Stephen F. Austin host 2018 NCAA team Miami Hurricanes

The Miami Hurricanes Are Home For The Second Straight Game To Begin The 2018-19 Season. Miami Hosts The Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks Who Have Played In Four Of The Last Five Ncaa Tournaments.
The Miami Hurricanes Enter Tuesday Night’s Game Off Of An 82-63 Victory Over Lehigh In The Season Opener On Friday Night. The Hurricanes Had To Play Friday Night Without Junior Center-forward Dewan Hernandez. Hernandez Has Been Suspended Indefinitely Is Pending An Ncaa Investigation Regarding Potential Illicit Payments.

Miami Won Their Opener With All Five Starters Scoring In Double Figures. Sophomore Point Guard Chris Lykes And Senior Forward Anthony Lawrence Had Outstanding Games. Lykes Scored A Career-high 22 Points And Had Five Rebounds, Four Assists And Two Steals. Lawrence Had 19, 12, Two, Three And Three Blocks.

The Miami Hurricanes Were Also Outstanding On The Defensive End. Lehigh Shot 34.4 Percent From The Floor. Miami Has To Work On Their Three-point Defense. The Mountain Hawks Made 38.1 Percent Of Their Three-point Attempts.

Stephen F. Austin Has Won Its First Two Games Of The 2018-19 Season With Victories Of Naia Schools Texas Wesleyan And Southwest Assemblies Of God. This Will Be The Lumberjacks First Game Against A Division I Team This Season.

Stephen F. Austin Plays Two More Games Against Non-division I Opponents This Season. They Also Have Two More Games Scheduled Against Power Five Teams This Year. The Lumberjacks Play At Baylor December 2018.

In A Rarity Among Games Between Power Five Teams And Mid-majors, Alabama Will Travel To Nagadoches To Play Stephen F. Austin On Their Home Court December 30.

The Lumberjacks Were Challenged More In Their Season-opening Games Then You Would Expect When An Ncaa Division I Team Plays An Naia Team. The Defeated Texas Wesleyan By 12 In The Opener And Survived With A 68-67 Victory Over Southwest Assemblies Of God On Thursday.