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March Update

March 1st

Nicholls State 75, Abilene Christian 70 - Vincent Harvey fouls out with 3 minutes to go and a 6 pt deficit. His teammates made a spirited effort to get back in it, but it was not enough. Before fouling out, Vincent had 18 pts.

Oral Roberts 77, Incarnate Word 46 - Incarnate had no hope staying alive against the best team in the conference. Izulde only scored 14 pts on 5-15 shooting and had 4 turnovers.

March 6th

Abilene Christian 69, New Orleans 60 - Albert McDonald continues his strong late season play with a 25 pt performance. Vincent added 16 pts and a terrible New Orleans team (3-25, 2-13) was never in it.

Incarnate Word 56, Central Arkansas 53 - Izulde's 18 pt, 7 rebound performance helped Incarnate stay in the lead, but he fouled out with 4 minutes to go and only a 3 pt lead. His teammates actually held on to the lead.

March 8th

Southeastern Louisiana 78, Abilene Christian 76 - Vincent had 22 pts and 11 rebounds, but Norris ridge left with an injury early in the game and ACU lost a close one down the stretch. Frank Vela had 13 pts. Abilene qualifies for the conference tournament as the 4th seed.

Sam Houston State 69, Incarnate Word 50 - Another bad loss to end the season for Incarnate. Izulde had 16 pts on 6-17 shooting, but did add 11 rebounds. In a fitting end to the season, no other Incarnate player was in double digits. Incarnate does not make the conference tournament.


Southland Conference Tournament

First Round

Lamar 65, Stephen F. Austin 64
Nicholls State 76, SE Louisiana 67

Second Round

Lamar 58, Abilene Chrisian 51 - Abilene actually led 20-14 at the half, but Vincent picked a bad time to have his worst game of the season, scoring only 12 pts on 4-18 shooting. It was still a close game with 2 minutes left, but Lamar scored the last 5 pts of the game. Albert Mcdonald only had 6 pts on 3-10 shooting and Norris Ridge missed the game with an injury. Disappointing loss against a team Abilene beat in the regular season.

Sam Houston State 58, Nicholls State 43

Semifinals

Oral Roberts 70, Lamar 53
Texas A&M Corpus Christi 72, Sam Houston State 54

Conference Championship

Oral Roberts 75, Texas A&M Corpus Christi 67