THIBODAUX, La. – Nicholls snapped Southeastern Louisiana's 4-game winning streak Saturday, downing the Lions, 64-45, in Southland Conference play at Stopher Gym.

The Colonels (10-22, 6-12 Southland) held Southeastern (11-20, 9-9 Southland) to its lowest offensive output of the season.

Moses Greenwood scored the first bucket of the game, giving the Lions a 2-0 lead at the 18:47 mark.

Jonathan Bell answered with a 3-pointer exactly two minutes later to give the Colonels their first lead, 3-2.

Zay Jackson countered with a layup 12 seconds later, putting the Lions back up, but Nicholls regained the lead on a Liam Thomas jumper at the 15:30 mark.

Southeastern rallied to tie the game, 9-9, on a Jordan Capps layup at the 10:59 mark. When Ja'Dante' Frye nailed a jumper with 9:38 to play in the first half, the Colonels never looked back.

Capps led the Lions with 11 points and eight rebounds. Dimi Cook chipped in eight points.

Southeastern shot 32.7 percent (16-of-49) from the floor, including 33.3 percent (4-of-12) from 3-point range. The Lions converted 9-of-23 (39.1 percent) from the free throw line.

Adam Ward led all players with 17 points, going a perfect 8-of-8 from the floor. Kyle Caudill added 10 points to the Colonels' offensive efforts. Despite going just 1-of-8 from the floor, T.J. Carpenter led all players with 10 rebounds.

Nicholls shot 39.3 percent (22-of-56) from the floor, including 23.8 percent (5-of-21) from 3-point range. The Colonels converted 15-of-25 (60.0 percent) from the free throw line and out-rebounded the Lions, 44-35.

Southeastern is the No. 5 seed in next week's Southland Conference Tournament and will play the No. 8 seed, either New Orleans or Nicholls depending on the outcome of the Northwestern State-UNO gamew, at 5 p.m. Wednesday.

General admission tickets for the first three rounds are $15 apiece. Tickets to each men's and women's championship games are $10 for general admission. Tickets for each session and the championships are available through the Southeastern Louisiana Athletics Ticket Office.

For more information, contact the ticket office at (985) 549-5466 or 1-866-LION-TIX. Ticket office hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on Fridays. The ticket office is located in Room 107 of the Dugas Center for Southeastern Athletics.

The Southland Conference tournament is being played at the Merrell Center in Katy for a ninth consecutive year.

The men's tournament gets underway Wednesday, March 9 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 8:30 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 2 and 4 at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas.

NICHOLLS 64, SOUTHEASTERN LA. 45

SOUTHEASTERN LA. (11-20, 9-9 SLC)
Capps, Jordan 5-8 0-2 11; Cook, Dimi 2-4 2-4 8; Greenwood, Moses 3-7 0-1 6; Filmore, Joshua 2-6 0-1 5; Jackson, Zay 1-9 2-4 4; Nelson, Dominic 1-2 2-4 4; Hawkins, JaMichael 1-7 1-3 3; Veal, Marlain 0-3 2-4 2; Currington, James 1-3 0-0 2; Smith, Byron 0-0 0-0 0; Reid, Malcolm 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 16-49 9-23 45.

NICHOLLS (10-22, 6-12 SLC)
Ward, Adam 8-8 1-4 17; Caudill, Kyle 3-5 4-4 10; Bell, Johnathan 2-10 2-2 8; Thomas, Quinton 2-3 1-4 7; Rillieux, Shane 2-5 2-4 6; Frye, Ja'Dante' 2-5 1-3 5; Carpenter, T.J. 1-8 2-2 5; Thomas, Liam 1-2 2-2 4; O'Neal, Tre 1-3 0-0 2; Kamber, Luka 0-3 0-0 0; Bissant, Robert 0-1 0-0 0; Young, Zach 0-1 0-0 0; Nelson, Marquis 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 22-56 15-25 64.

Southeastern La............... 22 23 - 45
Nicholls............................... 28 36 - 64

3-point goals--Southeastern La. 4-12 (Cook, Dimi 2-2; Filmore, Joshua 1-4; Capps, Jordan 1-1; Hawkins, JaMichael 0-2; Veal, Marlain 0-1; Jackson, Zay 0-2), Nicholls 5-21 (Bell, Johnathan 2-5; Thomas, Quinton 2-2; Carpenter, T.J. 1-7; Frye, Ja'Dante' 0-1; O'Neal, Tre 0-1; Kamber, Luka 0-2; Young, Zach 0-1; Nelson, Marquis 0-1; Rillieux, Shane 0-1). Fouled out--Southeastern La.-Jackson, Zay, Nicholls-None. Rebounds—Southeastern La. 35 (Capps, Jordan 8), Nicholls 44 (Carpenter, T.J. 10). Assists--Southeastern La. 8 (Jackson, Zay 3), Nicholls 14 (Thomas, Liam 5). Total fouls--Southeastern La. 22, Nicholls 19. Technical fouls—Southeastern La.-None, Nicholls-Rillieux, Shane. A-901