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HONOLULU (AP) Jake Nielson scored 29 points and Davis Baker added 20 to rally Southern Utah to a 68-59 win over McNeese State on Monday night in the Rainbow Classic.

Nielson, who was 12-of-17 from the field, also pulled down eight rebounds. Baker was 12-of-13 from the free throw line with eight rebounds.

The Thunderbirds (1-2) trailed 30-25 at halftime but used a 23-8 run early in the second half to take a 48-38 lead with 8:10 to play. Southern Utah led by as many as 13 with 4:19 left, but the Cowboys (0-3) cut it to 58-51 on Patrick Richard's baseline runner with 2:45 left. (MORE)

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Final	1	2	T
LAColl	20	16	36
McNeese State	36	37	73

Boxscore

Leaders	LAColl	McNeese State
Points	J. Jackson 12	D. Kapelan 12
Rebounds	S. Johnson 5	P. Alawoya 9
Assists	K. Salmon 2	2 tied with 3

Southland
	Conference	Overall
	W-L	W-L
East
Southeastern Louisiana	0-0	2-1
Northwestern State	0-0	1-1
Central Arkansas	0-0	1-2
Stephen F. Austin	0-0	0-1
McNeese State	0-0	0-3
Nicholls State	0-0	0-3
West
UTSA	0-0	2-0
Sam Houston State	0-0	2-1
Lamar	0-0	2-1
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	0-0	2-2
Texas-Arlington	0-0	1-1
Texas State	0-0	1-2
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Leaders
Points:	S. Martin	16.3
Rebounds:	P. Alawoya	6.7
Assists:	P. Richard	3.3
FG%:	P. Alawoya	42.9%
FT%:	S. Martin	88.9%
3P%:	D. Kapelan	47.1%
Steals:	B. Regis	1.3
Blocks:	P. David	1.3

Offense (Rank)
Points:	65.7 (248)
Rebounds:	9.3 (289)
Assists:	13.0 (182)
FG%:	39.8% (271)
FT%:	76.7% (33)
3P%:	40.7% (64)

Defense (Rank)
Points:	80.7 (311)
Rebounds:	16.0 (341)
Assists:	15.7 (285)
FG%:	51.4% (330)
FT%:	76.9% (316)
3P%:	43.5% (316)

Next 5
Date	Opp.	Record (RPI)
11/21	vs. LAColl	NA
11/23	@ Sam	0-4 (203)
11/28	vs. UL-Laf	1-1 (340)
12/1	vs. PauQui	NA
12/12	@ Miss	4-0 (43)

Last 10
Date	Opp.	Final
11/17	@ SoUt	L 59-68
11/15	@ Hawaii	L 65-73
11/13	@ NoCol	L 73-101

AP Rankings
Rank	School	Rec
1	Kansas	3-0
2	Michigan State	3-0
3	Texas	2-0
4	Kentucky	3-0
5	Villanova	4-0
6	North Carolina	4-1
7	Purdue	2-0
8	West Virginia	1-0
9	Duke	3-0
10	Tennessee	3-0
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Coaches Rankings
Rank	School	Rec
1	Kansas	3-0
2	Michigan State	3-0
3	Texas	2-0
4	North Carolina	4-1
5	Kentucky	3-0
6	Villanova	4-0
7	Purdue	2-0
8	Duke	3-0
9	West Virginia	1-0
10	Butler	2-0
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