VIDEO REPORT: Privateers snap Stephen F. Austin’s 13-game profitable streak
VIDEO REPORT: Privateers snap Stephen F. Austin’s 13-game profitable streak
VIDEO REPORT: Privateers snap Stephen F. Austin’s 13-game profitable streak
The College of New Orleans Privateers (14-15, 12-8 Southland) took an enormous step towards a first-round bye within the upcoming Southland Convention Match with a 77-73 upset of Stephen F. Austin (25-4, 18-2 Southland) on Monday night time at William R. Johnson Coliseum.
Coleton Benson completed with 30 factors — his fourth 30-point recreation this season — on 10-of-17 capturing from the ground, together with three 3-pointers. He was an ideal 7-for-7 from the free-throw line, together with a pair with slightly below 5 seconds left to seal the victory in Nacogdoches.
The Texas native performed all 40 minutes in his house state — his fifth recreation of 40 or extra minutes this season.
Freshman Panagiotis Pagonis made 4 of the largest performs of his profession down the stretch, first grabbing a pair of offensive rebounds with simply over a minute left to increase a Privateers’ possession, and bleed treasured break day the clock.
The Athens Murderer then drew a foul from Keon Thompson with 15.9 seconds to play and the Privateers clinging to a 73-71 lead. His first free throw was good. His second try spun across the rim twice earlier than falling via the web, giving UNO a two-possession lead.
Jakevion Buckley had 11 assists and now has 153 for the season. He ranks No. 7 on this system’s single-season assists checklist, shifting previous Lamont Thorton (143), Terry Gill (148) and Brandon Knight (150) on Monday.
MJ Thomas completed along with his fifth double-double of the season with 18 factors and 10 rebounds in opposition to the ‘Jacks. Thomas made seven of his 11 photographs and had three blocks and a pair of steals. He and TJ Cope have been instrumental in a primary half that noticed the Privateers take a 31-23 lead into halftime. Cope completed with 11 factors and 7 rebounds.
Stephen F. Austin got here out of halftime decided to maintain its profitable streak alive, ultimately taking its first lead of the competition, 37-36, after a pair of free throws from Ahamed Mohammed with 16:10 remaining. Chrishawn Christmas’ tip-in with 13:19 remaining tied the sport at 41 earlier than a 17-4 run by the Privateers — capped by a steal and coast-to-coast layup from Benson — put New Orleans up by 13 with slightly below 10 minutes to play.
The Privateers completed the sport capturing 48% from the ground however held Stephen F. Austin to 36% capturing and 18% from past the arc. New Orleans outrebounded SFA 37-34 with a 25-16 edge on the defensive glass. The Privateers led for 37:32 of the 40 minutes, whereas the Lumberjacks led for simply 37 seconds.
Thompson and Lateef Patrick completed with 19 factors to guide Stephen F. Austin. Jerald Colonel added 11 factors, 13 rebounds and 4 blocks.
The Privateers stay an ideal 10-0 in Southland video games performed on Monday or Tuesday this season. Monday marked UNO’s first victory at William R. Johnson Coliseum in seven makes an attempt. It additionally snapped Stephen F. Austin’s 15-game house profitable streak courting to final season and the nation’s second-longest lively profitable streak at 13 video games.
New Orleans has now received 9 street video games this season, tying the 1992-93 and 2007-08 squads for probably the most in program historical past.
The Privateers head again house tied for third within the league standings with UTRGV and proudly owning the very best win among the many groups round them within the standings – Monday’s victory over present No. 1 seed Stephen F. Austin.
UNO hosts McNeese on Senior Evening at 5 p.m. Saturday and Southeastern at 7 p.m. Monday to shut out the common season. Each video games will air on ESPN+ and 106.7 The Ticket FM.
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