NICHOLLS AT NEW ORLEANS

4:15 p.m. Saturday at Lakefront Arena in New Orleans (Southland Conference game)

Records: Nicholls (13-9 overall, 7-1 in the SLC); New Orleans (12-10 overall, 9-2 in the SLC)

Coaches: Nicholls – Richie Riley (second season); New Orleans – Mark Slessinger (seventh season)

Last meeting: March 4, 2017 – New Orleans defeated Nicholls, 74-64 (New Orleans leads all-time series, 18-9)

Statistical leaders: Nicholls -- Roddy Peters (18.9 points per game, 5.6 rebounds per game), Tevon Saddler (16.4 ppg, 7.0 rpg), Lafayette Rutledge (9.5 ppg, 66 3-pointers); New Orleans – Travin Thibodeaux (16.6 ppg, 5.8 rpg), Bryson Robinson (8.5 ppg,, 35 3-pointers), Makur Puou (8.2 ppg, 5.0 rpg)

Notes: In their last games, Nicholls lost to Southeastern Louisiana, 67-63, and New Orleans defeated Northwestern State, 82-64 … Nicholls is 3-6 on the road, while New Orleans is 8-1 at home ... Nicholls is tied with Stephen F. Austin for second in the Southland Conference, while New Orleans leads the conference standings … Nicholls is playing its first game in a week … Last week’s loss to Southeastern Louisiana snapped Nicholls’s five-game winning streak, which was its longest since the 2008-09 season … Jahvaughn Powell had a game-high 22 points and four steals against Southeastern Louisiana … New Orleans is the defending Southland Conference regular-season and tournament champion … New Orleans redshirt junior forward Scott Plaisance is the son of Nicholls women’s basketball coach DoBee Plaisance … Nicholls leads the Southland in scoring offense (84.9 ppg) and is ninth in scoring defense (77.3 ppg) ... New Orleans is 11th in the conference in scoring (70.1 ppg) and is third in scoring defense (69.7 ppg) ... Peters (second), Thibodeaux (fourth) and Saddler (sixth) are ranked in the Top 10 in the conference’s scoring average ... the Top 8 teams earn bids to the 2018 Southland Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament, March 7-11, at the Leonard E. Merrell Center in Katy, Texas ... The game can be heard on 100.3-FM.