THIBODAUX, La. – The Nicholls State University men's basketball team will look to snap a three-game losing skid on Saturday afternoon, as the Colonels embark on the last of a four-game Southland Conference road swing at the Southeastern Louisiana Lions at 5 p.m. at the University Center in Hammond.

The Colonel Countdown pregame show will begin 15 minutes prior to tip off against the Colonels and Privateers on KLEB 1600 AM locally in Thibodaux and online. Links to live stats provided by Southeastern Louisiana will be on the home page at GeauxColonels.com.

The Colonels have lost three consecutive games for the first time since opening the season with four, dropping games to Stephen F. Austin, Northwestern State and most recently New Orleans on Thursday night at the Lakefront Arena. After getting above .500 two weeks ago, Nicholls now sits 10-11 on the season and 7-5 in the Southland.

Down by just one point with less than three minutes remaining on Thursday, Nicholls would be held to just one point for the rest of the game as the Colonels fell to the Privateers 70-64 Thursday night at the UNO Lakefront Arena.

Trailing 53-49 midway through the final period, Nicholls (10-11, 7-5 SLC) went on a 7-0 run take a brief 54-53 lead over the Privateers (10-10, 7-5) with 8:56 to go. Even as UNO outscored the Colonels 11-9 over the next five-plus minutes, Nicholls still found itself within one point of the home side after a Thomas 3-pointer to make it 64-63.

Unfortunately for the visitors, that 3-pointer would be the final basket of the game for the team as UNO went on to cap the contest with a 6-1 run over the final 36 seconds to pull ahead for good. In the final eight minutes of the game, New Orleans held Nicholls to just 10 points on 2-of-7 shooting and 4-of-9 from the free throw line, while making six shots and converting on four free throws and sending Nicholls to its third consecutive loss.

Smith led Nicholls with 16 points on 5-of-10 shooting from the field, while Sam McBeath scored 11 with three 3-pointers off of the bench. Dantrell Thomas scored 10 points to go along with his three assists and two steals, while T.J. Carpenter scored six points and grabbed a season high eight rebounds.

Thomas still leads the team in scoring, averaging 16.7 points per game and 17.8 in league play, while Smith went right back to scoring double digits after scoring just eight against Northwestern State, as he is averaging 13.5 and shooting 55.2 percent from the field.

The Lions broke a three-game losing streak on Thursday night with a 62-53 win over McNeese State in Hammond, as SLU is 10-13 overall and 5-7 in league play. Southeastern Louisiana had dropped games to UNO at home and Central Arkansas and Oral Roberts on the road. The Lions are 7-3 at home this season, holding a mark of 4-2 in league games.

JaMichael Hawkins leads the Lions in scoring, averaging 13.7 points per game over the season and 15.0 against league competition. Antonnio Benton is pulling down a team-leading 6.6 rebounds per game, while Devonte Upson is shooting 59 percent from the floor.

Nicholls defeated Southeastern 64-61 back in Thibodaux on Jan. 4.