CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – The Southeastern Louisiana University men's basketball team returns to action on Wednesday when it faces Southland Conference rival Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at the American Bank Center.
Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. The game can be heard in the Hammond area on KSLU-FM (90.9) and on the internet at www.LionSports.net.
After winning five of its last seven games, Southeastern (15-10, 7-5 SLC) looks to maintain its momentum heading into next month's State Farm Southland Conference Tournament in Katy, Texas. The Lions and A&M-CC (13-13, 7-5) are lodged in a three-way tie for third in the league standings and are one game behind Stephen F. Austin for second.
The Lions, who close out their road schedule at Central Arkansas on Saturday before home games next week against McNeese State and Northwestern State, pulled away and defeated SFA, 66-56, in their last game on Saturday behind 20 points from
Patrick Sullivan and 10 rebounds from
Jason Marks.
Sullivan, who has averaged 21.5 points in his last six games, leads Southeastern in scoring at 15.9 points while grabbing a team-high 8.4 rebounds per game. Sullivan has averaged 16.9 points in league games while shooting 62 percent from the floor.
Trent Hutchin is next in scoring for the Lions at 10.1 points per game followed by
Gary Dixon (7.9),
Brandon Fortenberry (7.7),
Rodney Jones (7.6) and
Robert Tibbs (5.8).
As a team, Southeastern averages 72.9 points per game while allowing 65.8. The Lions shoot 48 percent from the floor and 38.6 percent from behind the 3-point line. Southeastern is the only school in the league to hold opponents to under 40 percent (39.6 percent) from the floor and limit opponents to 32 percent from behind the 3-point arc.
A&M-CC has dropped five of its last seven games including three straight. The Islanders, who fell to UTSA in their last home game, dropped road contests at league leader Sam Houston State and McNeese State.
Kevin Palmer has paced A&M-CC in scoring at 19.3 points per game followed by Damond Watt (12.8). Justin Reynolds averages 9.0 points for the Islanders, who average 68.5 points per game while allowing 66.8.
