Skip To Main Content
Skip To Main Content

Related News

Men?s Basketball Falls in Final Seconds to Stephen F. Austin

Men?s Basketball Falls in Final Seconds to Stephen F. Austin

Men's Basketball Nov 24
MONROE, La. – The ULM men's basketball fell, 65-64, on a three-point shot with less than four seconds to play on Tuesday night (Nov. 23) at Fant-Ewing Coliseum. The triple spoiled a night in which four Warhawks scored in double-figures, led by a career-high 17 points from junior guard Hugh Mingo.

Junior guard Fred Brown added 14 points while senior forward Tommie Sykes had 13 and freshman forward Steven McClellan also added a career-best 13 points.

ULM (1-3) held a four-point lead with less than 20 seconds to play before Stephen F. Austin (3-1) scored the game's final five points to earn the one-point win.

The Warhawks and Lumberjacks went back-and-forth in the opening 20 minutes with neither team taking a lead of larger than three points until the 3:33 mark of the first half.

McClellan made his first career start for ULM and scored the first four points of the game for the Warhawks, he later added an old-fashioned three-point play to give ULM an 11-10 lead just more than seven minutes into the contest.

A triple from Brown, followed by a steal and layup gave the Warhawks a three-point advantage, 16-13, but the lead quickly evaporated with a triple by the Lumberjacks on the next possession.

Trailing by three, ULM used a 7-0 spurt to take a four-point lead. Sykes started the burst with a layup before Mingo added a pair of free throws and senior forward Lawrence Gilbert capped it with a trifecta. Gilbert finished with seven points and a game-high nine rebounds.

ULM took a five point lead, 36-31 into the intermission; Mingo scored the final seven points of the half for the Warhawks.

Both teams shot well in the opening 20 minutes, Stephen F. Austin was 54.5 percent (12-of-22) from the field while ULM shot an even 50.0 percent (12-of-24). Jordan Glynn for Stephen F. Austin led all scorers with 10 points while Mingo led ULM with nine in an opening stanza that featured seven ties and seven lead changes.

Stephen F. Austin used a 7-0 run to take its first lead of the second half, 43-40, five minutes into the second stanza.

The Lumberjacks lead grew to six, 50-44, on a triple by Denzel Barnes with just over 12 minutes to play in the second half. 

With Stephen F. Austin leading by five, both offenses had a drought of over two minutes until Mingo hit a leaner of the glass to bring ULM within three. The basket started a 7-1 run for ULM that gave it a 53-52 advantage with 7:29 to play.

After the Lumberjacks came back to take a one-point lead, a put back by Sykes and a triple from the wing by Mingo gave ULM a 58-54 lead, forcing a Stephen F. Austin timeout.

Stephen F. Austin scored the next four to pull back even, 58-58, before a basket and a pair of free throws from McClellan pushed the ULM edge back to four, 62-58, with less than two minutes remaining.

The Lumberjacks had a chance to take a lead when a triple try was no good and Mingo grabbed the rebound for ULM with less than 30 seconds left. Brown was fouled calmly drained a pair from the charity stripe to give the Warhawks a 64-60 advantage.

After the free throws, Stephen F. Austin raced up the floor for a layup to cut the ULM lead to a pair. The Warhawks then missed the front-end of a one-and-one opportunity setting up the final play for the Lumberjacks.

Zac Downing got a look at a three from the corner and connected to give Stephen F. Austin the 65-64 lead. ULM's desperation attempt at the buzzer fell just short.

Glynn led the Lumberjacks with 18 points. Jereal Scott added 15 and Barnes also reached double-figures for Stephen F. Austin with 11.

ULM will return to action this Friday, Nov. 26, when it plays Jacksonville State on the first day of the Global Sports Roundball Classic in Normal, Ill. Game time between the Warhawks and Gamecocks is scheduled for 8:30 p.m.


QUOTES

ULM Head Coach Keith Richard

On the game … “Anytime you lose one at the buzzer it hurts. Especially when you have a four-point lead with 20 seconds to go and nothing good happened in that last 20 seconds.”

On the play of Steven McClellan … “He did well. Steven is going to be a good player here, a good four-year player. We felt like he had been coming on of late, playing well, so he got the start and did a good job.”

Print Friendly Version