HAMMOND, La. – The Southeastern Louisiana women's basketball team will open a stretch of three of its next four games at home on Wednesday when it hosts Nicholls at 5:30 p.m. in the University Center.
 
The game between the Lady Lions (4-16, 2-7 Southland) and the visiting Colonels (7-13, 4-5 Southland) can be heard live in the Hammond area on KSLU-FM (90.9), online at www.LionSports.net/listenlive and via the TuneIn Radio app. LionVision subscribers can access a live video stream of Wednesday's game at www.LionSports.net/watch.
 
Southeastern will look to Gold Out the UC on Wednesday and fans are encouraged to wear their gold Southeastern attire. Junior forward Tytiana Hall is Wednesday's Spotlight Player of the Game and the first 150 fans will receive a trading card featuring the Crystal Springs, Mississippi native courtesy of PRIDE.
 
Wednesday will also feature a Cane's Challenge. If the Lady Lions score 50 or more points, fans can take their game ticket or student coupon to their participating Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers by the end of business on Thursday to receive a free combo with the purchase of another of equal or greater value.
 
Southeastern will be looking to bounce back from a 68-61 loss at Sam Houston State on Saturday. The Bearkats held the Lady Lions to 31 percent (22-for-71) from the field and finished with a 33-0 advantage in bench points.
 
In the loss to SHSU, junior guard Taylin Underwood led four Lady Lions in double figures with 20 points. Sophomore guard Ashailee Brailey added 15 points, as she and Underwood combined for seven three-point field goals.
 
Freshman guard Tyler Morrison posted her first collegiate double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds, while senior forward Chey Stewart contributed 10 points and nine rebounds, helping Southeastern to out-rebound an opponent for the first time since Nov. 25. Morrison also led SLU with six assists.
 
Underwood enters Wednesday's game third in the Southland Conference with 17.9 points per game and ranks third in school history with 145 career three-pointers. Freshman guard Charliee Dugas (9.9 ppg), Morrison (6.6 ppg), junior guard Bre Warren (6.4 ppg) and freshman guard Taz Stinson (5.9 ppg) are the other top scorers for the Lady Lions, while Morrison leads the team with 4.0 assists per contest.
 
Southeastern has performed better on the boards in the past two games, but still enters Wednesday's contest with a minus-13.5 rebounding margin. Morrison tops the team with 5.6 rebounds per outing.
 
Defensively, SLU has forced 19.6 turnovers and recorded 10.0 steals per game. Dugas and Warren share the team lead with 33 steals each.
 
Nicholls heads to Hammond looking to shake off a 65-60 loss at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Saturday. In the loss, Cassidy Barrios (18 points), Hope Pawlowski (12 points) and Emani White (11 points) each scored in double figures for the Colonels.
 
Barrios enters Wednesday's contest leading Nicholls with 15.1 points and 7.1 rebounds per game. The Colonels feature five players averaging in double figures in scoring, as Barrios is joined by Tykeria Williams (11.9 ppg), Pawlowski (11.5 ppg), White (10.2 ppg) and Taylor Morrison (10.0 ppg).
 
Wednesday's game will be a family affair inside the University Center. Taylor Morrison, a senior guard for the Colonels, is the older sister of SLU freshman guard Tyler Morrison. Wednesday's game will the first of two meetings between the two siblings, as the Lady Lions travel to Nicholls on Feb. 25.
 
Wednesday's game will be the 78^th meeting between the long-time rivals and SLU owns a 57-20 advantage over the Colonels. The two teams split their two meetings last season with each winning on their respective home courts.
 
Following Wednesday's contest, Southeastern will return to the road, traveling to Central Arkansas for a 2 p.m. contest on Saturday in Conway, Arkansas. The game can be heard live in the Hammond area on KSLU-FM (90.9), online at www.LionSports.net/listenlive and via the TuneIn Radio app.