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The Southeastern Louisiana University men’s basketball team begins a four-game week Monday night when they host Ecclesia College at 7 p.m. in the University Center.

The Lions (2-2) are coming off a 78-61 loss on the road to SMU (3-1) Thursday night. SLU fell behind 48-18 late in the first half before cutting the lead in half, 54-39 with 10 minutes to go in the game but couldn’t get closer. The Lions got a pair of double-doubles from Jalyn Hinton, who scored 21 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, and Gus Okafor with 12 points and 12 rebounds.

SLU enters Monday, after picking up their 300^th career on court victory in the University last week, looking to remain unbeaten at home (2-0) in the 2021-22 campaign. In the season’s opening week, the Lions rolled past Southeastern Baptist College and held off a strong effort from Paul Quinn College.

Despite the setback at SMU, the Lions still lead the Southland in free throws made (63), free throw percentage (63-for-79 – 79.7 percent) and rebounding (170 – 42.5 ppg).

Hinton and Okafor lead the Lions in scoring through four games. Hinton, a Florida Southern Transfer, is averaging 12.8 points per game, 7.0 rebounds and 2.5 blocks which leads the league. Okafor, a junior out of Baltimore, Maryland is scoring 12.3 points per game and leads the team with 7.3 rebounds a night.

Ecclesia (5-3) is a Division I NCCAA (National Christian College Athletic Association) out of Springdale, Arkansas. The Royals have picked up five wins in the early season despite not having a senior on the roster. The team is also compromised of wide spreading recruiting with a roster of 14 players from eight different states.

As for the Lions, following their matchup with the Royals Monday night, they will embark on a weekend road trip to Fort Myers, Florida to play in the Hilton Garden Inn Florida Gulf Coast University Invitational.

SLU will take on Purdue Fort Wayne (2-1) out of the Horizon League Friday night at 3:30 p.m. CT. Saturday, the Lions will face host team Florida Gulf Coast from the Atlantic Sun Conference (1-2) at 6 p.m. CT before wrapping up the weekend Sunday against Western Michigan (1-2) from the Mid-American Conference at 12:30 p.m. CT.

Fans can watch Monday’s game on ESPN+ with links to video and stats available on the Southeastern men’s basketball schedule page at www.LionSports.net.

HARDWOOD CLUB/S CLUB

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TICKETS

For ticket information, please contact the Southeastern Athletics Ticket Office at (985) 549-5466 or visit www.LionSports.net/tickets. Southeastern is implementing mobile ticketing as the primary source for securing tickets for the 2020-21 season. All tickets will be available via e-mail in a PDF format for fans to download on their phone or print at home. Tickets can also be downloaded to Apple Wallet.