LINCOLN, Neb. – Southeastern Louisiana's basketball squad opens a four-game road trip Sunday at Nebraska as part of the Barclays Center Classic. Tipoff is scheduled for 6 p.m.
The game can be heard in the Hammond area on KSLU 90.9 FM, online at www.LionSports.net or via the TuneIn Radio app. It will also be televised by the Big Ten Network (ATT U-verse: 650, 1650 HD; Charter: 307, 822 HD; Cox: 703, 1703 HD; DIRECTV: 610). Links are available on the men's basketball schedule page at www.LionSports.net.
Southeastern (1-2) is coming off a 76-69 win over Mississippi College this past Wednesday in the Lions' 2015-16 home opener.
Mike Hawkins, a senior from Raymond, Mississippi, led four players in double digits for Southeastern, pouring in 13 points.
Zay Jackson and
Dimi Cook, a freshman from Gulfport, Mississippi, both scored 12 points. All of Jackson's points came in the game's second half.
Keith Charleston contributed 11 points and grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds for a double-double.
Jackson, a senior from Hammond, Louisiana, leads Southeastern in scoring with an average of 13.3 points per game. Charleston (9.0 ppg) and Hawkins (8.0 ppg) round out the Lions' Top 3 scorers. Charleston, a junior from Little Rock, Arkansas, leads the team in rebounding, grabbing an average of 7.3 boards per contest.
Southeastern is shooting 43 percent (71-of-165) from the floor, including 31.7 percent (20-of-63) from 3-point range. The Lions are 49-of-77 (63.6 percent) from the free throw line and have been out-rebounded by opponents, 118-93.
The Huskers (2-1) are coming off a 75-60 win this past Thursday over Delaware State.
Andrew White III (18.7 ppg) and Shavon Shields (15.3 ppg) are Nebraska's top scoring threats. Shields (5.3 rpg) and Ed Morrow, Jr. (4.7 rpg) lead the team in rebounding.
Nebraska is shooting 45.2 percent (76-of-168) from the floor, including 39.7 percent (29-of-73) from 3-point range. The Huskers are 54-of-72 (75.0 percent) from the free throw line and have out-rebounded opponents, 118-95.
Southeastern's week-long trip to compete in the Barclays Center Classic will also take the Lions to Cincinnati, Ohio, and West Point, New York.
