Games 681-682: Southland Wednesday

682 - Nicholls women at Lamar
January 30 at Montagne Center in Beaumont, TX
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681 - Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at Abilene Christian
January 30 at Moody Coliseum in Abilene, TX

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I didn't get the names of the broadcasters, but late in the first half of Abilene Chrsitian's 78-71 win (it's first over A&M in 10 all-time meetings) the play-by-play man said "he's been out-athleted at the basket".

So we can't let him get away with that.

Game 539 - Nicholls at Central Arkansas

February 17 at Farris Center in Conway, AR
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A huge turnaround season continued for Nicholls as Roddy Peters' near-triple double led to an 87-83 win.

That's five straight for the Colonels, who went 14-17 a year ago, but remained atop the Southland Conference at 12-2 (18-9 overall). Peters was fantastic, scoring 30 points to go along with eight rebounds and seven assists in 31 minutes off the bench.

Jordan Howard is second nationally in scoring and he showed why, scoring a game-high 37 points in a losing effort for Central Arkansas.

A ridiculous 47 fouls were called, leading to these free throw shooting numbers:

* Central Arkansas went 28-of-37
* Nicholls was 24-for-31
* Howard, who is one of only 30 players in the country shooting 88% or better from the line, went 19-for-19, while Peters was 14-for-16