Nicholls Colonels at Valparaiso Beacons
· NCAA Men's Basketball
Chaney has 24 as Valparaiso takes down Nicholls 68-63
Chaney also added six rebounds for the Beacons (2-1). Owen Dease added 13 points and Shon Tupuola scored 10.
Trae English finished with 14 points for the Colonels (0-3). Sincere Malone and Zaiden Cross each added 11 points for Nicholls.
Valparaiso went into halftime ahead of the Colonels 25-19. Chaney put up 13 points in the half. Tucker Tornatta's layup with 5:23 left in the second half gave Valparaiso the lead for good at 53-51. The Beacons led by three points with six seconds left before Dease was fouled and made two free throws with one second left to wrap up the win.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 63 - 68 |
| 2nd 0:00 | End of 2nd half | 63 - 68 |
| 2nd 0:01 | Owen Dease made Free Throw. | 63 - 68 |
| 2nd 0:01 | Owen Dease made Free Throw. | 63 - 67 |
| 2nd 0:03 | Foul on Jalin Rice. | 63 - 66 |
Statistics
 NICH |
 VAL |
|
|---|---|---|
| 22-51 | FG | 22-53 |
| 43 | Field Goal % | 42 |
| 12-30 | 3PT | 7-16 |
| 40 | Three Point % | 44 |
| 7-13 | FT | 17-23 |
| 54 | Free Throw % | 74 |
| 30 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 8 | Offensive Rebounds | 11 |
| 22 | Defensive Rebounds | 24 |
| 10 | Assists | 10 |
| 3 | Steals | 5 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 15 | Total Turnovers | 9 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 8 | Points Off Turnovers | 13 |
| 12 | Fast Break Points | 6 |
| 18 | Points in Paint | 22 |
| 21 | Fouls | 13 |
| 3 | Largest Lead | 12 |
Game Information
Venue: Athletics-Recreation Center
Location: Valparaiso, IN
Attendance: 867 | Capacity:
Location: Valparaiso, IN
Attendance: 867 | Capacity:
2025-26 Southland Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen F. Austin | 1-0 | - | 7-2 |
| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | 1-0 | - | 4-5 |
| Nicholls | 1-0 | - | 2-7 |
| McNeese | 2-1 | - | 9-2 |
| Houston Christian | 1-1 | 0.5 | 5-5 |
| SE Louisiana | 1-1 | 0.5 | 4-6 |
| New Orleans | 1-1 | 0.5 | 3-8 |
| Northwestern State | 1-1 | 0.5 | 2-8 |
| Incarnate Word | 1-2 | 1 | 5-5 |
| Lamar | 0-1 | 1 | 5-4 |
| East Texas A&M | 0-1 | 1 | 5-5 |
| UT Rio Grande Valley | 0-1 | 1 | 3-6 |
2025-26 Missouri Valley Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belmont | 1-0 | - | 10-1 |
| Northern Iowa | 0-0 | 0.5 | 8-2 |
| Illinois State | 0-0 | 0.5 | 8-3 |
| Murray State | 0-0 | 0.5 | 8-3 |
| Bradley | 0-0 | 0.5 | 7-4 |
| Indiana State | 0-0 | 0.5 | 7-4 |
| Valparaiso | 0-0 | 0.5 | 6-4 |
| Drake | 0-0 | 0.5 | 6-5 |
| Southern Illinois | 0-0 | 0.5 | 6-5 |
| Evansville | 0-0 | 0.5 | 4-7 |
| UIC | 0-1 | 1 | 4-6 |