WBB: Cowgirls Journey To UNO Saturday For Remaining SLC Street Contest

Opponent: UNO
Date: Saturday, Feb. 28
Time: 2 p.m.
Location: New Orleans (Lakefront Arena)
Watch: ESPN+

LAKE CHARLES—McNeese girls’s basketball (25-4, 19-1 SLC), coming off a come from behind 69-59 win at Nicholls on Thursday, will end its remaining Southland highway journey with a 2 p.m. recreation at UNO (3-25, 3-17 SLC) on Saturday. The recreation will stream on ESPN+.

The Cowgirls will look to tie the college report for many wins in a season and can look to turn into the primary faculty to win 20 convention video games in convention historical past.  The Cowgirls are using an 18-game successful streak, at the moment the fourth longest within the NCAA.

McNeese defeated the Privateers 77-41 in Lake Charles on Jan. 24 within the first assembly between the 2 groups.

Dakota Howard continues to steer McNeese in scoring (12.8 ppg.), rebounds (6.0), and steals (2.8).  Arianna Patton  is averaging 11.2 ppg. and Jalencia Pierre is averaging 10.1 ppg.

UNO has misplaced its final 4 video games and are coming off a 74-64 house loss towards Southeastern on Thursday.  The Privateers are led in scoring by Brialle Washington who’s averaging 10.3 ppg.  Lauren Banks and Jayla Kimbrough lead UMO with 5.2 rpg.

The Cowgirls, the common season champs would be the No. 1 seed within the 2026 Air Force Reserve Southland Conference Championship set for March 9-12 on the Townsley Law Arena.  The Cowgirls acquired a double bye and can play its first recreation at 10:30 a.m. on March 11.

McNEESE NOTES

• Clinched the common season title and the No. 1 seed within the 2026 US Air Force Southland Conference Basketball Championship final Saturday with a 72-55 house win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi

• It’s the third common season Southland title (1986, 2011, 2026) for McNeese

• Have received a faculty report 18 SLC video games

• Have received 21 of final 23 video games

• It’s the primary 20-win season since 2016

• A win at UNO would tie the college report for wins in a season at 26

• McNeese may turn into the primary faculty to win 20 SLC video games in convention historical past with a win at UNO

• Are on a program greatest 18 recreation successful streak, at the moment the fourth present longest successful streak within the NCAA this season.

• Head coach Ayla Guzzardo is the primary McNeese head coach to win 22 video games in her first season as head coach

 

UPCOMING GAMES

Mar. 2 Stephen F. Austin

Mar. 11- 10:30 a.m. vs. TBD**

 **SLC Tournament (Lake Charles/Townsley Law Arena)