re: 2018-19 Season Long State of LA College Basketball Thread

We are going to get absolutely dicked by Florida state on our home court in a few days, but other than that this season could be interesting.

Last night was about as good of a start to the year for State schools as you could ask for. A lot of teams were playing tune up games, but none of them blew them and Louisiana Tech went on the road and got a really nice win to start the season. Teams in action were 7-2 last night.

LSU handled Southeastern in the first in State matchup of the year winning 94-63. The Tigers had 6 players in double figures led by Naz Reid's 17 points. Emmitt Williams had a double double in his debut with 12 points & 10 rebounds. The Lions were led by Parker Edwards who scored 25 points in just 10 minutes of action as he hit 6 threes in the game. Moses Greenwood was the only other Lion to reach double figure scoring with 12 points.

Louisiana Tech started their season off with a big road win over Wichita State 71-58. DaQuan Bracey led the Bulldogs with 16 points while Amorie Archibald chipped in with 14 points & 9 rebounds.

ULL won their opener 121-80 over the University of the Virgin Islands. The Cajuns had 6 guys reach double figure scoring led by JaKeenan Gant & Malik Marquetti who each scored 19. Marcus Stroman had a pretty good line with 8 points, 10 assists & 8 rebounds in the win.

ULM started their season off with a road win over Jackson State 75-66. Daishon Smith scored 24 points to lead the Warhawks who also got 15 points from Jontray Harris and 12 points from Michael Ertel in the win.

UNO took care of Springhill 95-66. Ezekiel Charles & Bryson Robinson each had 17 points to lead the Privateers who had 4 players total in double figure scoring.

Nicholls rolled past Mississippi College 86-58. The Colonels got big nights from Jeremiah Jefferson who scored a team high 28 points and Gavin Peppers who had 20 points & 8 rebounds in the win.

Northwestern State started their year off with a win beating Centenary 102-62. The Demons got 15 points out of Ishmael Lane and LaTerrance Reed while Vonte Ott contributed with 14 points & 8 rebounds in the win.

Southern lost on the road to Alabama 62-82. The Jags were led by Eddie Reese's 16 points and got a 10 point effort from Aaron Ray.


Below is the schedule for the rest of the week. McNeese is the only team in action tonight.

Wednesday, November 7th
McNeese @ St. Mary's - 9pm

Thursday, November 8th
Nicholls @ Louisville - 6pm (ACCN Extra)
UNO @ Northwestern - 7pm (BTN)
Northwestern State @ SMU - 7pm (ESPN3)

Friday, November 9th
#23 LSU vs UNC-Greensboro - 7pm (SECN+)
ULL @ #6 Tennessee - 6pm (SECN+)
McNeese @ Arizona State - 8pm (P-12N)
Southeastern vs William Carey - 7pm
Grambling vs Jarvis Christian College - 7:30pm

Saturday, Novemver 10th
ULM vs Millsaps - 12pm
Southern @ Baylor - 5pm (FSSW)

Sunday, Novemver 11th
Tulane @ #17 Florida State - 6pm (ESPN3)
Louisiana Tech vs Sam Houston State - 4pm
Southeastern @ Nebraska - 3pm (ESPNU)
Nicholls @ Washington State - 6pm (P-12N)

Roydell Brown is a name I forgot about. Also did some research and looks like the left-handed Ledoux twin transferred to La. Tech and the right-handed one is at UT-Permian basin.

We had three teams in action last night. All of the teams were out of the Southland and on the road against bigger programs. It was an 0-3 night, but not a bad effort overall from these squads.

Nicholls lost to Louisville 72-85. The Colonels were led by Jeremiah Jefferson's 24 points. Gavin Peppers chipped in with 14 points and Kevin Johnson had 11 points & 8 assists in the loss. Nicholls drops to 1-1 on the season.

It was a rough one for UNO as they fell at Northwestern 52-82. Only one player reached double figure scoring for the Privateers and that was Gerrale Gates who scored 10 points. UNO drops to 1-1 this year.

