Huskers Hold on after Free Throw Struggles.
The game was closer than the Huskers would have liked, but are able to make the plays down the stretch to pick up win nine of the season as non-conference play comes to an end.
NICHOLLS COLONELS
Last Game
| Final - 3.13.2013 | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| McNeese St. Cowboys | 28 | 34 | 62 |
| Nicholls Colonels | 33 | 26 | 59 |
Stories
Recap: Beat 'em up, beat 'em up
Michigan State rolls to an 84-39 win over Nicholls State
Michigan State cruises past Nicholls State
On Saturday Michigan State bounced back from a disappointing loss in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge on Tuesday, by beating Nicholls State 84-39. Keith Appling led the Spartans with 13 points.
Preview/Game Thread: MSU vs. Nicholls State
MSU takes on Nicholls State at home.
Nicholls State vs. Michigan State: Preview
Michigan State is looking to bounce back after a 67-59 loss to Miami in the Big Ten/ACC challenge on Wednesday. They will attempt to establish a consistent rotation against Nicholls State on Saturday.
Vandy Outruns Nicholls St., 80-65
Kedren Johnson had 23 points as a guard-heavy Commodore lineup outran Nicholls State at Memorial Gym on Saturday. Kevin Bright had 15 points and hit all three of his three-point attempts in his NCAA debut.
Texas Vs. Nicholls State: Game Preview, TV Info And More
The 7-2 Texas Longhorns men's basketball team hosts Nicholls State on Tuesday.
The Name Game: Anatoly Bose
Anatoly Bose is a bad ass basketball player for the Nichols Colonels that you probably have never head of before. Bose was born in Kazakhstan but attended high school in Australia and lists...
Oklahoma State-76, Nicholls State-56, Now that's more like it
It was a dominating performance on both ends of the floor as the Cowboys finally gave us some hope for the season
OPEN GAME THREAD: Washington State vs. Nicholls State
WSU MooreCapersThompsonLodwickCasto NSU BoseCarterIlesHunterWard Nicholls State is from Thibadoux, Louisiana. They are the Colonels, but unlike Sanders do not fry up delicious, crispy fried...
Schedule
2012 Schedule
| November | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| @ Vanderbilt Commodores | Saturday, November 10 2012 | loss 65 - 80 | coverage |
| @ Missouri Tigers | Friday, November 16 2012 | loss 54 - 74 | coverage |
| New Orleans Privateers | Monday, November 26 2012 | win 92 - 79 | coverage |
| December | |||
| @ Michigan St. Spartans | Saturday, December 01 2012 | loss 39 - 84 | coverage |
| @ Tulane Green Wave | Tuesday, December 04 2012 | loss 48 - 65 | coverage |
| @ New Orleans Privateers | Wednesday, December 12 2012 | loss 76 - 79 | coverage |
| @ Utah State Aggies | Thursday, December 20 2012 | loss 72 - 79 | coverage |
| Southern Illinois Salukis | Friday, December 21 2012 | loss 53 - 65 | coverage |
| @ UC Davis Aggies | Saturday, December 22 2012 | loss 71 - 82 | coverage |
| @ Nebraska Cornhuskers | Saturday, December 29 2012 | loss 59 - 68 | coverage |
| January | |||
| Central Arkansas Bears | Thursday, January 03 2013 | win 83 - 79 | coverage |
| Oral Roberts Golden Eagles | Saturday, January 05 2013 | loss 63 - 76 | coverage |
| @ McNeese St. Cowboys | Monday, January 07 2013 | win 64 - 63 | coverage |
| @ SE Louisiana Lions | Saturday, January 12 2013 | loss 65 - 70 | coverage |
| @ Northwestern St. Demons | Thursday, January 17 2013 | win 93 - 78 | coverage |
| @ Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks | Saturday, January 19 2013 | loss 49 - 72 | coverage |
| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders | Thursday, January 24 2013 | win 69 - 62 | coverage |
| Sam Houston St. Bearkats | Saturday, January 26 2013 | win 70 - 67 | coverage |
| @ Oral Roberts Golden Eagles | Thursday, January 31 2013 | loss 78 - 90 | coverage |
| February | |||
| @ Central Arkansas Bears | Saturday, February 02 2013 | loss 76 - 79 | coverage |
| SE Louisiana Lions | Saturday, February 09 2013 | loss 62 - 73 | coverage |
| Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks | Thursday, February 14 2013 | loss 51 - 63 | coverage |
| Northwestern St. Demons | Saturday, February 16 2013 | loss 79 - 84 | coverage |
| @ Lamar Cardinals | Tuesday, February 19 2013 | win 74 - 63 | coverage |
| @ Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners | Saturday, February 23 2013 | loss 58 - 76 | coverage |
| @ Sam Houston St. Bearkats | Thursday, February 28 2013 | win 56 - 53 | coverage |
| March | |||
