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HAMMOND, La. – Career-high scoring from Brycen Long and Khristion Courseault and 15 made three-pointers weren't enough as HBU fell on the road at Southeastern, 89-84, in Southland Conference play on Saturday afternoon at the University Center.
 
Long scored a career-high 26 points to lead the Huskies (8-14, 4-5 SLC), connecting on a career-best seven threes on 11 attempts. The sophomore was 8-of-12 overall and 3-of-3 from the foul line. He also set a new career-high with six steals and added five assists. Courseault, meanwhile, made a career-best five threes on nine attempts and went 8-of-16 from the field for 22 points and a career-high five rebounds.
 
Southeastern (14-12, 6-3 SLC) raced out to a 9-0 lead, not missing a field goal attempt for nearly three minutes of the game. HBU came alive and out-scored the Lions 12-3 in a three-minute stretch to even the score at 12-12 less than six minutes in. SLU bounced right back, however, and used another run to go up 23-14, the Lions' largest lead of the game, at the 10:48 mark.
 
The Huskies started to work their way back from there with Zion Tordoff making a pair of free throws with 5:28 on the clock to again even things up at 30-30. The two teams then traded buckets and after Gus Okafor put SLU ahead 34-33, HBU went on a quick 8-0 run. Khristion Courseault got it started with a pull-up jumper followed by a Brycen Long steal, a Courseault three, another Long steal and a triple from Long for a 41-34 HBU advantage with just over three to play in the half. Courseault knocked down another three to push the HBU lead to 10, 46-36, before HBU took a 46-38 lead into the intermission.
 
HBU pushed its lead to a game-high 12 right off the bat in the second half with Zach Iyeyemi and Jade Tse scoring on consecutive possessions to make it a 50-38 game. The Lions then went on a torrid run, scoring the next 14 points in the game in less than three minutes to regain the lead, 52-50.
 
The Huskies played catch-up the rest of the way, not regaining the lead. A Tordoff layup tied the game at 54-54 just over five minutes into the half before SLU scored the next eight to lead 62-54. HBU cut it to a one-basket game multiple times down the stretch, including a run where another Tordoff bucket with 4:12 on the clock pulled the Huskies within 75-74. The Lions did enough, however, to hold on to the lead.
 
HBU knocked down 15-of-32 (46.9 percent) from three, the team's most made threes in conference play this season and second-most for the year. Overall the Huskies shot 44.6 percent (29-of-65) from the floor and 73.3 percent (11-of-15) from the charity stripe. The Huskies forced eight turnovers while committing just 12 but Southeastern won the rebounding battle, 37-28.
 
Keon Clergeot led all players with 28 points on 10-of-16 shooting and the Lions shot 60 percent (36-of-60) for the game.
 
The Huskies continue a three-game Louisiana road stretch next Saturday, Feb. 19, when they travel to Thibodaux, La. for a 3:30 p.m. tip against the Nicholls Colonels.