head Coach J.P. Piper said. "Teams like this expose weaknesses and our weakness in the first three games of the season is that we abandon our system too soon. We did that in the first half tonight and paid a price for it. Hopefully we're learning. We were better in the second half in terms of sticking to our system. We did a better job of doing what we do. We've got to progress and get better and I liked what I saw in the second half."
Nicholls will head back to Thibodaux for just 48 hours before flying to Ann Arbor for a matchup with the No. 19 University of Michigan at 3 p.m. on Saturday.
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Tennessee Tech 81, Southeastern Louisiana 62
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – An early lead by Southeastern Louisiana was not enough to hold off the offensive fire power of Tennessee Tech, Monday, as the Lions fell, 81-62, at the Eblen Center.
In the first of back-to-back games, Southeastern (0-4) scored the contest's first bucket and maintained a lead for close to seven minutes.
A three pointer by Josiah Moore put Tech (3-1) up, 13-12, at the 12:02 mark of the first half and the Golden Eagles never trailed from that point forward.
Southeastern tied the game three times, but never regained the lead. A three-pointer from LaPlace, Louisiana, native Cedric Jenkins tied the game, 15-15, with 9:54 to play in the half. It was one of just two shots the Lions would convert, out of 19 attempts in the game (10.5 percent), from beyond the arc.
The Lions fell behind by as much as eight in the first half, but only trailed 32-29 at halftime. Shortly into the second half Southeastern tied the game up, 34-34. Zay Jackson hit from three-point range just 1:21 after halftime.
In less than two-and-a-half minutes Tech was back up by six, 40-34. A pair of free throws by Andrew Guillory, the Lions' leading scorer, would tie game up for the final time. With 14:58 remaining, Guillory sank both of his freebies, after being fouled by Moore, to knot the game, 40-40.
The Golden Eagles, who shot 60 percent (18-of-30) from the floor in the second half, outscored Southeastern 41-22 down the stretch.
Guillory, one of three Lions to score in double digits, scored a career-high 17 points to lead all players. DeVonte Upson tied a career best with 16 points and Jackson added 13 for Southeastern.
Five different players grabbed three rebounds apiece, tying for the team lead, as Tech out-rebounded the Lions, 37-26. For the game, Southeastern converted 23-of-58 shots from the floor (39.7 percent).
Moore's 16 points led five Golden Eagles who reached double-digit points. Dwan Caldwell and Aleksa Jugovic each scored 14 points. Charles Jackson posted a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds, and Torrance Rowe added 11 points for Tech.
Southeastern will square off against the Golden Eagles again Wednesday, but this time the game is slated for the University Center. The Lions regular season home opener tips at 7 p.m. on Thanksgiving Eve.
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