THIBODAUX, La. (AP) - Fred Hunter scored 23 points and Dantrell Thomas added 21 as hot-shooting Nicholls State trounced Lamar 90-63 Thursday night to sweep the season series.
The Colonels (9-19, 8-9 Southland Conference), who came in having lost seven of their past nine games, shot 59.4 percent (19 of 32) in the first half. Leading 18-17, they blew the game open with a 29-4 run, going into halftime ahead 47-21.
The Cardinals made only 9 of 20 field goals before the break.
Hunter finished 9 of 11 from the field, Thomas was 8 of 12 and JaMarkus Horace made 8 of 11 to finish with 16 points.
Nicholls State had a 56-36 advantage in the paint and scored 27 points off 20 Lamar turnovers.
Rhon Mitchell scored 15 points and Donley Minor added 14 to lead the Cardinals (3-27, 1-16), who have lost seven straight, including 74-63 to the Colonels on Feb. 19.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Lamar (3-27) | 21 | 42 | 63 |
| Nicholls State (9-19) « | 47 | 43 | 90 |
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| Lamar Cardinals | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Mitchell, F | 33 | 7-14 | 1-1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| S. Brown, F | 27 | 4-9 | 3-4 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| D. Minor, G | 32 | 6-13 | 2-2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| D. Minton, G | 27 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| M. Hancock, G | 24 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Blanks | 21 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| H. Webb | 16 | 3-6 | 4-4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| S. Norman | 9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| N. Acosta | 7 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| B. Doty | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 25-55 | 12-13 | 31 | 9 | 13 | 63 | |
| 45.5% | 92.3% | ||||||
| Nicholls State Colonels | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Horace, F | 21 | 8-11 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
| S. Rillieux, G | 32 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Thomas, G | 31 | 8-12 | 5-5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 21 |
| T. Carpenter, G | 30 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| F. Hunter, G | 30 | 9-11 | 4-8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 23 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Torres | 18 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| P. Maciel | 15 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| L. Smith-Hyde | 15 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| S. Bailey | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Julien | 2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Z. West | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 36-62 | 11-15 | 28 | 21 | 11 | 90 | |
| 58.1% | 73.3% | ||||||
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