| @ Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders | Saturday, March 02 2013 | loss 64 - 68 | coverage |
| Lamar Cardinals | Thursday, March 07 2013 | win 90 - 63 | coverage |
| McNeese St. Cowboys | Saturday, March 09 2013 | loss 88 - 91 | coverage |
| McNeese St. Cowboys | Wednesday, March 13 2013 | loss 59 - 62 | coverage |
Roster
Nicholls Colonels Basketball Roster
| # | Pos. | DOB | W | H | College | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sterling Bailey | 24 | GUARD,FORWARD | 185 | 6-4 | sophomore | |
| Andrew Caillouet | 23 | FORWARD | 180 | 6-5 | freshman | |
| T.J. Carpenter | 22 | GUARD | 200 | 6-4 | freshman | |
| Piers Carroll | 11 | FORWARD | 200 | 6-6 | freshman | |
| Ja`Dante` Frye | 14 | FORWARD | 180 | 6-4 | freshman | |
| JaMarkus Horace | 33 | FORWARD | 180 | 6-6 | freshman | |
| Fred Hunter | 20 | GUARD | 240 | 6-5 | senior | |
| Travis Julien | 13 | FORWARD | 190 | 6-7 | freshman | |
| Pedro Maciel | 10 | GUARD | 180 | 6-1 | junior | |
| Sam McBeath | 15 | FORWARD | 190 | 6-7 | sophomore | |
| Lachlan Prest | 2 | FORWARD | 209 | 6-7 | sophomore | |
| Shane Rillieux | 21 | GUARD | 190 | 6-2 | sophomore | |
| Jeremy Smith | 4 | GUARD | 175 | 6-3 | junior | |
| Linden Smith-Hyde | 35 | GUARD | 170 | 6-2 | senior | |
| Dantrell Thomas | 1 | GUARD | 200 | 6-2 | junior | |
| Dominique Vallejo | 3 | GUARD | 170 | 6-0 | freshman | |
| Zachary West | 12 | GUARD | 128 | 5-10 | senior |
Stats
Nicholls Colonels Stats
| FG | 3PT | FT | Rebounds | Misc | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | M | M | A | Pct | M | A | Pct | M | A | Pct | Off | Def | Tot | Ast | TO | Stl | Blk | PF | PPG | |
| Fred Hunter | 27 | 31.9 | 6.9 | 12.1 | 56.7 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 27.6 | 5.5 | 8.3 | 66.2 | 3.3 | 4.9 | 8.1 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 19.9 |
| Dantrell Thomas | 23 | 30.4 | 5.0 | 12.3 | 40.8 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 16.7 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 82.6 | 1.7 | 3.2 | 4.9 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 3.0 | 13.8 |
| T.J. Carpenter | 26 | 30.3 | 3.4 | 8.7 | 39.2 | 1.8 | 5.2 | 35.1 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 74.5 | 0.8 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 2.8 | 10.0 |
| Amin Torres | 26 | 17.7 | 2.7 | 6.4 | 41.3 | 1.0 | 2.8 | 36.5 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 80.0 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 7.7 |
| Jeremy Smith | 27 | 24.4 | 3.0 | 5.9 | 51.3 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 24.1 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 69.6 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 7.4 |
| Sam McBeath | 6 | 23.5 | 2.3 | 7.3 | 31.8 | 0.8 | 3.7 | 22.7 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 69.2 | 0.3 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 7.0 |
| JaMarkus Horace | 28 | 15.8 | 2.1 | 4.6 | 44.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 45.6 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 5.1 |
| Shane Rillieux | 29 | 30.9 | 1.5 | 4.4 | 33.6 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 21.4 | 1.9 | 3.3 | 57.9 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 5.1 |
| Lachlan Prest | 9 | 22.2 | 1.3 | 4.1 | 32.4 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 28.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 100.0 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 3.8 |
| Linden Smith-Hyde | 25 | 15.1 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 40.3 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 39.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 77.8 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| Pedro Maciel | 26 | 13.8 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 35.9 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 39.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 55.6 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| Sterling Bailey | 11 | 7.6 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 33.3 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 33.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 50.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1.1 |
| Travis Julien | 14 | 5.3 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 28.6 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 25.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| Zachary West | 7 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
