December Theatre
December 18, 2006Catherine Mary Chauvin
December 20, 2006From Sports Information
The Nicholls Lady Colonels used a 10-1 run over the final 3:45 to drive past the Tennessee State Lady Tigers, 69-57, Sunday afternoon at Stopher Gymnasium.
Nicholls improved to 2-7 on the season, while Tennessee State dropped to 2-4 overall.
The Lady Colonels’ Claire Barry and Jamie Octave led all scorers with 19 and 18 points, respectively. Octave added two steals and four assists. Guard Katherine Plummer chipped in 10 points, five rebounds, four assists and four steals.
As a team, Nicholls shot 42 percent from the field and 39 percent from the three-point line. Tennessee State shot 43 percent from the field. The Lady Colonels outshot the Lady Tigers, 64 percent to 41 percent from the free-throw line. Tennessee State out rebounded Nicholls, 41-32.
Tiffany Jackson led the Lady Tigers with 16 points. Obiageli Okafor added 14 points and nine rebounds.
The Lady Colonels return to action on Dec. 21 when they travel to Lincoln, Neb. to take on Big 12 foe, Nebraska. Tip off is set for 7:05 p.m.
Nicholls’ men fall to SEC opponent, 76-40
The Colonels fell victim to Vanderbilt by the score of 76-40 in Nashville, Tenn. Saturday night in front of 9,513 Commodore fans. Vanderbilt came into the game on a four game win streak, and continued their course of action against Nicholls.
“We have to get tougher and smarter,” said head coach J.P. Piper. “We are going to get a couple of days here to find ourselves again.”
The Commodores (6-3, 0-0) came out in the first half and played like a fine tuned engine with a 27-5 run over the first 12 minutes. Nicholls did not crack the 10-point mark until the 5:23 mark of the first half.
The halftime score was Vanderbilt 39 and Nicholls 12.
The Colonels (1-12, 0-0) went into the locker room only shooting 14.8 percent (4-of-27) from field goal range, and 13.3 percent (2-of-15) from three-point land.
“I got on them at halftime and challenged them,” said Piper. “I thought they responded, and that it showed in the second half.”
After only scoring three points in the first half, senior Stefan Blaszczynski blew up with 16 points in the second stanza, and finished the game with 19 points and 10 rebounds for his third double-double of the season. Junior Adonis Gray was the only other Colonel to cross into double-digit terrain as he finished with 10.
The Colonels will not play again until they travel to Louisiana-Monroe on Dec. 28. Tip-off for that game is set for 7 p.m.
