NIT game thread: MBB vs. Nicholls

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Mustangs: 23-8 (13-4 AAC)
Colonels: 21-11 (11-3 Southland)

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Tonight is the second matchup all-time between SMU and Nicholls. The Mustangs won in 2015-16 season, 86-42.

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Game notes indicate the Colonels want to see their school referred to as "Nicholls" — not "NSU" or "Nicholls."

So ... you know what's coming...

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SMU is 16-0 at Moody Coliseum
Nicholls is 7-7 on the road

Tonight is the first NIT game in the history of the NSU program

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NSU plays a veteran lineup — in its last game (71-64 loss to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in Southland tournament), the Colonels started 3 seniors and 2 fifth-year players

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Basketballs used for NIT are the same radioactive day-glo orange as the ones used in AAC tournament.
Just. Looks. Weird.

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STARTERS

Nicholls
G 0 Ty Gordon
G 3 Jon'Quarius McGhee
G 4 Caleb Huffman
G 5 Pierce Spencer
C 35 Ryghe Lyons

SMU
G 3 Kendric Davis
G 5 Emmanuel Bandoumel
G 10 Zach Nutall
G 23 Michael Weathers
F 50 Marcus Weathers

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Lyons tosses in a jump-hook, and Spencer flips in a ridiculous layup backward to put NSU up, 4-0

Nutall answers with a 3

4-3

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Michael Weathers with a block — his team-leading 42nd of the season.

Would like to know how many of them have been on 3-point attempts. Can't remember the last Mustang who got out to block perimeter shots like he does.

Make that 2 blocks (this one under the rim)

Marcus Weathers dunk puts SMU ahead, 5-4

[Charleston Pony]

kind of a herky jerky start to this game; looks like we are in for a fast pace all night

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Michael Weathers dunk off backdoor bounce pass from KD

Followed by a Michael Weathers steal, breakaway and dunk over 2 NSU defenders

9-4

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Latrell layup closes it to 9-8.

Should have been a turnover: seconds before, he missed a layup WHILE GRABBING THE NET — no call

Michael Weather gets his third block in 7 minutes

11-8

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Nicholls coach Austin Claunch is furious when KD cans a 3 ... after his defender got crushed by a shoulder from Tristan Clark, setting a screen

13-8

[redpony]

anybody have a good stream site? firstrow no working.

[Charleston Pony]

Nicholls 4-18 shooting and SMU with 4 blocks already