SE Louisiana distances itself from Houston Baptist 85-69
HAMMOND, La. -- Jordan Capps scored a career-high 31 point on 12-of-18 shooting and Southeastern Louisiana pulled away from Houston Baptist 85-69 on Wednesday night.
Southeastern Louisiana (11-8, 5-1 Southland Conference) led 39-38 at halftime and stretched it to 56-45 on Marlain Veal's jumper with 13:04 left. Jalon Gates made a 3-pointer and Tim Myles' jumper reduced Houston Baptist's deficit to six (56-50), but Joshua Filmore sandwiched a pair of 3s between Ian DuBose's 3-point play and Keith Charleston's jumper made it 64-53.
The Huskies (4-15, 0-6) drew within 67-61 on David Caraher's 3, but Houston Baptist went scoreless in the next 4 1/2 minutes while Capps scored a layup and back-to-back dunks and Filmore added a 3 and free throw for a 16-point lead with 5:12 left.
Capps scored the last 10 points of the first half for the Lions to put them up before the break. Filmore scored 22 points and was 7-of-11 shooting from 3-point range.
DuBose lead the Huskies with 17 points, Gates and Braxton Bonds each scored 13 and Caraher had 10.
Game Information
- Referees:
- Steve Orkus
- Lucas Santos
- Earl Lennie
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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