2022-2023 Nicholls State Colonels

2022-2023 Nicholls State Colonels Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
14 Taylor Blanchard Jr F 6-5 165 Oct 8, 2001 Morgan City (LA) United States Central Catholic High School
13 Mekhi Collins So F 6-8 225 Oct 4, 2002 Baton Rouge (LA) United States Faith Family Academy
23 Edoardo Del Cadia Sr F 6-8 240 Mar 10, 1999 Senigallia Italy Myerscough College
4 Caleb Huffman Sr F 6-4 185 Feb 26, 2000 Broken Arrow (OK) United States Broken Arrow High School
11 Latrell Jones Sr F 6-5 180 May 29, 1998 Marrero (LA) United States Archbishop Shaw High School
1 Joshua LeBlanc RS-Sr F 6-8 230 Nov 12, 1999 Baton Rouge (LA) United States Madison Prep Academy
22 Manny Littles Sr F 6-7 215 Feb 8, 1999 Lanett (AL) United States Lanett High School
10 Ryan Maxwell So F 6-7 250 Feb 4, 2003 Jacksonville (AR) United States Jacksonville High School
0 Marek Nelson Sr GF 6-7 200 - Plano (TX) United States Sunrise Christian Academy
25 Lance-Amir Paul Jr G 6-0 185 - Kingston Jamaica Putnam Science Academy
5 Pierce Spencer Jr PG 6-3 175 Apr 16, 2002 Porter (TX) United States Porter High School
24 Quinn Strander Jr G 5-10 175 Jul 31, 2001 Thibodaux (LA) United States E.D. White High School
2 Tyrease Terrell Sr PG 6-3 165 Jan 28, 2001 Slidell (LA) United States Northside High School
3 Micah Thomas So G 6-0 175 - Oklahoma City (OK) United States Putnam City High School
21 Jalen White Jr F 6-4 180 Sep 26, 2001 Pasadena (TX) United States Sam Rayburn High School

Recent Nicholls State Colonels History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 20-14 (13-5) 3rd (Southland) Runner Up N/A
2022-2023 16-15 (11-7) 4th (Southland) 2nd Rnd N/A
2021-2022 21-12 (11-3) 1st (Southland) 3rd Rnd NIT 1st Rnd
2020-2021 18-7 (14-2) 1st (Southland) Runner Up N/A
2019-2020 21-10 (15-5) 2nd (Southland) 2nd Rnd N/A
2018-2019 14-17 (7-11) 9th (Southland) N/A N/A
2017-2018 21-11 (15-3) 1st (Southland) 3rd Rnd N/A
2016-2017 14-17 (7-11) 8th (Southland) N/A N/A
2015-2016 11-23 (6-12) 9th (Southland) 2nd Rnd N/A
2014-2015 10-19 (7-11) 8th (Southland) 1st Rnd N/A
2013-2014 14-15 (10-8) 5th (Southland) 2nd Rnd N/A
2012-2013 9-21 (8-10) 5th (Southland) 1st Rnd N/A
2011-2012 10-20 (6-10) 8th (Southland) 1st Rnd N/A
2010-2011 14-14 (8-8) 8th (Southland) 1st Rnd N/A
2009-2010 11-19 (7-9) 8th (Southland) 1st Rnd N/A
2008-2009 20-11 (12-4) 2nd (Southland) 2nd Rnd N/A
2007-2008 10-21 (5-11) 11th (Southland) N/A N/A
2006-2007 8-22 (7-9) 9th (Southland) N/A N/A
2005-2006 9-18 (5-11) 10th (Southland) N/A N/A
2004-2005 6-21 (1-15) 11th (Southland) N/A N/A
2003-2004 6-21 (1-15) 11th (Southland) N/A N/A
2002-2003 3-25 (1-19) 11th (Southland) N/A N/A

2022-2023 Nicholls State Colonels Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Caleb Huffman NABC All-District (22) Second Team
Caleb Huffman All-Southland First Team
Latrell Jones All-Southland Second Team
Caleb Huffman Southland All-Defensive Team
Pierce Spencer Southland All-Defensive Team
Caleb Huffman Southland Player of the Week (Feb 13, 2023)
Latrell Jones Southland Player of the Week (Dec 19, 2022)
Latrell Jones Southland Player of the Week (Nov 28, 2022)

2022-2023 Nicholls State Colonels Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters P. Spencer C. Huffman L. Jones M. Littles M. Nelson
Rotation M. Thomas L. Paul J. White E. Del Cadia R. Maxwell
Rotation       M. Collins  
Lim PT T. Terrell   T. Blanchard    
Lim PT Q. Strander        

2022-2023 Nicholls State Colonels Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Caleb Huffman 31 29.1 16.5 5.1 1.5 2.1 0.2 1.9
Latrell Jones 31 29.7 15.0 4.7 1.6 1.5 0.6 2.1
Marek Nelson 31 22.3 8.5 3.9 1.4 1.2 0.5 1.7
Micah Thomas 22 23.6 8.4 1.5 3.2 1.0 0.1 1.1
Manny Littles 27 25.0 7.7 6.9 1.0 0.6 0.6 1.8
Pierce Spencer 21 29.0 7.7 4.2 2.9 1.6 0.3 1.9
Lance-Amir Paul 26 19.2 7.0 1.4 2.3 0.9 0.0 1.5
Jalen White 26 10.4 4.0 0.8 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.2
Edoardo Del Cadia 25 14.8 3.9 2.9 1.4 1.1 0.1 1.3
Mekhi Collins 19 11.4 3.2 2.6 0.2 0.3 0.8 0.5
Ryan Maxwell 21 10.1 2.3 1.0 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.5
Quinn Strander 7 4.0 1.6 0.7 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.3
Taylor Blanchard 4 2.2 1.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tyrease Terrell 31 9.0 1.4 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.5

2022-2023 Nicholls State Colonels Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Austin Claunch Head Coach 2018-2019 Assistant Coach (Nicholls State, 2016 to 2018)
Nick Bowman Associate Head Coach 2021-2022 Assistant Coach (Nicholls State, 2018 to 2021)
Darion Brown Assistant Coach 2021-2022 Graduate Assistant (Salem University, 2019 to 2020)
Charles Chigeru Assistant Coach 2022-2023 N/A
Jonathan Terrell Athletic Director 2020-2021 N/A
Stevie Repichowski Director of Basketball Operations 2021-2022 Special Assistant to the Head Coach (South Alabama, 2020 to 2021)
Frank Bourgeois Head Strength and Conditioning Coach 2021-2022 N/A
Tyler Trahan Director of Sports Medicine 2020-2021 N/A
Matt Vail Athletic Trainer 2022-2023 N/A
Jamie Bustos Director of Media Relations 2014-2015 N/A