‘Jacks Hold Off Southeastern Late, Win Seventh Straight

Saturday, January 3

Hammond, La.

3:30 P.M.

Stephen F. Austin

12-2,5-0Southland

Southeastern Louisiana

4-10,1-4Southland

SFA

Southeastern La.

Lateef Patrick at Southeastern Louisiana (1-3-26)

Photo by: Sarah Williams

‘Jacks Hold Off Southeastern Late, Win Seventh Straight

1/3/2026 6:39:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

SFA registers 12th win, records best 14-game start to season since 2019-20

HAMMOND, La. – Seventeen-point scoring efforts from Lateef Patrick and Keon Thompson and eight rebounds and three blocks from Jerald Colonel were enough to push Stephen F. Austin past a late-surging Southeastern Louisiana squad on Saturday afternoon inside University Center. The 'Jacks used six free throws in the final three minutes, despite a 6:41 field goal scoring drought through the end of the contest, to hold off the Lions and improve to 12-2 overall behind the squad's seventh-straight win, while remaining unbeaten in Southland Conference play at 5-0.

SLU pulled within a bucket of the SFA lead three times before the under-16 media timeout was triggered at the 13:09 mark of the second half. Moments prior to the stoppage, Patrick hammered a three and then the 'Jacks used four Ahamed Mohammed free throws before a step-back from range by Patrick concluded a 7-0 run as SFA moved back out front 55-42.

Following the under-8 media timeout, former Lion Kam Burton collected a steal which led to an eventual turnaround jumper from Patrick and less than a minute later, Thompson maneuvered downhill to the cup for a second-chance bucket and an 18-point lead with 6:41 left to play. The Lions responded with a 13-1 run to pull within six points as the clock dipped below three minutes, but the 'Jacks iced the league affair at the stripe with successful two-shot trips from Thompson, Patrick and Narit Chotikavanic.

Early transition dunks by Burton and Thompson gave the Lumberjacks an 8-7 lead at the 16:29 mark of the opening half. Thompson assisted Burton's slam and then started his own run after picking up a steal which led to the go-ahead bucket.

Those transition efforts jump started a 16-1 run by the 'Jacks over 7:01 of play which put SFA up 21-8 at the 11:20 mark. Chotikavanic capped that explosive run by triggering in a triple try and six minutes later, he hit a step-back trey to push the 'Jacks back out front by a dozen points, 32-20, with 5:07 remaining before the intermission.

Burton sent in a three ball as the game clock creeped near the 2:30 mark and the advantage for the visitors grew to 13 points, but the Lions closed the half on a 7-0 run to pull within six points of the SFA lead at the break.

POSTGAME NOTES

SFA's seven-game win streak is the squad's longest since the 2022-23 season and its the first four-game road win streak since the 2022-23 campaign
The 'Jacks have won five-straight to open SLC play for first time since 2020-21
The action featured just two ties and two lead changes as SFA led for over 36 minutes, while the game was tied for just 93 seconds
SFA finished +13 in rebounding and grabbed 40+ boards for the eighth time this season and for the fourth-straight game
The 'Jacks grabbed 16 offensive rebounds: the 12th game this season with ten or more o-boards
Colonel registered his tenth game with 3+ blocks and his 11^th and seventh-straight with eight or more rebounds
The 'Jacks shot a season-best 78.9% from the stripe; the squad's second effort from the line at 75% or better this season (UT Arlington)
SFA netted 15+ free throws in a game for the fifth time this season and have made 10 or more in each of their past three games
Both teams shot 40% from the floor, SLU edged SFA in 3pt% (35-31) with one less make in six less attempts from range
SLU shot 91% from the line, but managed only 11 attempts
Ten players scored for SFA in the win with Mohammed (9 points) and Chotikavanic (8 points) following the two 17-point outputs
Patrick followed Colonel with seven boards and Gediminas Alisas added six
Alisas led with four assists

UP NEXT
SFA concludes its four-game Southland Conference road swing with its biggest test of the league slate to date. The 'Jacks are in Lake Charles on Monday night to take on defending league champion McNeese. SFA lost both matchups against the Cowboys a season ago but had won four-straight against McNeese (11-3, 4-1 SLC) prior to the '24-25 campaign. The Cowboys are 6-0 at home this season and are 39-1 in Lake Charles since the start of the 2023-24 season. Tip-off from inside Townsley Law Arena is set for 6:30 p.m. Live coverage links are available at www.SFAjacks.com.

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