Box Score HUNTSVILLE, Texas – The Southeastern Louisiana men's basketball team dropped a 71-54 decision in Southland Conference play Thursday at Johnson Coliseum to Sam Houston State.
Five different players scored a game-high 11 points in the contest, including
Antonnio Benton,
Dre Evans and
Onochie Ochie for Southeastern (11-17, 6-11 Southland). Senior guard
Jeffery Ricard, a native of Plaquemine, La., added nine points to the Lions' offensive efforts.
Dakarai Henderson and Kaheem Ransom scored 11 points for Sam Houston (20-9, 12-5 Southland). Michael Holyfield grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds as the Bearkats out-rebounded Southeastern, 37-21.
Sam Houston converted 28-of-57 shot from the floor (49.1 percent) while the Lions hit on 18-of-43 shots (41.9 percent).
Southeastern's final regular-season contest, Saturday at the Montagne Center against Lamar (4-25, 3-14 Southland), is scheduled for 6 p.m. and will follow the Lady Lions' game as part of doubleheader action.
Both games can be heard in the Hammond area on KSLU 90.9 FM, online and either the KSLU or TuneIn Radio smartphone app. Fans can also keep up with the game with live statistics. Links for audio and stats are available on the men's basketball schedule page at www.LionSports.net.
With Central Arkansas' 119-102 loss Thursday at Northwestern State, the Lions can clinch the eighth, and final, seed in the 2014 Southland Conference Basketball Tournament with either a win at Lamar or Bears loss at Stephen F. Austin.
All-session tickets for the 2014 Southland Conference Basketball Tournament, to be held March 12-16 at the Leonard E. Merrell Center in Katy, Texas, are on sale through the Southeastern Athletics Ticket Office located in the Dugas Center for Southeastern Athletics. Reserved all-tournament booklets and general admission all-tournament booklets are available by calling (985) 549-LION.
The men's tournament gets underway Wednesday, March 12 with first-round games at 5 and 7:30 p.m., CT. Men's second-round games will be played Thursday at 5 and 7:30 p.m. and the semifinal games will be played Friday at 5 and 7:30 p.m. The men's championship game will be played Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and be televised on ESPN2.
The winners of the conference men's tournament will earn the Southland Conference's automatic bid into the NCAA tournaments. The NCAA Men's Final Four will be held April 5 and 7 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
SOUTHEASTERN LA. (11-17, SLC 6-11)
Benton, Antonnio 3-5 5-7 11; Evans, Dre 3-5 4-4 11; Ochie, Onochie 5-9 1-2 11; Ricard, Jeffery 2-4 4-6 9; Hawkins, JaMichael 3-10 0-0 7; Chiera, Julian 1-5 1-1 3; Filmore, Joshua 1-3 0-0 2; Johnson, Forrest 0-0 0-0 0; Upson, Devonte 0-2 0-0 0.
Totals 18-43 15-20 54.
SAM HOUSTON STATE (20-9, SLC 12-5)
Ransom, Kaheem 4-8 1-1 11; Henderson, Dakarai 4-8 0-0 11; Thomas, James 4-9 1-2 9; Holyfield, Michael 4-6 0-0 8; Baxter, Paul 3-8 0-2 8; Mason, Nathaniel 3-4 0-0 7; Motley, Terrance 3-4 1-2 7; Peters, Jabari 2-4 3-3 7; Bond, Will 1-3 1-1 3; Majauskas, Aurimas 0-0 0-0 0; McLeroy, Kyle 0-0 0-0 0;
McKinney, Marquel 0-3 0-0 0.
Totals 28-57 7-11 71.
Southeastern La............... 27 27 - 54
Sam Houston State.......... 37 34 - 71
3-point goals--Southeastern La. 3-9 (Hawkins, JaMichael 1-2; Evans, Dre 1-1; Ricard, Jeffery 1-2; Filmore, Joshua 0-1; Chiera, Julian 0-2; Ochie, Onochie 0-1), Sam Houston State 8-22 (Henderson, Dakarai 3-7; Ransom, Kaheem 2-3; Baxter, Paul 2-6; Mason, Nathaniel 1-1; Peters, Jabari 0-2; Bond, Will 0-2; McKinney, Marquel 0-1).
Fouled out--Southeastern La.-None, Sam Houston State-None.
Rebounds--Southeastern La. 21 (Chiera, Julian 5), Sam Houston State 37 (Holyfield, Michael 13).
Assists--Southeastern La. 17 (Hawkins, JaMichael 4; Evans, Dre 4), Sam Houston State 26 (Baxter, Paul 11).
Total fouls--Southeastern La. 14, Sam Houston State 17.
Technical fouls--Southeastern La.-None, Sam Houston State-None.
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