Nicholls Colonels at Tulane Green Wave
· NCAA Men's Basketball
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
69 - 76
69 - 76
Tulane stays perfect at home with 76-69 win over Nicholls
Tevon Saddler scored eight of the Colonels' last 10 points of the first half to send Nicholls to halftime with a 45-28 lead. Saddler hit a 3 with 17:39 left for 50-30 lead before Nicholls went cold and shot 6 of 29 from the field the rest of the way.
Cornish overcame nine turnovers and scored 13 points in the last 12 minutes. His layup with 5:18 to go put Tulane (8-3) up 60-59 and the Green Wave never trailed again.
Melvin Frazier and Ray Ona Embo each scored 12 for Tulane now 6-0 at home.
Saddler led the Colonels with 24 points and nine rebounds and Jahvaughn Powell had a career-high eight steals. Nicholls (5-6) finished with a total of 15 steals. Kimani Jackson added 16 points for Nicholls.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 69 - 76 |
| 2nd 0:19 | Cameron Reynolds Defensive Rebound. | 69 - 76 |
| 2nd 0:19 | Lafayette Rutledge missed Three Point Jumper. | 69 - 76 |
| 2nd 0:28 | Blake Paul made Dunk. Assisted by Cameron Reynolds. | 69 - 76 |
| 2nd 0:34 | Nicholls Timeout | 69 - 74 |
Statistics
 NICH |
 TULN |
|
|---|---|---|
| 27-62 | FG | 26-52 |
| 44 | Field Goal % | 50 |
| 5-15 | 3PT | 8-18 |
| 33 | Three Point % | 44 |
| 10-12 | FT | 16-23 |
| 83 | Free Throw % | 70 |
| 31 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 10 | Offensive Rebounds | 9 |
| 21 | Defensive Rebounds | 26 |
| 12 | Assists | 18 |
| 15 | Steals | 9 |
| 1 | Blocks | 6 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 1 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 19 | Total Turnovers | 22 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 20 | Points Off Turnovers | 20 |
| 13 | Fast Break Points | 13 |
| 36 | Points in Paint | 32 |
| 23 | Fouls | 14 |
| 19 | Largest Lead | 8 |
Game Information
Venue: Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse
Location: New Orleans, LA
Attendance: 1,162 | Capacity:
Location: New Orleans, LA
Attendance: 1,162 | Capacity:
2025-26 Southland Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen F. Austin | 20-2 | - | 28-6 |
| McNeese | 19-3 | 1 | 28-6 |
| UT Rio Grande Valley | 14-8 | 6 | 19-14 |
| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | 13-9 | 7 | 18-15 |
| LSU New Orleans | 12-10 | 8 | 15-18 |
| Nicholls | 12-10 | 8 | 14-19 |
| Houston Christian | 8-14 | 12 | 12-20 |
| Northwestern State | 8-14 | 12 | 10-22 |
| Incarnate Word | 7-15 | 13 | 12-19 |
| Lamar | 7-15 | 13 | 12-19 |
| East Texas A&M | 6-16 | 14 | 11-21 |
| SE Louisiana | 6-16 | 14 | 9-22 |
2025-26 American Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Florida | 15-3 | - | 25-9 |
| Tulsa | 13-5 | 2 | 30-8 |
| Wichita State | 13-5 | 2 | 24-12 |
| UAB | 11-7 | 4 | 20-12 |
| North Texas | 9-9 | 6 | 19-14 |
| Florida Atlantic | 9-9 | 6 | 18-15 |
| Charlotte | 9-9 | 6 | 17-17 |
| Tulane | 8-10 | 7 | 18-15 |
| Temple | 8-10 | 7 | 16-16 |
| Memphis | 8-10 | 7 | 13-19 |
| Rice | 7-11 | 8 | 13-18 |
| East Carolina | 6-12 | 9 | 11-20 |
| UTSA | 1-17 | 14 | 5-25 |