Nicholls State 78, at Stephen F. Austin 81

NACOGDOCHES, Texas (Interstat) — In a game defined by explosive perimeter shooting and a frantic final minute, Stephen F. Austin survived a determined challenge from Nicholls State for an 81-78 victory in a men’s NCAA Division I basketball game Saturday night at William R. Johnson Coliseum. The contest, played before a crowd of 4,212, saw the Lumberjacks, one of the nation’s winningest teams, improve to 25-3 overall. The Colonels, despite a heroic individual effort, fell to 11-17. The most critical sequence unfolded in the game’s closing seconds. Trailing 78-77, Stephen F. Austin’s Keon Thompson drove the lane but missed a… Read more...