Stephen F. Austin vs. Nicholls State: Recap, Stats, and Box Score

Stephen F. Austin 63

(21-2, 9-2 away)

Nicholls State 51

(6-16, 4-4 home)

Venue: Stopher Gym

9:00PM ET / 6:00PM PT, February 14, 2013

Box Score

	1st	2nd	Final
Stephen F. Austin	39	24	63
Nicholls State	27	24	51

Top Performers

	Points	Rebounds	Assists
Stephen F. Austin	T Smith 17	T Smith 6	H Bateman 8
Nicholls State	F Hunter 20	J Horace 6	S Rillieux 3

Stephen F. Austin squared off with Nicholls State on Thursday, Feb. 14 and won on the road against the Colonels 63-51 in conference play. With a record of 2-0, the Lumberjacks remain undefeated against Nicholls State this season. Taylor Smith played well for the Lumberjacks and put up a team-high 17 points and six rebounds. Desmond Haymon had 15 points and added four rebounds. For the Colonels, Fred Hunter got a game-high 20 points and six rebounds. The Lumberjacks are on a five-game win streak. Stephen F. Austin (21-2, 12-1 SLC) gets Southeastern Louisiana (9-13, 7-5 SLC) on the road on Saturday, Feb. 16.

Stephen F. Austin Game Notes

The win over Nicholls State extended the Stephen F. Austin winning streak to five games.
Stephen F. Austin has won every game this season (6-0) when its field goal percentage has been 53.3 percent or better.
The Lumberjacks have won every game this season (7-0) after recording six or more three-pointers.
Stephen F. Austin has won 80 percent of the time this season (8-2) after committing 13 or fewer turnovers.
SFA has won every game this season (15-0) when opponents record 51 or fewer total points.
SFA has won every game this season (5-0) after holding an opponent to under 12.5 percent three-point percentage.
This season Stephen F. Austin has won 100 percent of the time (11-0) when Taylor Smith has 17 points or more, 92 percent of the time (11-1) when Hal Bateman plays 30 minutes or more, and 91 percent of the time (10-1) when Antonio Bostic has four field goals made or more.
SFA set season lows for rebounds (25) and steals (four).
The Lumberjacks have outshot their opponents in field goal percentage for the past 17 games.
The top two scorers (Taylor Smith and Desmond Haymon) accounted for 50.7 percent of the points.
The top two rebounders (Taylor Smith and Jacob Parker) accounted for 44.0 percent of the rebounds.
Taylor Smith has led the team in scoring 16 times and in rebounding 18 times in 23 games this season.
Desmond Haymon has three straight double-digit point games.
Taylor Smith has eight straight double-digit point games.

Nicholls State Game Notes

This loss extended the Colonels losing streak to four games.
Fred Hunter accounted for 39.2 percent of the team's points.
The top two rebounders (Fred Hunter and JaMarkus Horace) accounted for 57.1 percent of the rebounds.
Fred Hunter has led the team in scoring 14 times and in rebounding 14 times in 22 games this season.
This marks the 28th 20-point game of Fred Hunter's career.
Fred Hunter has four straight 20+ point games.

SFA Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
A	Taylor Smith	36	17	6	2	1	4	3
A	Desmond Haymon	38	15	4	1	0	0	1
B	Antonio Bostic	35	12	0	2	2	0	0
B-	Hal Bateman	30	4	1	8	1	0	3
C+	Thomas Walkup	16	4	4	0	0	0	1
C	Jacob Parker	21	5	5	0	0	1	3
C	Trey Pinkney	8	3	0	2	0	0	1
-	Deshaunt Walker	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
-	Ice Asortse	4	0	0	0	0	0	0

NICH Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
A	Fred Hunter	36	20	6	1	2	2	5
B+	JaMarkus Horace	32	10	6	0	1	2	1
B	Amin Torres	23	8	2	1	1	0	0
B-	Pedro Maciel	15	0	2	3	1	0	0
C	L. Smith-Hyde	18	3	0	0	0	0	0
C-	Shane Rillieux	30	3	0	3	0	0	2
D+	Dantrell Thomas	34	6	1	0	1	0	3
D-	Jeremy Smith	11	1	0	0	0	0	1