THIBODAUX, La. – The Southeastern Louisiana Lady Lions close out the 2015-16 season with a trip to Nicholls on Saturday.
   
     Tipoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. in Stopher Gym.
   
    The game between the Lady Lions (4-24, 3-14) and Lady Colonels (9-18, 7-10) will be broadcast on KSLU-FM (90.9). Live stats, courtesy of Nicholls, will be available at www.LionSports.net.
   
    The contest will be the final one for four Southeastern seniors - guards Peaches Anderson, KaeLynn Boyd and Erica Hernandez and forward Nanna Pool.
   
    Southeastern will try to send the season out on a high note after losing its fifth straight, 57-55, at New Orleans on Thursday. Danielle Davis put the Privateers ahead with a jumper with 42 seconds remaining. The Lady Lions had chances in the final eight seconds but Taylin Underwood's off-balanced 3-pointer from well beyond the arc fell short and Chey Stewart's put back attempt bounded off the hoop at the buzzer.
   
    Boyd led Southeastern with 17 points and a career-high seven steals to go with seven rebounds and four assists. Pool just missed a double-double with 10 points and nine rebounds.
   
    The loss was the 19th straight on the road in conference play for Southeastern. The Lady Lions' last conference road win was a 76-59 victory at UNO on Feb. 20, 2014. Southeastern is 1-14 overall and 0-7 in conference away from Hammond in 2015-16.
   
    Nicholls, meanwhile, is looking to clinch a spot in next week's Southland Conference Tournament in the season finale.
   
    Nicholls has lost two straight and five of six after falling 56-51 at Central Arkansas on Wednesday. The Colonels led by one heading into the fourth quarter but were held to four points in the final 10 minutes. Junior center Marina Lilly notched her sixth double-double of the season, finishing with 12 points and 11 rebounds. Sophomore guard Tia Charles added 11 points, while redshirt-junior guard Hope Pawlowski and redshirt-senior forward LiAnn McCarthy had 10 each.
   
    Southeastern comes into the game 10th in the league with 61.6 points per game. The Lady Lions are shooting 37.4 percent from the field, 27.6 percent on 3s and 68.3 percent from the free throw line. Southeastern is also averaging 38.2 rebounds - fifth-best in the conference - while recording 12.8 assists, 6.6 steals, 2.5 blocks and 19.8 turnovers a game. Opponents are averaging 78.6 points per game on 40.3 percent shooting from the field, 33.1 percent on 3s and 72.7 percent on free throws. They are pulling down 45.3 rebounds while recording 16.6 assists, 8.7 steals, 2.3 blocks and 16.6 turnovers per contest. 
   
    Pool has been one of the bright spots for Southeastern. The Magnolia, Miss. native is seventh  in the Southland with 15.1 points per game while ranking second in field goal percentage (.516), third in rebounding (9.2 rpg) and fourth in blocked shots (1.1 bpg). Underwood is 16th in scoring (12.9 ppg) and fourth in 3-pointers made (2.5 per game).
   
    Boyd (11.9 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 98 assists, 42 steals), Hernandez (7.3 ppg, 46 assists, .370 3-point percentage) and sophomore forward Kyle Felton (3.9 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 16 blocks) are expected to join Pool and Underwood in the starting lineup for Southeastern on Saturday.
   
    McCarthy leads the Colonels and is 15th in the league in averaging 13.0 points per game.  She is also averaging 4.5 rebounds with 28 assists and 20 steals.
   
    Freshman guard Cassidy Barrios is averaging 10.6 points per game while ranking sixth in free throw percentage (.833), eighth in 3-point percentage (.373),  11th in steals (1.7 spg) and 15th in assists (2.5 apg) and 3-pointers made (1.5).
   
    Pawlowski is second in the conference with 2.9 steals per game while averaging 9.4 points with 58 assists. Lilly ranks 10th in rebounding (6.8 rpg) while averaging 8.0 points. Charles is scoring 10.3 points per game while recording 44 assists and 43 steals.
   
    McCarthy, Barrios, Lilly and Charles are expected to be joined in the starting lineup by junior guard Taylor Morrison (6.8 ppg, 38 assists).
   
    Nicholls is eighth in the Southland with 63.5 points per game on 38.6 percent shooting. The Colonels are shooting 33.1 percent on 3-pointers and 68.1 percent from the line. Nicholls is averaging 34.7 rebounds, 11.7 assists, 10.7 steals, 2.1 blocks and 19.2 turnovers a game. Defensively, the Colonels are allowing 69.2 points per game. Opponents are shooting 42.9 percent from the field, 32.0 on 3s and 69.8 from the line while averaging 40.6 rebounds, 13.9 assists, 9.2 steals, 2.4 blocks and 19.4 turnovers.
   
    Southeastern took a 57-19 lead in the series with Nicholls after defeating the Colonels 78-68 on Feb. 13. Pool pulled down a career-high 22 rebounds while scoring 23 points for the Lady Lions. Boyd also had a double-double with a career-high 10 assists and 18 points while Underwood added 20 points.
   
    Nicholls had three players in double figures as Charles scored 19 points, Barrios 17 and McCarthy 15.