LOGAN, Utah (AP) - Desmar Jackson scored 21 points and grabbed 11 rebounds and Southern Illinois defeated Nicholls State 65-53 in the World Vision Basketball Challenge at Utah State.
Jeff Early also had a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds for Southern Illinois (7-3), which had a 42-29 advantage on the glass. Dantiel Daniels chipped in with 13 points.
Fred Hunter scored 14 points to lead Nicholls State (1-7) and Dantrell Thomas scored 13 points along with dishing out six assists.
Southern Illinois had a 20-4 advantage in second-chance points and a 42-18 edge in scoring in the paint.
Nicholls State shot just 36.2 percent from the floor for the game.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Southern Illinois (7-3) « | 31 | 34 | 65 |
| Nicholls State (1-7) | 24 | 29 | 53 |
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| Southern Illinois Salukis | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Daniels, F | 17 | 5-6 | 3-4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| J. Early, G | 33 | 4-10 | 2-2 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| D. Jackson, G | 33 | 7-14 | 6-8 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 21 |
| A. Beane, Jr., G | 30 | 2-8 | 2-3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| K. Brown-Surles, G | 28 | 0-5 | 0-1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Bryer | 18 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| J. Pendleton | 18 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| T. Lindsay | 14 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| D. Drinkard | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Swan | 4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| C. Long | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-58 | 15-22 | 42 | 14 | 18 | 65 | |
| 41.4% | 68.2% | ||||||
| Nicholls State Colonels | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| L. Prest, F | 23 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| T. Carpenter, G | 36 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| F. Hunter, G | 33 | 5-11 | 3-6 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| D. Thomas, G | 33 | 4-12 | 5-6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 13 |
| S. Rillieux, G | 27 | 0-3 | 3-4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Smith | 26 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| P. Maciel | 11 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| A. Torres | 11 | 1-2 | 3-3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Totals | 17-47 | 14-19 | 29 | 16 | 17 | 53 | |
| 36.2% | 73.7% | ||||||
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