Jacks Win Ninth Straight with Second Dismissing of Lamar

Saturday, February 7

Nacogdoches, Texas

5:00 P.M.

Stephen F. Austin

21-3,14-1Southland

Lamar

12-12,7-8Southland

Lamar University

SFA

Jacks Win Ninth Straight with Second Dismissing of Lamar

2/7/2026 7:43:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

Patrick leads with 20 points as SFA remains unbeaten at home at 13-0

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Four Lumberjacks finished in double-figure scoring, Stephen F. Austin withstood 33 and 10 from Lamar's Braden East and fended off the Cardinals late after dominating much of the contest on their way to a ninth-straight victory with an 84-74 decision on Saturday night inside William R. Johnson Coliseum.

Chrishawn Christmas delivered a thunderous putback dunk and Keon Thompson followed with a triple try on the next possession to push the Jacks' advantage to 20 points at 60-40 with just under 13 minutes left in the game.

Lamar responded and finished +10 in scoring the rest of the way as the Cardinals pulled within six points of the SFA lead with 33 seconds remaining. However, the Jacks put the Cardinals away at the stripe with a pair of makes from both Thompson and Lateef Patrick.

The Jacks utilized a near 60% effort from the floor in the first half knocking in half of their ten attempts from range with Kam Burton accounting for three including one from the near wing in the waning seconds of the first half that put the Jacks up a dozen at the intermission.

SFA overcame a three-plus minute scoring drought down through the under-8 media with Thompson ending the scoreless span with a drive to the paint to give the Jacks a 28-24 lead at the 6:45 mark. The Jacks were the first to 30 as Christmas operated along the baseline for a tough finish and in the process spark a 7-0 run which included a Patrick outlet to Christian Green who delivered a no-dribble helper to Narit Chotikavanic for a triple try to highlight the run which was part of a 16-8 closing effort by SFA to finish the first half.

POSTGAME NOTES

SFA earns the regular season series sweep of the Cardinals
The Jacks improve to 13-0 at home which stands as the longest home winning streak to open a campaign since the 2017-18 season
SFA improves its overall winning streak to nine games: the longest since winning ten-straight games to close out the 2021-22 regular season
The Jacks have won 14 league games for the first time since 2021-22
The contest featured eight lead changes and two tied scores
SFA finished +10 in points off turnovers
The Jacks shot 53.7% from the floor; the fifth game this season with an overall shooting clip above 50%
It is the fourth game this season with a free throw clip north of 80%
The 18 made free throws are the second-most in a game this season
The Jacks recorded 17+ assists in a game for the seventh time this season
It is the fifth game with 6+ blocks and the tenth with 8+ steals
Patrick led SFA with 20 points on 7-of-10 shooting
Thompson followed with 19 points, eight assists, five rebounds and two steals
Kam Burton delivered 14 first-half points to pace the Jacks in the opening twenty
Christmas followed with 10 and 8 and added four steals and three assists

UP NEXT
The 'Jacks are back in action on Monday night against East Texas A&M to close out the five-game homestand. The Jacks beat the Lions 75-48 in Commerce on December 29. 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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