Box Score

HAMMOND – DeShawn Patterson scored a season-high 19 points while Roosevelt Johnson posted a double-double with 10 points and 16 rebounds to lead Southeastern Louisiana to a 65-61 overtime victory over in-state rival Southern on Monday at the University Center.

Playing without leading scorer Brandon Fortenberry with a foot injury, redshirt freshman Onochie Ochie scored a season-high 11 points for Southeastern (5-3) while Mississippi State transfer Elgin Bailey scored seven points and grabbed nine rebounds in his debut. Southern, led by former Lion assistant coach Roman Banks, fell to 3-7 with the loss.

The game, Southeastern's third straight overtime game, marked the homecoming for Banks, who coached for the Lions from 2003-11 and helped the school to its first-ever appearance in the NCAA Championships in 2005.

Southeastern, which played without leading scorer Brandon Fortenberry due to a foot injury, pulled away from a 6-4 lead to take a 19-8 advantage when Patterson made the first of two free throws with 10:04 remaining in the first half. Southern chipped away at the lead as a layup by Madut Bol tied the game at 23-23 at the 3:22 mark. The Lions closed out the half with a 10-4 run as Ochie capped the run with a jumper and three-point play with 0.5 seconds left for a 33-27 lead at halftime.

The Lions pushed their lead to 47-33 on a tip-in by Ochie with 11:13 left before Southern clamped down on defense to get back in the game.

Southern, which held Southeastern to 8-for-30 (27 percent) in the second half closed to within 49-46 on a 3-pointer by Derick Beltran with 7:57 remaining and the Jaguars would eventually take a 58-57 lead on two free throws by Quinton Doggett with 1:30 left.

Daron Populist put Southeastern back ahead with 30.1 seconds left with two free throws before Jameel Grace sent the game to overtime at 59-59 when he made the second of two free throws.

Southern, which did not make a field for the final 2:34 of regulation, went 0-for-3 from the floor in the extra period as two free throws by Johnson with 51 seconds left gave Southeastern the lead for good at 63-61.

Populist added a free throw to give the Lions a three-point lead and after a pair of timeouts by the Jaguars, Patterson got a key steal and was fouled with 4.7 seconds left to seal the win.

Southeastern finished 19-for-54 (35 percent) from the floor and outrebounded Southern, 48-33. Antonnio Benton added seven points for the Lions, who improved to 5-0 at home, and will play their next five games on the road beginning Saturday at SEC foe Arkansas.

Beltran led Southern with 20 points while Mike Celestin added 12 and Doggett 10.

SOUTHERN (3-7)
Beltran 7-12 4-6 20; Celestin 2-6 6-6 12; Doggett 4-12 2-2 10; Grace 2-6 3-9 7; Bol 1-3 2-2 4; Hill 1-3 2-2 4; P. Coleman 1-1 0-0 2; F. Coleman 1-2 0-0 2; Marshall 0-3 0-0 0; Webb 0-2 0-0 0; Monroe 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 19-51 19-27 61.

SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA (5-3)
Patterson 6-13 7-13 19; Ochie 4-7 3-3 11; Johnson 3-4 4-10 10; Bailey 1-8 5-6 7; Benton 3-11 0-1 7; Populist 1-4 3-4 6; Nelson 1-3 0-0 3; Campbell 0-4 2-4 2; Petrovcic 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 19-54 24-41 65.

Halftime – SLU 33, Southern 27. End of Regulation – SLU 59, Southern 59. 3-point goals - Southern 4-15 (Beltran 2-5; Celestin 2-5; Grace 0-2; Webb 0-2; Doggett 0-1), SLU 3-16 (Benton 1-4; Populist 1-3; Nelson 1-3; Campbell 0-1; Ochie 0-2; Patterson 0-3). Fouled out - Monroe, Campbell. Rebounds - Southern 33 (Doggett 7), SLU 48 (Johnson 16). Assists - Southern 8 (Grace 5), SLU 8 (Populist 3). Total fouls - Southern 29, SLU 25. Technical fouls - None. A – 873.