NCAA Basketball

Northwestern State Demons (22-11)


Thu. 2/23 Sat. 2/25 Wed. 3/1 Tue. 3/7 Wed. 3/8
@ IncWor 
W 71-66
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@ TA&MCC 
L 75-83
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vs. IncWor 
W 81-64
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vs. UNO 
W 74-70
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@ TA&MCC 
L 71-75
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Texas A&M-Corpus Christi wins Southland Tournament again

Jalen Jackson scored 13 of his season-high 17 points in the second half, Owen Dease came off the bench to add a career-high 16 and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi defeated Northwestern State 75-71 to win its second straight Southland Conference Tournament championship on Wednesday.

The Islanders (23-10) defeated the second-seeded Demons for the third time this season to become the first No. 1 to take the tournament title since New Orleans in 2017.

Trevian Tennyson scored 10 of his 14 points in the second half and Isaac Mushila had 10 points and nine rebounds for Corpus Christi.

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Leaders
Points: D. Sharp19.5
Rebounds: J. Hampton7.4
Assists: D. Sharp5.0
FG%: D. Sharp46.1%
FT%: D. Sharp80.7%
3P%: J. Black37.4%
Steals: D. Sharp1.9
Blocks: D. Sharp0.8
AP Rankings
Rank School Rec
1 Alabama31-6
2 Houston33-4
3 Purdue29-6
4 Kansas28-8
5 Texas29-9
6 Marquette29-7
7 UCLA31-6
8 Arizona28-7
9 Gonzaga31-6
10 UConn31-8
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Coaches Rankings
Rank School Rec
1 UConn31-8
2 San Diego State32-7
3 Miami (FL)29-8
4 Alabama31-6
5 Florida Atlantic35-4
6 Houston33-4
7 Texas29-9
8 UCLA31-6
9 Kansas State26-10
10 Gonzaga31-6
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Southland Standings
 ConferenceOverall
  W-L W-L
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 14-4 24-11
Northwestern State 13-5 22-11
Southeastern Louisiana 12-6 18-14
Nicholls 11-7 16-15
Texas A&M-Commerce 9-9 13-20
New Orleans 7-11 12-20
Houston Christian 7-11 10-22
UIW 6-12 12-19
McNeese State 6-12 11-23
Lamar 5-13 9-22
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Offense (Rank)
Points: 74.6 (111)
Rebounds: 12.1 (31)
Assists: 12.6 (218)
FG%: 44.5% (185)
FT%: 70.4% (230)
3P%: 36.1% (77)
Defense (Rank)
Points: 72.1 (243)
Rebounds: 21.6 (357)
Assists: 13.1 (209)
FG%: 45.4% (288)
FT%: 75.1% (339)
3P%: 33.2% (139)
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