NEW ORLEANS – All good things must come to an end as the New Orleans Privateers' (13-9, 6-1 Southland) nine-game winning streak came to a halt at the Alice P. McDermott Convocation Center on Saturday evening. UIW's Cardinals (5-19, 1-6 Southland) survived a valiant Privateer comeback attempt for the 78-70 victory.
HOW IT HAPPENED
RJ Glasper scored 22 of the first 27 Cardinal points sparking a 19-0 run to give UIW a commanding 27-9 lead just thirteen minutes into the first half. UNO trailed 38-27 at halftime, their fewest first half points since scoring 17 at Utah State back in December.
Slessinger squad kept fighting however,
Troy Green's jump shot cut it to 10 with 7:45 to play.
Derek St. Hilaire's step back jumper made it a six-point game, 65-59. A few possessions later Green sliced through traffic cutting the deficit to four with 4:28 to play.
After St. Hilaire's layup cut the Cardinal lead to just two points with 1:12 to play,
Jahmel Myers could only hit one-of-two free throws making the score 69-68 with just under a minute remaining.
Glasper, who finished with 34 points, knocked down a jump shot on and free throw on the other end sealing the game for the Cardinals.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
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Derek St. Hilaire finished with 22 points and matched his season-best with seven rebounds. It's the fifth-straight game he's scored 20+ points in, and the 18
th of his UNO career
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Troy Green scored 19 points to move past Ervin Johnson for third-place in scoring in school history. The St. Rose native also collected nine rebounds and made five-of-seven from the free throw line.
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Kmani Doughty finished with a career-high 11 points vs. a Div. I opponent knocking down four-of-five and going a perfect three-for-three from beyond the arc.
- The Privateers shot almost 60% during the second-half comeback attempt after shooting 34% in the first frame.
- Once again, the Privateers made more free throws (16) than their opponent shot (13). It was the eighth time in the last nine games against Div. I opponents.
- The Cardinals shot 44.4% and only turned the ball over seven times – only the second time a Privateer opponent has had less than 10 turnovers this season.
- Glasper's seven three-pointers were the second most made by an individual against UNO – Syndey Grinder for ULL made eight triples in 1990.
NEXT UP
The Privateers return home to host Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Thursday night at Lakefront Arena. The game can be seen on ESPN+, and heard locally on NASH 106.1 FM. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.
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