HAMMOND, La. (AP) - Brandon Fortenberry scored 21 points, Roosevelt Johnson had 14 points and 14 rebounds and Southeastern Louisiana held off Nicholls State 70-65 in a Southland Conference game on Saturday.
The Lions (5-9, 3-1) have won four of their past five games.
Fred Hunter had 22 points and grabbed 13 rebounds for Nicholls State (3-11, 2-2), and Jeremy Smith scored 19 and Dantrell Thomas 14.
Southeastern led by as many as 12 points in the second half at 45-33 with 14:38 to go on Johnson's two free throws, but Nicholls State gradually pulled to 56-50 with 5:38 left on Hunter's jumper.
Johnson hit two free-throws for a 62-52 lead at 3:23, but the Colonels closed to 64-63 on Thomas' six straight points ending at 1:02.
Antonnio Benton hit a jumper and Fortenberry made two free throws for a 68-63 Lions lead at 26 seconds, and Southeastern held on.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Nicholls State (3-11) | 25 | 40 | 65 |
| Southeastern Louisiana (5-9) « | 33 | 37 | 70 |
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| Nicholls State Colonels | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| F. Hunter, F | 38 | 7-10 | 8-11 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 22 |
| S. Rillieux, G | 37 | 1-6 | 5-6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| J. Smith, G | 37 | 9-14 | 1-1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 19 |
| D. Thomas, G | 21 | 6-13 | 1-2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| T. Carpenter, G | 18 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Horace | 16 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| L. Smith-Hyde | 14 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Torres | 12 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| P. Maciel | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-54 | 16-22 | 33 | 13 | 22 | 65 | |
| 44.4% | 72.7% | ||||||
| Southeastern Louisiana Lions | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Benton, F | 35 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| R. Johnson, F | 33 | 3-9 | 8-9 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| B. Fortenberry, G | 38 | 6-13 | 7-9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 21 |
| D. Evans, G | 29 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| J. Campbell, G | 22 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Ricard | 19 | 2-5 | 4-4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| T. Nelson | 13 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| R. Woods | 6 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| J. Petrovcic | 3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| J. James | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-50 | 22-28 | 31 | 9 | 17 | 70 | |
| 44% | 78.6% | ||||||
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