Jacks Blitz Southeastern Louisiana for Seventh-Straight Win

Saturday, January 31

Nacogdoches, Texas

5:00 P.M.

Stephen F. Austin

19-3,12-1Southland

Southeastern Louisiana

6-16,3-10Southland

Southeastern La.

SFA

Jacks Blitz Southeastern Louisiana for Seventh-Straight Win

1/31/2026 7:45:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

SFA improves ’25-26 home record to 11-0

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Stephen F. Austin led wire-to-wire on Saturday evening against Southeastern Louisiana using 16 made three-pointers to blitz the Lions 85-58 in Southland Conference action inside William R. Johnson Coliseum. The win moves the Jacks' winning streak to seven games and improves its season record at home to 11-0.

Keon Thompson led all scorers with 15 points, Kam Burton followed with 14, Marcus Scurry added a dozen and Lateef Patrick chipped in with ten.

The Jacks would have been hard pressed to open the first 2:05 of play any better as three possessions resulted in successful triple tries with Patrick, Thompson and Burton all cashing in on the 9-0 run to start which prompted an SLU timeout.

SFA shot 59% from the floor in the opening twenty bucketing nine three-point attempts from six different players. Defensively, the Jacks held SLU to just seven makes from the floor in 22 attempts and sat at +7 in turnovers behind five first-half steals. Additionally, SFA dished out nine assists as the squad built a 25-point lead at the intermission.

Following the break, the Lions kept pace with the host trailing 22-19 in the half with just over seven minutes to play as SLU utilized an 8-0 run over 3:38 of play down through the under-8 media. In that same span, the Jacks cooled off from the floor with no points in four-plus minutes. Burton ended the drought with his second three of the game and SFA's 14^th to put the Jacks up 73-44 with 6:24 left.

Burton hit his third moments later as the lead grew past 30 points, while his fourth and third in less than two minutes put the Jacks out front 79-46. Prior to Burton's trio of makes, Scurry hit from range three times in span of 78 seconds.

POSTGAME NOTES

It's the longest home winning streak to open a campaign since the 2017-18 season
SFA improves its winning streak to seven games
SFA improves its home record to 11-0
The Jacks move to 7-1 in the month of January
SFA's 16 made three pointers match its season-high output of 16 against Dallas which was the most by the Jacks since hitting 16 against Houston Baptist in 2015 (2/28)
SFA shot a season-high 55.4% from the floor powered by a season-best effort from range at 57.1%; the third effort at 50% or better this season
SFA hit the 85-point mark against an SLC foe for the third time this season
SFA matched its largest margin of victory against a Division I opponent this season having also beaten East Texas A&M by 27 in late December
It is the 11^th time this season that the Jacks have committed nine or fewer turnovers
It marked the sixth time that SFA has delivered 17+ assists
The Lions grabbed an SFA opponent-low 23 rebounds
Nine players recorded two or more rebounds as Thompson and Ahamed Mohammed each collected four
Mohammed finished with eight points, six assists and four rebounds

UP NEXT
The 'Jacks are back in action on Monday night to open the month of February in a high-stakes affair with mid-major #15 McNeese. The Cowboys edged the Jacks 66-64 in Lake Charles on January 5. Tip-off is set for 6:30 p.m. from inside William R. Johnson Coliseum. Live coverage links are available at www.SFAjacks.com.

#AxeEm x #WinTogether

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