BATON ROUGE, La. – The Louisiana Christian University men's basketball program spent its second straight night in the state capital while facing off against the pair of NCAA Division I schools in town, dropping its regular season opener at Southern University by a score of 94-60 on Tuesday evening.

The Basics:
 

• Score
  • Southern – 94
  • Louisiana Christian – 60

 

• Records
  • Louisiana Christian (0-1, 0-0 Red River)
  • Southern (0-0, 0-0 SWAC)

 

• Location
  • Baton Rouge, Louisiana – F.G. Carter Activity Center

 

• Series History (Since 2007-08)
  • Southern Leads 1-0 (0%)

 

• Winning Streak (Since 2007-08)
  • Southern (W1) | Louisiana Christian's Last Win: N/A

 
Wildcats Top Performers:
 

• Kylan Williams set career-highs in both points (12) and rebounds (6), his first time crossing the double-digit scoring plateau in a contest while his half-dozen boards was the most on the club to go along with making four of his five shots.

 

• Drew Tebbe scored a high volume in a short span, dropping six free throws made, a personal-best, in only seven minutes.

 

• Konnor DeJean was the third and final Wildcat student-athlete to raise his benchmark in a statistical category, going for a quartet of rebounds.

 

• Omarion Layssard led the offense at a team-leading 13 points on top of three rebounds and an even 50% field-goal percentage (5-for-10).

 

• D'Marcus Fugett played the role of floor general on the night, fronting the squad with three assists and a pair of steals while Charles Jones put together a eight-point, two-steal showing.

 
Notes:
 

• LCU had a significant edge in one category; free throw shooting; making nearly ten percent more from the charity stripe than the Jaguars by a margin of 67.6% to 58.8%.

 
Next:
 

• The men from Pineville will get to face its own level of competition (NAIA) in games that count from here on out, starting with a trip to see its old Red River rivals over in Marshall, Texas on Saturday at 4 p.m. against Wiley.

 
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