Near-perfect Jackson leads Nicholls past NAIA-Mobile 96-52
THIBODAUX, La. -- Kimani Jackson scored 23 points on 10-of-11 shooting to lead Nicholls to a 96-52 rout over NAIA Mobile on Wednesday night.
Jackson scored nine of the Colonels' first 13 points while Mobile went scoreless in the first six minutes. Tevon Saddler's 3-pointer put Nicholls ahead 51-21 and the Colonels were up 56-27 at the break.
Roddy Peters scored 18 points and Sadder 15. Nicholls shot 61-percent, going 40 of 66, made nine treys and committed just 10 turnovers.
The Colonels are 6-6 with four of those victories against non-Division I level opponents. It was Nicholls' third game in five days.
Darius Curry led the Rams with 15 points shooting 7 of 10 from the floor and Will Stanford scored 11.
Game Information
David R. Stopher Gymnasium
1:00 AM, 21 December 2017
Thibodaux, LA
Attendance: 158
- Referees:
- Jeff Malham
- Tom O'Neill
- John Hendricks
2023-24 Southland Conference Standings
| Team | CONF | GB | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|
| McNeese | 17-1 | - | 30-4 |
| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | 14-4 | 3 | 21-12 |
| Nicholls | 13-5 | 4 | 20-14 |
| Lamar | 12-6 | 5 | 19-14 |
| SE Louisiana | 10-8 | 7 | 15-17 |
| Northwestern State | 7-11 | 10 | 9-23 |
| Texas A&M-Commerce | 6-12 | 11 | 13-20 |
| New Orleans | 4-14 | 13 | 10-23 |
| Houston Christian | 4-14 | 13 | 6-23 |
| Incarnate Word | 3-15 | 14 | 8-23 |
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