THIBODAUX, La. (AP) - Fred Hunter scored 12 of his 19 points in the first half as Nicholls State pulled away from Texas A&M Corpus Christi for a 69-62 Southland Conference win Thursday night.
Hunter scored eight straight points, including back-to-back 3-pointers, to give the Colonels (5-12, 4-3) an 11-8 lead at the 14:41 mark.
Nicholls State held the Islanders to only two points for a 9 1/2-minute stretch en route to a 31-22 halftime advantage.
After the Colonels expanded their cushion to 17 points, Texas A&M Corpus Christi pulled within six, at 55-49, on Jelani Currie's layup with 5:50 left, but could get no closer.
Nicholls State outscored Texas A&M Corpus Christi 40-18 in the paint, but was outrebounded 36-29.
Dantrell Thomas added 15 points and Jeremy Smith 11 for the Colonels.
Johnathan Jordan scored 18 points and Will Nelson had 15 points and 11 rebounds for the Islanders (2-15, 1-6).
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (2-15) | 22 | 40 | 62 |
| Nicholls State (5-12) « | 31 | 38 | 69 |
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| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Francis, F | 31 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| W. Nelson, F | 26 | 5-11 | 3-4 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 15 |
| J. Jordan, G | 37 | 4-10 | 10-12 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 18 |
| H. Ali, G | 33 | 3-9 | 2-3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| J. King, G | 27 | 1-5 | 2-4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Martinez | 18 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| B. Pye | 10 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| J. Currie | 9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| K. Dvorak | 7 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Z. Knowles | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 18-49 | 21-28 | 36 | 8 | 25 | 62 | |
| 36.7% | 75% | ||||||
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| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Smith, G | 36 | 4-7 | 3-4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| S. Rillieux, G | 34 | 3-5 | 1-4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| F. Hunter, G | 30 | 8-10 | 1-2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 |
| P. Maciel, G | 22 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| L. Smith-Hyde, G | 19 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Thomas | 31 | 4-13 | 7-9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| J. Horace | 13 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| A. Torres | 11 | 1-4 | 2-4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| Z. West | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 25-50 | 15-25 | 29 | 11 | 27 | 69 | |
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