BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) - Taylor Smith scored 20 points on 10-of-13 shooting and Stephen F. Austin defeated Lamar 65-51 on Saturday night.
Smith also had team highs with seven rebounds and four blocks. Hal Bateman added 18 points for the Lumberjacks (18-2, 9-1 Southland). Bateman's basket late in the first half made it 27-24 going into the break as Stephen F. Austin came back from a nine-point deficit midway through the half.
The Lumberjacks shot 61 percent after halftime to finish at 48 percent for the game. They outscored Lamar 24-6 in the first 10 minutes of the second half.
Amos Wilson led the Cardinals (2-20, 0-10) with 20 points. Lamar hasn't won since before Southland play began, beating LIU-Brooklyn at home on Dec. 29 before losing the next 10.
Stephen F. Austin leads the nation in scoring defense, allowing 49 points per game.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Stephen F. Austin (18-2) « | 27 | 38 | 65 |
| Lamar (2-20) | 24 | 27 | 51 |
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| Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks | |||||||
| M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS | |
| T. Smith, F | 39 | 10-13 | 0-1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 20 |
| J. Parker, F | 28 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| H. Bateman, G | 33 | 6-8 | 6-9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 |
| D. Haymon, G | 31 | 3-9 | 1-2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| A. Bostic, G | 30 | 2-7 | 2-2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| T. Walkup, G | 17 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| D. Walker, G | 10 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| J. Bright, F | 4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| T. Pinkney, G | 4 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D. Toskovic, F | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| I. Asortse, F | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N. Gajic, F | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Perez, G | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 26-54 | 10-16 | 31 | 12 | 15 | 65 | |
| 48.1% | 62.5% | ||||||
| Lamar Cardinals | |||||||
| M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS | |
| R. Mitchell, F | 34 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| S. Brown, F | 32 | 3-11 | 2-4 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| A. Wilson, F | 22 | 5-9 | 3-3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| D. Minor, G | 37 | 2-7 | 4-4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| D. Minton, G | 32 | 1-6 | 2-4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| K. Blanks, G | 17 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| M. Hancock, G | 13 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| S. Norman, F | 8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| H. Webb, G | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Doty, G | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 19-51 | 13-17 | 33 | 5 | 17 | 51 | |
| 37.3% | 76.5% | ||||||
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