College basketball · Team · 2022-23

Nicholls St.

Southland
16–15
Rated 275th of 363

Bottom-100 offense, 241st-ranked defense

The defense carries them — 292nd in adjusted offense and 241st in adjusted defense of 363 Division I teams in 2022-23.

−8.9Net rating275th of 363

Points per 100 possessions, adjusted offense minus adjusted defense · Final ratings for 2022-23 · last updated May 5, 2026, 9:48 AM ET

Ratings · 2022-23

How good, and how they get there

ADJ O98.2292nd of 363 · 7th of 10 in the Southland
ADJ D107.1241st of 363 · 1st of 10 in the Southland
TEMPO70.435th of 363 · 3rd of 10 in the Southland
WIN PROB27.0%275th of 363 · 4th of 10 in the Southland
WAB−9.7200th of 363 · 4th of 10 in the Southland

The four factors

Their strongest factor is turnovers forced — 23.7, 10th of 363.

Effective field goal rateOffense 190th, defense 283rd of 363
50.352.5
Turnover rateOffense 213th, defense 10th of 363
18.523.7
Offensive rebound rateOffense 155th, defense 349th of 363
29.333.7
Free-throw rateOffense 299th, defense 362nd of 363
27.647.6

Each bar is the team’s place among all 363 Division I teams, so a longer bar is better on both sides — even where the better number is the smaller one (turnovers committed, everything allowed). The tick marks the median team. Free-throw rate is free throws attempted per 100 shots.

Roster · 2022-23

Who carries it

Latrell Jones plays the most — 76.7% of the team’s minutes.

PLAYER

CLASS

Latrell JonesWing G · 6-5 · 15.0 points a game in 27 games

76.7

24.5

99.3

−0.6

—

Caleb HuffmanWing G · 6-4 · 16.5 points a game in 27 games

75.1

24.3

106.3

+2.0

—

Marek NelsonWing G · 6-7 · 8.5 points a game in 27 games

55.7

20.5

101.9

−1.2

—

Manny LittlesPF/C · 6-7 · 7.7 points a game in 24 games

55.2

18.8

95.2

−4.8

—

Pierce SpencerCombo G · 6-3 · 7.7 points a game in 19 games

53.5

17.0

95.2

−1.9

—

Lance-Amir PaulScoring PG · 6-0 · 7.0 points a game in 23 games

41.6

21.3

96.9

−5.0

—

Micah ThomasScoring PG · 6-0 · Played 39% of his team’s minutes; a rating needs 40%

39.0

—

Edoardo Del CadiaWing F · 6-8 · Played 30% of his team’s minutes; a rating needs 40%

30.1

—

Tyrease TerrellScoring PG · 6-4 · Played 20% of his team’s minutes; a rating needs 40%

20.1

—

Jalen WhiteCombo G · 6-4 · Played 19% of his team’s minutes; a rating needs 40%

19.0

—

Ryan MaxwellWing G · 6-7 · Played 17% of his team’s minutes; a rating needs 40%

17.0

—

Mekhi CollinsC · 6-8 · Played 16% of his team’s minutes; a rating needs 40%

16.3

—

Ratings print for players with 40% of their team’s minutes and enough games; the rest show “—”. Tap a player to open his college file.

Results · 2022-23

Every final

Game-by-game results start in 2023-24.

Game-by-game results start in 2023-24. The margin is the final score difference; tournament opponents show the seed they carried.

The AP path

Where the poll had them

AP ranks start in 2023-24.

2025-26Unranked in all 33 regular-season games.
2024-25Unranked in all 33 regular-season games.
2023-24Unranked in all 34 regular-season games.

The coach · 2022-23

How he wants to play

Austin Claunch

Head coach · year 5 at Nicholls St. · 90–61 career

TEMPO—Possessions per 40 minutes, adjusted
3PA RATE—Share of his team’s shots taken from three

No tempo is on file for his 2022-23 season. No three-point attempt share is on file for his 2022-23 season.

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