Stephen F. Austin to take step up in Power-5 class facing No. 1 Duke
The Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks will be taking a step up in class entering Cameron Indoor Stadium to face the No. 1 Duke Basketball team.
It will be a new animal when he Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks come to Cameron Indoor Stadium on Tuesday night to face the No. 1 Duke Blue Devils.
The Lumberjacks are coming off its first loss of the season against the first Power-5 team its played all year.
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Stephen F. Austin lost in New Jersey to the Rutgers Scarlet Knights out of the Big Ten Conference. Only trailing by five at halftime, Rutgers outscored the Lumberjacks by seven in the second half to win the game, 69-57.
Prior to the loss, Stephen F. Austin won its first four games of the season against Le Tourneau, North Carolina Central, Niagara, and Drexel.
The team is led by guard Kevon Harris who averages 19.4 points, 5.8 rebounds, 1.2 assists, and 1.4 steals per game while averaging 48.4% from the field, 40.0% from 3-point range, and 83.3% from the free throw line.
6-foot-7 forward Gavin Kensmil lets the team in rebounding with 7.0 rebounds per game but is also the second leading scorer on the Lumberjacks with 12.0 points per game.
Kensmil is also very active defensively with 1.4 steals and 1.2 blocks per game while he shoots 63.2% from the field.
Cameron Johnson, no relation to the former North Carolina Tar Heel, also averages double-digits for Stephen F. Austin with 10.8 points per game and is the best 3-point shooter on the team, statistically speaking, at 50.0%.
Johnson can do it all for the Lumberjacks at 56.4% shooting from the field and 100% at the free throw line, the guard also averages 3.4 rebounds and 1.6 steals per game.
Stephen F. Austin only has one more player who averages double-digits in guard John Comeaux, but the 5-foot-11 senior also leads the team in steals with 2.6 per game.
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Averaging 10.6 points per game on 48.5% shooting from the field, 37.5% from 3-point range, and 90.0% from the free throw line in addition to 2.2 rebounds and a team high 3.6 assists per game.
Stephen F. Austin makes its living on defense this season, allowing over 70 points just once when Niagara scored 80 points in its defeat to the Lumberjacks and the team averages 11.0 steals per game.
No. 1 Duke will tipoff with Stephen F. Austin at 9:00pm EST on Tuesday night in Cameron Indoor Stadium and fans can watch the game on the ACC Network Extra.