CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) - Jalen West scored 17 points off the bench, dished out five assists and Northwestern State beat Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 82-71 on Tuesday night for sole possession of first place in the Southland Conference.
Northwestern State (19-6, 13-2 Southland), which sits a half-game ahead of Stephen F. Austin in the conference, has won nine straight contests and used a big first half to put the Islanders away early, shooting 51.5 percent from the field while hitting seven 3-pointers and taking a 53-32 lead at halftime. The Demons used a 20-4 run in the first five minutes of the game.
James Hulbin and DeQuan Hicks each scored 11 for the Demons which scored 20 points off 17 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (4-20, 3-11) turnovers.
Nate Maxey led the Islanders with 15 points on 7-of-10 shooting and pulled six rebounds. Joy Williamson had 14 points and six rebounds while Will Nelson had 12 points, four rebounds and three assists.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Northwestern State (19-6) « | 53 | 29 | 82 |
| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (4-20) | 32 | 39 | 71 |
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| Northwestern State Demons | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| P. Robinson, F | 18 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| G. Stewart, F | 17 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| M. Frazier, F | 15 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| O. Evans, C | 22 | 2-3 | 3-5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| S. Davis, G | 20 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. West | 26 | 4-7 | 6-6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 17 |
| B. White | 22 | 3-6 | 2-4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| J. Hulbin | 21 | 3-8 | 4-4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| G. Roberson | 17 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| D. Hicks | 16 | 4-9 | 3-4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| D. Harris | 5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| M. Killian | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 26-55 | 22-29 | 29 | 14 | 16 | 82 | |
| 47.3% | 75.9% | ||||||
| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| Z. Knowles, F | 19 | 3-7 | 1-2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| D. Francis, F | 11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| J. Jordan, G | 40 | 5-11 | 0-0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| H. Ali, G | 29 | 3-5 | 1-1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| J. King, G | 6 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| W. Nelson | 31 | 4-10 | 3-6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| J. Williamson | 29 | 5-8 | 3-5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 |
| N. Maxey | 18 | 7-10 | 1-2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 15 |
| B. Pye | 12 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| C. Martinez | 6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 27-57 | 13-20 | 37 | 12 | 20 | 71 | |
| 47.4% | 65% | ||||||
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