Nicholls State 90, at New Orleans 77

NEW ORLEANS (Interstat) — Jaylen Searles scored 24 points and Nicholls State used a dominant offensive performance fueled by a barrage of three-pointers to defeat New Orleans 90-77 in a Southland Conference men’s basketball game Saturday night at Kiefer Lakefront Arena. The Colonels, who led wire-to-wire, connected on 17 of 37 attempts from beyond the arc, a 45.9% shooting clip that proved too much for the Privateers to overcome. Nicholls State shot 50% overall from the field and committed only seven turnovers, while forcing 14 from New Orleans. The most important stretch of the game came early in the second… Read more...