By: NSUDemons.com

NATCHITOCHES – One of the best seasons in the 100-year history of Northwestern State basketball has produced a second straight quarterfinal berth in the “Demon Delight” contest at NSUDemons.com that will ultimately the top NSU sports highlight of 2012-13, with voting in the fifth of eight opening rounds now underway.In round three completed Saturday night at midnight, voters picked the Demon basketball team scoring the game's last 11 points in the final 2:14 in front of a rabid Prather Coliseum crowd of 2,533 on Jan. 26, with a go-ahead 3-point basket fromwith 14 seconds left in a 61-57 victory over Stephen F. Austin, ending the nation's second-longest winning streak at 11. In the latest round completed at midnight Monday, the overwhelming pick was the NSU basketball team advancing to the 2013 NCAA Tournament with a Southland Conference Tournament championship win over SFA, 68-66, as this time, the Demons held off a Lumberjacks rally in the closing minutes.Voting began just past midnight Tuesday morning on the fifth of eight opening pairings in the contest celebrating 16 top accomplishments from the just completed NSU sports year. The current contest provides voters the choice between the Demons' 4x100 meter relay foursome of Gabe White, Hanoj Carter, Kendal Taylor and Justin Walker winning All-America honors with a 12th-place finish at the NCAA Track and Field Championships, while running the fastest time in the event at NSU since 1982; or the rebuilding Lady Demon basketball team, picked to finish last in the league, scoring upsets of the 2012 (McNeese State) and eventual 2013 (Sam Houston State) Southland champions in Prather Coliseum led by SLC Freshman of the Year Janelle Perez.In the opening vote of the contest, fans picked Janae Allen's stunning 10th-place finish in the women's discus at the NCAA meet last month. The second round decision went to Andrea Nedorostova winning the women's tennis Student-Athlete of the Year honor after breaking the Lady Demons' career doubles wins record and captaining NSU to an NCAA Tournament appearanceSixteen top achievements, dubbed “Demon Delights,” have been paired in eight “first-round” voting matchups. In each, fans will have two days to choose their favorite, advancing it to the semifinal round, with winners there selected in a 36-hour span. The finalists will be open for voting for two days with the “2012-13 Demon Delight of the Year” selected on Aug. 1, just two days before the NSU football team reports to open preseason camp under first-year coachThe 16 “Demon Delights” of 2012-13 up for fan vote this month:• Janae Allen soars to 10th in discus at NCAA T&F meet, earns All-America honors (advanced to quarterfinals by fan vote)• Janelle Perez earns Southland women's basketball Freshman of Year honors• John Shaughnessy tabbed Southland Football Student-Athlete of Year, wins McCarty Citizenship award• Andrea Nedorostova named SLC Women's Tennis Student-Athlete of Year, captains Lady Demons to NCAA Tournament, breaks school career doubles wins mark (advanced to quarterfinals by fan vote)• Volleyball's landmark season includes most wins (20) in program's 31 seasons, 3 All-SLC picks• Demon basketball beats SFA in Prather Coliseum with late 11-0 rally capped by's 3-pointer (advanced to quarterfinals by fan vote)• Demon basketball holds off SFA on ESPN2 to win Southland tourney, reach NCAA Tournament (advanced to quarterfinals by fan vote)• Lady Demon soccer's Jackie Strug chosen Louisiana Newcomer of the Year• 4x100m team (Gabe White, Hanoj Carter, Kendal Taylor, Justin Walker) 12th at NCAA T&F, named All-Americans• Lady Demon basketball scores home upsets of defending & eventual SLC champs McNeese, Sam Houston• Red zone sack by Lesley Deamer, Phillip Harvey's direct snap TD run key football win over Lamar• Lady Demon softball wins Southland Tournament at home, reaches NCAA Tournament• Lady Demon tennis captures SLC Tournament, reaches NCAA Tournament• Baseball gets complete-game gem from pitcher Bobby Baker to beat NCAA Tourney entry UCAcompletes softball rebuilding with 40-15 season, named Louisiana Coach of the Year• Basketball Centennial Celebration highlighted bybreaking state career coaching wins record