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Colonels upend McNeese in season finale, clinch Southland title

LAKE CHARLES, La. — Powered by a trio of elite performances out of veterans Najee Garvin, Kevin Johnson and Ty Gordon, the Nicholls State University men's basketball program (17-6, 14-2 SLC) claimed the program's second Southland Conference regular-season championship of the past four years behind a clear-cut victory over in-state rival McNeese (10-12, 4-9 SLC), closing out the 2020-21 campaign with an emphatic 80-67 decision against the Cowboys on Thursday evening at Burton Coliseum in Lake Charles, La.