NACOGDOCHES, Texas – McNeese will end off the common season on Monday night time when it visits Stephen F. Austin in a Southland Convention recreation that can broadcast dwell on ESPNU with an opportunity to make league historical past.
Tip-off is scheduled for six p.m. at SFA’s William R. Johnson Coliseum. Along with the nationally televised broadcast, the sport will air on the McNeese Radio Community on Energy 92.1 FM and www.power921lc.com.
McNeese has misplaced 14-straight at SFA with its final win coming within the 2001-02 season.
McNeese (24-6, 18-1) is coming off an exciting 68-66 win at Lamar on Saturday in a recreation that noticed the Cowboys set a brand new college report for many league wins in a season. Now McNeese will try to match the Southland Convention report of 19 league wins in a season which was set by SFA within the 2019-20 season.
SFA (14-16, 7-12) misplaced to Nicholls on Saturday by a 94-70 rating and was formally eradicated from event competition.
The Cowboys defeated the Lumberjacks, 79-59, in Lake Charles again on January 20. 5 Cowboys scored in double-figures within the recreation and Christian Shumate recorded a double-double with 16 factors and 11 rebounds. Honest, who scored 25 factors towards Lamar on Saturday, had 15 versus SFA whereas DJ Richards Jr. scored 14 and Bryant Selebangue and Javohn Garcia every added 10.
Gameday Pocket book:
• McNeese is at the moment on an 8-game successful streak, tied because the Fifth-longest within the nation whereas the convention successful streak, additionally of 8 video games, is the Third-longest within the NCAA.
• McNeese has received 17 or extra league video games 4 occasions in its historical past, probably the most of any convention crew previous or current and is certainly one of solely two groups to win 17 or extra a number of years (SFA twice).
• The Cowboys are 35-2 in convention play underneath head coach Will Wade during the last two seasons which is the perfect convention report over two years within the NCAA.
• Wade’s present convention successful share of .946 is the perfect successful share in league historical past however he should wait till after Monday’s recreation for him to be thought of the all-time winningest coach as a result of 2-year minimal customary set by the league workplace.
• Certainly one of 16 groups within the nation with 24 wins or extra.
• Non-conference schedule is ranked the Twenty first-toughest within the nation with these 9, D-1 groups combining for a 173-94 report… 6 of the 9 groups have 20 wins or extra whereas 5 of these are both ranked or receiving votes in each the Main and Mid-Main High 25 polls.
• McNeese is 16-1 since January 1 of this yr and 35-3 since January 1, 2024.
• McNeese has compiled an total report of 54-10 during the last two seasons, tied as probably the most at school historical past over a two-year span, matching the general college report of 54 set within the 1956 and 1957 seasons.
• The 54 wins over a two-year span are the Third-most in Southland Convention historical past, one behind Louisiana Tech’s 55 wins with Karl Malone in 1984 and 1985 and 5 away from Stephen F. Austin’s report of 59 set in 2013 and 2014.
• The Cowboys received their four-hundredth all-time Southland Convention recreation at UNO on Feb. 15 to change into the primary crew in league historical past, previous or current, to win 400 convention video games.
• McNeese has an 18-1 report when main at half and 12-0 when main at half in convention video games.
• 100 factors scored within the win over UTRGV on Feb. 24 are probably the most scored towards a D1 opponent this season and the Third-most underneath Will Wade during the last two seasons (102 vs. UNO, 1/27/24; 105 at HCU, 2/12/25) towards a D1 opponent.
• 14-1 when taking pictures 50% or higher in 2nd half for the season; 6-0 at 60% or higher in 2nd half.
• Shot 50% or higher in 2nd half in 13 of 19 SLC video games.
• McNeese is outscoring its convention opponents by 15.4 factors and has posted 14 of its 17 wins by 10 factors or extra.
• Brandon Murray has scored 982 factors in his profession, 18 from 1,000.
• Quadir Copeland has dished out 4 or extra assists in 8 straight video games and three or extra in 12-consecutive.
• Richards Jr. has made 158 threes in his McNeese profession, rating eighth all-time at school historical past.
• Richards Jr. has linked on 25 of 44 from lengthy vary the final 7 video games.
• Christian Shumate prolonged his college report along with his thirty ninth double-double towards UTRGV on Feb. 24, which additionally ranks him Third all-time in convention historical past.
• Eight completely different Cowboys have led the crew in recreation scoring not less than as soon as this season and 7 in rebounding.
