Incarnate Word visits Matthews and Nicholls

By Canadian Press on December 15, 2025.

Incarnate Word Cardinals (2-5) at Nicholls Colonels (4-3)

Thibodaux, Louisiana; Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Nicholls takes on Incarnate Word after Jasmine Matthews scored 23 points in Nicholls’ 101-54 win over the Louisiana College Wildcats.

The Colonels have gone 3-0 at home. Nicholls is 1-3 against opponents with a winning record.

The Cardinals are 0-4 in road games. Incarnate Word is 1-4 against opponents with a winning record.

Nicholls averages 71.0 points per game, 6.1 fewer points than the 77.1 Incarnate Word allows. Incarnate Word has shot at a 40.8% clip from the field this season, 1.9 percentage points higher than the 38.9% shooting opponents of Nicholls have averaged.

The matchup Tuesday is the first meeting of the season for the two teams in conference play.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jesslynn Jalomo is scoring 12.4 points per game and averaging 3.1 rebounds for the Colonels. Sh’Diamond McKnight is averaging 1.4 made 3-pointers.

Destiny Whitaker is scoring 14.0 points per game and averaging 4.6 rebounds for the Cardinals. Jorja Elliott is averaging 11.9 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

The Associated Press

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