Thompson’s 27 Powers Jacks Past Demons on CBS

Tuesday, January 27

Nacogdoches, Texas

3:05 P.M.

Stephen F. Austin

18-3,11-1Southland

Northwestern State

6-14,4-7Southland

Northwestern St.

SFA

Thompson’s 27 Powers Jacks Past Demons on CBS

1/27/2026 6:15:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

Senior guard matches career-high scoring output as SFA holds off NSU for sixth-straight win

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Senior guard Keon Thompson matched his career-high scoring effort with 27 points and Stephen F. Austin used a fast start and managed to stay a step ahead of a surging Northwestern State squad to pull out a 69-67 Southland Conference victory on Tuesday afternoon inside the Sawmill. It's the sixth-straight win for SFA and the Jacks remain unbeaten at home at 10-0. The league-leading Jacks improve to 11-1 in Southland Conference play.

Jerald Colonel made an impressive hustle play along the SFA bench to save a possession heading out of bounds as the Jacks kept the ball leading 67-62 with less than 15 seconds to play. Colonel's effort ended up in the hands of Thompson who iced the contest with two makes at the line.

Earlier in the half, Colonel delivered a put back off a missed free throw and on the ensuing SFA possession, Narit Chotikavanic hit a three to put the Jacks up 51-40 with 13:45 remaining in the second half. Ten of Thompson's 14 second-half points came in the final twelve minutes as the Jacks worked through a three-plus minute field goal drought as Thompson scored inside to end the scoreless span.

The Jacks opened hot using an 11-1 run highlighted by an 8-0 effort over 2:30 minutes of action which was powered by a trio of successful triple tries. Of the three trifectas that found the bottom of the net was a deep Lateef Patrick attempt netted from the West Texas portion of SFA's midcourt Lone Star State logo.

Overall, it was a 15-2 advantage to open for the Lumberjacks, who defensively, held the visitors to just one field goal through the under-12 media stoppage.

The Demons battled back turning an 18-3 disadvantage into just a five-point deficit at the intermission as NSU looked to Chip Brunt who poured in 16 points in ten minutes off the bench. Northwestern matched the league's top rebounding team in the first half as each side pulled down 20 boards with the Demons edging SFA on the offensive glass, 6-5.

SFA made their first three attempts from range over the game's opening 1:58 of play but managed to sink just one more over the next 18+ minutes shooting 1-of-8 from beyond-the-arc in that span.

POSTGAME NOTES

The Jacks even the all-time series with the Demons at 42-42
SFA improves its winning streak to six games
SFA improves its home record to 10-0, the 18th time in the past 20 seasons that the Jacks have reached ten wins inside the Sawmill
It's the longest home winning streak to open a campaign since the 2020-21 season
The Jacks move to 6-1 in the month of January
Thompson finished with his third-straight 20-point effort and the 14^th of his collegiate career dating back to his time at UMass
Patrick finished with 13 points, while he, Chotikavanic and Kam Burton all hit a pair of three-pointers
Chrishawn Christmas and Colonel each corralled ten rebounds

UP NEXT
The 'Jacks are back in action on Saturday afternoon to close out the month of January against Southeastern Louisiana. The Jacks beat the Lions 73-63 in Hammond to open the new year. Tip-off against SLU is set for 5 p.m. from inside William R. Johnson Coliseum. Live coverage links are available at www.SFAjacks.com.

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