Northwestern State was defeated at SMU 58-69. Ishmael Lane was the only Demon in double digit scoring putting up an impressive 24 points & 13 rebounds in the loss. Northwestern State falls to 1-1 overall.


There are 5 games involving State schools tonight. 2 of them are available on SECN+. Also, Grambling gets their season started tonight. Below is the schedule for tonight as well as the rest of the weekend.

I don't do much updating on the weekends but obviously feel free to get in here and let us know how things go. I'll be recapping scores from the weekend and updating the OP with records from these games on Monday morning.

Friday, November 9th
#23 LSU vs UNC-Greensboro - 7pm (SECN+)
ULL @ #6 Tennessee - 6pm (SECN+)
McNeese @ Arizona State - 8pm (P-12N)
Southeastern vs William Carey - 7pm
Grambling vs Jarvis Christian College - 7:30pm

Saturday, Novemver 10th
ULM vs Millsaps - 12pm
Southern @ Baylor - 5pm (FSSW)

Sunday, Novemver 11th
Tulane @ #17 Florida State - 6pm (ESPN3)
Louisiana Tech vs Sam Houston State - 4pm
Southeastern @ Nebraska - 3pm (ESPNU)
Nicholls @ Washington State - 6pm (P-12N)

They were #7 in the NAIA preseason polls. They're 2-2 this year. One loss to preseason #1 & the other to #11.

ETA: Preseason polls were from October 23. Not sure where to find more current rankings. I don't know anything about their team, but I hope this info helps

Over the weekend teams in action went 5-6.

*Friday Games*

LSU held on to beat UNC Greensboro 97-91. The Tigers were led by Naz Reid who scored 29 points and Tremont Waters who added 21 points & 10 assists in the win. LSU improves to 2-0 this season.

ULL lost at Tennessee 65-87. The Cajuns leading scorer was JaKeenan Gant who had 18 points and Marcus Stroman added 11 points & 9 assists in the loss. The Cajuns drop to 1-1 this year.

McNeese was beat 52-80 by Arizona State. Kevin Hunt was the only Cowboy to reach double figure scoring as he had 15 points in the loss. McNeese drops to 0-2 this season.

Southeastern beat William Carey 78-57. The Lions had 6 different players reach double figure scoring including 12 points each from Marlain Veal & Moses Greenwood who also added 9 rebounds. The Lions improve to 1-1 this year.

Grambling started their season off with a 105-68 win over Jarvis Christian. Dallas Polk-Hillard who had 17 points & 10 rebounds and Lasani Johnson who had 16 points led the Tigers who had 4 players in total reach double digit points.

*Saturday Games*

ULM handled Millsaps 94-52. Travis Munnings and Michael Ertel lead the way for the Warhawks with 23 & 16 points respectively. ULM goes to 2-0 this season.

Southern lost at Baylor 53-80. The Jags got 18 points from Eddie Reese and 11 points from Jayden Saddler in the loss. Southern drops to 0-2 this year.

*Sunday Games*

Tulane started their season off with a 69-80 loss at Florida State. The Wave were led by Kevin Zhang who scored 24 points and Samir Sehic who had 19 points in the loss.

Louisiana Tech got a 76-69 win over Sam Houston State. Amorie Archibald led the Bulldogs with 17 points & 8 rebound and got 12 points & 7 rebounds from Anthony Duruji in the win. Louisiana Tech is now 2-0.

Southeastern had a really rough one losing to Nebraska 35-87. Marlain Veal was the only Lion to reach double figure scoring as he scored 10 in the loss. Southeastern dropped to 1-2 this year.

Nicholls lost at Washington State 72-89. The Colonels were led by Danny Garrick's 18 points & Gavin Pepper's 16 point effort in the loss. Nicholls falls to 1-2 overall.

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LSU S comes to town tonight.

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LSU S comes to town tonight. 

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LSU S in a dog fighting tonight.

40-37 at the half

Colonels beat Idaho 83-80