NATCHITOCHES, La. (AP) - James Hulbin scored 17 points on 6-of-6 shooting to lead Northwestern State to a 66-51 victory over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in a Southland Conference game Thursday night.
Shamir Davis had 15 points for the Demons (20-8, 14-3), who had lost two in a row, including a 64-63 defeat to league leader Stephen F. Austin on Saturday.
Northwestern State's victory assured a bye in the Southland tournament.
Will Nelson had 14 points and six rebounds for the Islanders (6-22, 5-12), who had won two in a row coming in.
The Islanders led 14-13 on Jelani Currie's 3-pointer with 12:22 left in the first half, but the Demons went on a 16-3 run for a 29-17 advantage capped by Marvin Frazier's layup with 3:56 left. Northwestern State led 32-23 at halftime.
The Demons pushed the advantage to 42-27 on Hulbin's 3-pointer with 15:56 remaining and were never threatened.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (6-22) | 23 | 28 | 51 |
| Northwestern State (20-8) « | 32 | 34 | 66 |
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| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| Z. Knowles, F | 22 | 4-8 | 1-2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| D. Francis, F | 17 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| J. Jordan, G | 37 | 3-7 | 2-7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| J. Williamson, G | 36 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| H. Ali, G | 15 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| W. Nelson | 34 | 4-15 | 3-4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| B. Pye | 18 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| J. Currie | 14 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| N. Maxey | 7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Totals | 20-54 | 6-13 | 29 | 6 | 18 | 51 | |
| 37% | 46.2% | ||||||
| Northwestern State Demons | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| P. Robinson, F | 23 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| O. Evans, C | 18 | 1-2 | 4-6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| S. Davis, G | 28 | 6-11 | 3-4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
| G. Stewart, G | 23 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| D. Harris, G | 12 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Hulbin | 24 | 6-6 | 4-5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
| J. West | 22 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| M. Frazier | 20 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| B. White | 17 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| M. Killian | 13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| D. Adams | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-51 | 14-19 | 38 | 15 | 14 | 66 | |
| 47.1% | 73.7% | ||||||
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