Nicholls State University NCAA News

Cade Davis scored 18 points and No. 25 Oklahoma ended a three-game skid with an 81-60 victory over winless Nicholls State on Saturday in the fifth place game of the Great Alaska Shootout.

Washington State advanced to the finals of the Great Alaska Shootout with a 78-69 win over Nicholls State on Friday.

Phillip Ward of Nicholls State pulls UAA's Malcolm Campbell off the ball as Anatoly Bose looks to collect the rebound Thursday at Sullivan Arena.

For the first time since the 1981-82 season , the Washington State men's basketball team will participate in the Great Alaska Shootout.

Louisiana Tech broke open a close game early in the second half, holding Nicholls State scoreless for more than seven minutes during an 18-0 run that turned a four-point Bulldogs lead into a 51-29 advantage.

Kenny Hayes scored 23 points Saturday and Rodney Haddix had 21 to lead Miami of Ohio to a 69-58 win over Nicholls State Saturday night in the Basketball Travelers World Vision Classic.

Every New Mexico player got into the scoring column Friday and Phillip McDonald 's 18 points led four Lobos in double figures as New Mexico topped Nicholls State 83-59 on the first day of the Basketball Travelers World Vision Classic.

Nicholls State University has yet to comment on the future of head football coach Jay Thomas, but following Thursday night's season finale at Southeastern Louisiana University, Thomas was talking like he'd coached his final game for the Colonels.

Here are the top 25 games and other selected matchups for week 13. All times are EST.

Aubrey Coleman scored 33 points and grabbed nine rebounds Tuesday night in Houston's season-opening trouncing of Nicholls State 92-60. Coleman was 12-for-25 from the floor, including a pair of 3-pointers. It was the fourth time in his career he scored 30 points or more.

Duquesne sophomore guard Melquan Bolding is expected to be out four to six weeks with a broken right wrist.

The last play Saturday could well symbolize the entire 2009 Northwestern State football season.

Dave Mackall can be reached via e-mail or at 412-380-5617. Duquesne begins its 94th year of men's basketball in search of its third consecutive winning season under coach Ron Everhart tonight at home against Nicholls State.

Traditionally, media day, with the release of the Southland Conference men's basketball polls and all-conference teams, has been tough on the Colonels.

For Nicholls State , no seniors is either bad or good news. Bad, because it means duplicating a rare 20-victory season without the most veteran of veterans will be an uphill climb.

Nicholls State had only its second 20-win season since moving to Division I in 1980-81. The other time was 1994-95. --Nicholls State brings two Aussies off the bench in its frontcourt, Dominic Friend and Cameron McCallum .

Texas State received bad news Tuesday: star running back Karrington Bush, who had finally gotten his season on track in Saturday's 34-28 win at Nicholls State, is lost for the season after re-injuring his right knee.

Tyler McAfee's role on the football field has changed since playing for Calhoun, but his goal at Texas A&M-Kingsville is the same as it was his senior season in Port Lavaca.

Ryan Perrilloux, playing in Louisiana for the first time since LSU dismissed him in May 2008, threw four touchdowns and ran for another to lead Jacksonville State to a 60-10 victory over Nicholls State on Saturday.

Jacksonville State quarterback Ryan Perrilloux -- a Louisiana native -- threw four touchdowns and ran one more, helping the Gamecocks topple the Nicholls State University Colonels.