Final Box Score
HAMMOND, La. –Southeastern Louisiana University used a late 5-0 run to claim a 68-63 win over the Delta State University men's basketball team on Tuesday at the University Center.

Mathew Wilson led the Statesmen with 23 points, making 9-of-19 shots from the floor that included four 3-pointers.

THE BASICS:
    Score:  Southeastern Louisiana 68, Delta State 63 (Exhibition)
    Series: DSU leads 17-15
    Location | Time: University Center | 7 p.m.
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TURNING POINT:

• Tied 63-63 with 3:09 left in the game, the Lions went on a 5-0 run to close the game and claim the five-point win.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE:

• Wilson scored 23 points on 9-of-19 shooting from the floor that included 4-of-10 from beyond the arc.
• Justin Slocum had nine points and nine rebounds and Brett Warner had nine points.
• A.J. Cockrell was 4-of-7 from the field for eight points.
• Armon Benford had five assists and five rebounds for the Statesmen.
• The Green-and-white shot 43 percent from the floor (25-of-58) and 31 percent (5-of-16) from 3-point land.
• Moses Greenwood registered a double-double with 21 points and 14 rebounds to pace the Lions
• Keith Charleston added 18 points and seven rebounds while Von Julien had 11 points and nine assists.

INSIDE THE FLOW:

• Baskets by Wilson, Harper and Warner helped the Statesmen open up an early 6-0..
• A Keith Charleston layup tied the game 14-14 with 14:05 left in the opening half before a 3-point play by Cliff Fernandez put DSU back in front 17-14 with 13:41 left.
• Wilson, who scored 13 points in the first half, dialed up a pair of 3-pointers to give the Statesmen a 25-19 lead at the 6:35 mark.
• Leading 29-24, SLU outscored DSU 7-0 to take a 31-29 lead only to see Rasheide Bell make two-free throws to tie the game with 3:34 to play.
• Benford's free throw with :48 to go gave the Statesmen a 34-33 halftime lead.
• The Statesmen opened up a 46-41 lead after a Slocum jumper with 13:51 remaining in the second half.
• SLU held a 51-50 lead when Wilson turned in a four-point play to put the Statesmen ahead 54-41 at the 9:03 point of the second half.
• Cedric Harper tied the game 63-63 with a layup but could not give the Statesmen the lead after his free throw rolled out with 3:09 left to play.
• Greenwood scored SLU's next four points and Julien added a free-throw with 10 seconds to highlight the Lions' run to close the game.

NOTABLES:

• The game featured 10 ties, three ties in the final six minutes of the contest.
• Delta State and Southeastern Louisiana last met on Feb. 17, 1979 as the Statesmen claimed a 79-59 win in Cleveland.
• Southeastern Louisiana appeared on the DSU schedule as a Gulf South Conference member before exiting the league for NCAA Division I and the Southland Conference in the late 1970's.

UP NEXT:

• Delta State travels to Mississippi Valley State for an exhibition game on Saturday at 4 pm. In Itta Bena, Miss.