The Red River Athletic Conference basketball schedule swings in favor of the local college basketball teams and their fans this week and next.
LSU Alexandria and Louisiana Christian will host four RRAC doubleheaders, this Thursday night and Saturday afternoon, and next week as well.
LSUA’s teams are extra busy this week. They played Tuesday night in New Orleans at Xavier, with the men winning while the women came up short.
The Generals are back at The Fort on Thursday playing University of the Southwest (N.M.) in a 5:30/7:30 doubleheader.
LCU is home Thursday night against North Texas-Dallas with the women tipping at 5:30 and the men following at 7:30. The Wildcats are 3-12 overall, 2-7 in the RRAC, and the LCU women are 1-14, 0-9.
UNT-Dallas visits LSUA Saturday while LCU will host Southwest.
Generals get 10th win: EJ McQuillan and Jordan Decuir E.J. McQuillan scored 27 and Jordan Decuir 24 in Tuesday night’s 69-63 win in New Orleans over Xavier.
McQuillan went 7-for-16 from the field, including a 3-for-7 mark from deep and knocking down 10 free throws. Decuir also went 7-for-16 and knocked down five of his seven attempts from beyond the arc, as well as five free throws. The Generals (10-6, 7-3 RRAC) sank half of their shots from three-point land and were 15-for-18 at the free throw line in the second half.
Bentravin Phillips recorded 27 points for the Gold Rush (9-5, 6-3 RRAC) who shot just 36 percent in the second half after knocking down 48 percent of their chances in the first.
The Generals reached a 16-point lead, their largest of the game,56-40. A 17-5 run from Xavier over the next five-and-a-half minutes narrowed the gap to four with 5:40 left.
McQuillan converted six free throws down the stretch to secure the victory for LSUA.
LSUA women bow, 69-58: A late comeback effort Tuesday night was stymied by Xavier, which kept the Generals scoreless over the final 4:07 after LSUA drew within 59-58.
“I thought we fought hard tonight,” LSUA coach Billy Perkins said. “But we just couldn’t get it done.”
Sydney Person recorded a team-high 19 points for the Generals (6-9, 5-5 RRAC), while McKAyla Price recorded 13, and Blair Smith added 10. Smith finished with a double-double, hauling in 14 rebounds.
Laila Sigure led the Gold Nuggets (7-7, 4-5 RRAC) with 18 points.