HAMMOND – The Southeastern Louisiana University men's basketball team closes out its 2010-11 regular season on Saturday when it plays host to arch-rival Nicholls State in a game that will be televised on the Southland Conference Television Network.

Tipoff is scheduled for noon. The game can be heard in the Hammond area on KSLU-FM (90.9) and on the internet at www.LionSports.net. The game can be seen in the Hammond area on WSTY-TV (Charter Cable 22) and in Baton Rouge on WBTR-TV (Channel 41). Live video streaming, courtesy of SLC NOW, is available for free at www.LionSports.net.

Prior to the game, Southeastern will honor its five-man senior class – Gary Dixon (Pontotoc, Miss), Trent Hutchin (Baton Rouge, La.), Rodney Jones (Alexandria, La.), Jason Marks (Little Rock, Ark.) and David Ndoumba (Baton Rouge, La.).

Having secured its eighth straight berth in the postseason with an 81-74 win at McNeese State on Wednesday, Southeastern (14-13, 8-7 SLC) looks to clinch its seventh winning season in the last eight years with a win over Nicholls (14-12, 8-7 SLC). The Lions can claim the No. 4 spot in next week's 2011 State Farm Southland Conference Tournament with a win, a win by UTSA (15-13, 8-7 SLC) and losses by both Stephen F. Austin (18-9, 9-6 SLC) and Sam Houston Houston State (16-12, 9-6 SLC).

Southeastern turned in one of its best performances of the season on Wednesday in sending McNeese State to its first homecourt loss in 15 games this season. Brandon Fortenberry and Ndoumba scored 24 points each to lead Southeastern with Hutchin adding 10. Dixon and true freshman Jeremy Campbell (who had played a total of four minutes in two league games) added eight points each for the Lions, who swept the season series.

Hutchin, a former Woodlawn High product, leads Southeastern in scoring at 15.3 points with Fortenberry (12.0) and Ndoumba (11.3) next in the lineup. Hutchin enters his final home game ranked sixth in school history with 154 3-pointers made and looks to become the most prolific two-year, long-range shooter in school history as he trails Kevyn Green (159) and Daryl Cohen (153) for fourth place all-time.

Ndoumba, a four-year letterwinner from Christian Life Academy, ranks second in school history in games played (116) and is fourth in blocked shots (94) and eighth in career field goal percentage (.534, 206-386). The 6-foot-7 senior ranks seventh in the Southland Conference in both rebounds (7.6) and field goal percentage (.571) and is second in blocks (1.9).

Fortenberry, who is fourth in the Southland Conference with 4.4 assists per game, is one of five players in school history with 300 or more assists in his career (306).

Dixon (9.0), Deshawn Patterson (6.1), Roosevelt Johnson (5.6) and Marks (4.8) are key contributors for Southeastern, which averages 70.9 points per game while allowing 69.9.

Southeastern faces a Nicholls State team that can qualify for one of two available berths with a win. The Colonels edged Northwestern State, 83-81, in overtime behind 30 points from Anatoly Bose.

Bose, a candidate for the league's Player of the Year, leads the Southland Conference in scoring at 22.2 points per game. Freshman Dantrell Thomas (6.5) and Kenny Franklin, Jr. (6.0) are next in scoring for the Colonels, who average 65.5 points per game and are second in the league in scoring defense (64.1).

The game will mark the 86th meeting between the schools on the hardwood with Southeastern holding a 46-39 lead. Nicholls claimed a 66-52 over the Lions on Jan. 22 behind 22 points from Bose and 13 from Fred Hunter, who is expected to miss the rest of the season with a knee injury.