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FORT WORTH, Texas – Robert Tibbs scored a season-high 19 points while
Patrick Sullivan posted a double-double with 10 points and 12 rebounds, but Southeastern turned in its poorest shooting performance of the season and dropped a 71-65 decision to Texas Southern in the Robert Hughes Classic on Saturday at the Wilkerson-Greines Activity Center.
Brandon Fortenberry added 17 points for Southeastern (7-3), which shot a season-low 36.7 percent (18-for-49) from the floor and committed a season-high 18 turnovers.
Deandre Hall scored 15 points to lead four players in double figures for Texas Southern (4-6), which shot 64 percent (16-for-25) in the first half and 57 percent (29-for-51) for the game. Marc Ellis came off the bench to score 12 points for the Tigers while David Burrell added 11 and Travele Jones 10 points and a team-high eight rebounds.
Texas Southern opened the game with a 9-2 run before the Lions chipped away, taking a 14-13 lead on a Sullivan basket with 13:55 remaining. Texas Southern regained the lead and built a 31-23 cushion on a jumper by Jones at the 5:24 mark and led 39-34 at halftime.
After a bucket by Clayborn gave TSU a 50-43 lead, Southeastern fought back knotting the game at 17-17 on a 3-pointer by
Rodney Jones with 6:49 left. Fortenberry gave the Lions the lead on the following possession with a 3-pointer, but the Tigers tied the contest at 61-61 with a pair of free throws.
Hall, who finished 7-for-13 from the floor, hit a bucket with 3:05 remaining that gave the Tigers the lead for good at 64-63 before adding a free throw at the 2:14 mark for a 65-63 advantage.
The Lions had a chance to tie the game with Tibbs was fouled on the ensuing possession. But Tibbs, who entered the game shooting 89 percent from the line, missed both attempts and the Tigers took advantage as Ellis tipped in a missed Hall miss for a 67-63 lead with 1:49 left.
Southeastern will return to action on Tuesday when it plays at North Texas in a 7 p.m. contest.
SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA (7-3)
Tibbs 4-5 11-14 19; Fortenberry 6-17 3-5 17; Sullivan 1-8 8-8 10; Jones 3-4 0-0 8; Dixon 2-4 0-0 5; Hutchin 1-3 0-0 3; Ndoumba 1-2 0-1 2; Patterson 0-2 1-2 1; Burches 0-2 0-0 0; Marks 0-0 0-0 0; Forest 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 18-49 23-30 65.
TEXAS SOUTHERN (4-6)
Hall 7-13 1-4 15; Ellis 4-4 3-4 12; Burrell 4-5 3-5 11; Jones 4-7 2-4 10; Treasure 3-6 1-3 8; Boyles 3-8 0-1 6; Johnson 2-5 0-0 4; Clayborn 1-1 1-1 3; Price 1-2 0-0 2; Abiakam 0-0 0-0 0; Boune 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 29-51 11-22 71.
Halftime – TSU 39, SLU 34. 3-point goals – SLU 6-20 (Fortenberry 2-8; Jones 2-3; Dixon 1-2; Hutchin 1-3; Burches 0-1; Forest 0-2; Sullivan 0-1), TSU 2-7 (Ellis 1-1; Treasure 1-3; Jones 0-2; Burrell 0-1). Fouled out - Patterson, Treasure. Rebounds – SLU 31 (Sullivan 12), TSU 34 (Jones 8). Assists – SLU 11 (Sullivan, Patterson 3), TSU 16 (Hall 5). Total fouls – SLU 20, TSU 24. Technical fouls - None. A – 536.
