Nicholls routs NAIA Blue Mountain 104-68
THIBODAUX, La. -- Kimani Jackson and Roddy Peters scored 14 points apiece and combined for 14 rebounds and Nicholls wiped out NAIA-member Blue Mountain College 104-68 on Monday.
Jackson made all seven of his shots and grabbed eight rebounds, and Peters was 7-of-12 shooting with six rebounds. Lafayette Rutledge scored 12 for the Colonels and Javaughn Powell and Legend Robertin each scored 11.
Peters had a dunk with 16:23 left in the first half that sparked a 10-0 run that spanned five minutes and Nicholls led 20-7. A 49-31 halftime lead became a 60-33 margin just 2 1/2 minutes after intermission.
Nicholls (4-3) collected 17 steals and forced Blue Mountain into 27 turnovers. The Colonels were 41 of 73 (56.2 percent) from the field and made 12 3-pointers.
Quan Cothron scored 17 points for the Toppers, LaByron Harris finished with 11 and Jaylon Bardley added 10.
Game Information
- Referees:
- Jeff Malham
- 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 |