SCOUTING REPORT
SFA plays a slow deliberate pace on offense, running down the shot clock on many possessions and only pushing the tempo when the opportunity presents itself. But the team struggled in the Southland Conference tournament as F Josh Alexander, the conference player of the year, was slowed with a hip injury.

The Lumberjacks do not want to get in a running game, as that proved their undoing in the conference semifinals against Northwestern State.

Alexander and G Gerald Fonzie are excellent shooters. C Matt Kingsley is not a banger, but has a nice mid-range jumper and can work inside if given the chance. PG Eric Bell is 5-foot-3, but able to push the offense if he sees an opening. Sometimes he hesitates to take a shot inside the lane, though. F Nick Shaw and reserve F Scott Weaver are more role players, though Weaver can nail the 3-pointer. G Eddie Williams and C Benson Akpan provide quality depth.

The team usually puts nine players in during the course of the game, with only eight seeing quality minutes.

GAME REVIEW

SFA 71, Texas-San Antonio 60 (Southland tournament quarterfinals)

Northwestern State 69, SFA 66 (Southland tournament semifinals)

Massachusetts 80, Stephen F. Austin 60 (NIT first round)

ROSTER REPORT

--Junior F Josh Alexander, who won the Southland Conference Player of the Year award, set a single-season record with 91 3-pointers made. He has 236 for his career, also an SFA record.

--PG Eric Bell enters the NIT with 177 assists, which puts him 14 shy of the school single-season mark.

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