Incarnate Word Holds Off Nicholls State in Southland Conference Thriller

THIBODAUX, La. (Interstat) — Morgan Borgstadt scored 18 points to lead Incarnate Word to a 54-52 victory over Nicholls State in a women’s basketball game Tuesday night at Stopher Gym. The Cardinals, who improved to 3-5, used a 23-point second quarter to build a lead and survived a late Colonels rally. Nicholls State, which got 14 points from Tanita Swift, fell to 4-4. Incarnate Word’s Jorja Elliott added 14 points and four assists. A crowd of 511 saw the Southland Conference matchup where Nicholls State’s final attempt to tie or win missed at the buzzer.