NACOGDOCHES, Texas (AP) - Desmond Haymon scored 16 points, including a trio of 3-pointers, to lead Stephen F. Austin to an 84-30 victory over Howard Payne on Friday night in the season opener for both teams.
Haymon was 5 of 8 from the field, including 3 of 3 from 3-point range. Deshaunt Walker had 15 points and was 5 of 9 from 3-point range, as the Lumberjacks made 10 of 24 3-point shots. Taylor Smith added 12 points and Thomas Walkup was 5 of 5 from the field, with 11 points. Ice Asortse had 10 points and Nikola Gajic had four steals.
The Lumberjacks never trailed in the game, leading 36-14 at halftime.
Quelan Lancaster led Howard Payne with 6 points. Christian Davis, Michael Thompson, Travis Taillet, JaKalan Gayden and Ross Whittet each had 4 points.
The game marked the second time in three seasons that the Lumberjacks opened with Howard Payne, a Division III team.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Howard Payne (0-1) | 14 | 16 | 30 |
| Stephen F. Austin (1-0) « | 36 | 48 | 84 |
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| Howard Payne | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Davis, F | 28 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| J. Gayden, F | 22 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| B. Gould, G | 30 | 1-9 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| M. Thompson, G | 23 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| T. Taillet, G | 21 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| Q. Lancaster | 19 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| R. Whittet | 13 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| J. Young | 13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Arbogast | 8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| N. Robertson | 8 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| D. Ford | 6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| C. Byrd | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Adams | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Johnson | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Justice | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 15-46 | 0-1 | 27 | 3 | 19 | 30 | |
| 32.6% | 0% | ||||||
| Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Smith, F | 18 | 5-8 | 2-4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| J. Parker, F | 17 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| D. Haymon, G | 20 | 5-8 | 3-4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| H. Bateman, G | 18 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Bostic, G | 17 | 2-7 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| I. Asortse | 18 | 5-6 | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| D. Walker | 17 | 5-11 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| N. Gajic | 16 | 2-6 | 1-1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| T. Walkup | 15 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| J. Harrison | 11 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| T. Pinkney | 11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| R. Baxter Jr. | 8 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| A. Perez | 7 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| D. Toskovic | 7 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 32-69 | 10-17 | 44 | 22 | 8 | 84 | |
| 46.4% | 58.8% | ||||||
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