On Thursday, KPLC 7 Sports Director Matthew Travis had the opportunity to sit down with new McNeese men's basketball head coach Will Wade to discuss a plethora of topics including his expectations for the Cowboys, his coaching staff, his suspension, recruiting restrictions, and much more.
We are still six months away from the start of the 2023 season for McNeese football, but the Cowboys are hard at work getting ready for the second season under coach Goff, and so far, coach Goff has liked what he’s seen out of his team in their spring practices.
In their final game ahead of conference play beginning on Friday, the McNeese Cowgirls took on Houston at Cowgirl Diamond and sent fans home early as they run-ruled the Cougars 9-1 in five innings
After being introduced as the 12th head coach of the McNeese men’s basketball team, Will Wade, and McNeese Director of Athletics Heath Schroyer met with the media to discuss their expectations, Wade’s ongoing investigation, and more.
Will Wade has been hired as the next head coach for the McNeese men’s basketball coach. The announcement came Sunday after McNeese announced Wednesday that head coach John Aiken was let go.
McNeese baseball began their weekend series with Prairie View A&M on Friday, and it was a great start to the weekend for the Pokes behind Grant Rogers as McNeese blanked the Panthers to win game one 9-0.
Christian Shumate broke a 33-year-old Southland Conference Tournament record, and for that reason amongst others, he is this week's KPLC 7 Sports Person of the week.
After the announcement that McNeese men's basketball head coach John Aiken had been let go of on Wednesday morning, Director of Athletics Heath Schroyer met with a small group of media members to discuss the decision, where McNeese goes following the decision, and also the rumors regarding former LSU head coach Will Wade, which tie him to the Cowboys' new opening.
After McNeese’s season came to an end on Tuesday night with a loss to Texas A&M - Corpus Christi in the Southland Conference Tournament semi-finals, Cowboys’ head coach John Aiken addressed the rumors about his future in Lake Charles.
Despite Christian Shumate’s heroics as he went for an impressive 30 points and 15 rebounds, the Cowboys struggled to get anything going and fell to the Islanders 80-63, and with it, their season came to an end.
McNeese beat New Orleans 87-82 in overtime in their first game of the 2023 Southland Conference Tournament on Monday, and with it they advanced to the second round, where Tuesday they would have a date with a team they struggled with in a big way this season; Lamar.
On Sunday McNeese beat Texas A&M - Commerce 79-78 in the first round of the Southland Conference Tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they would take on Nicholls, a team who they lost to twice in the regular season, but Monday night’s game was a bit different.
After beating New Orleans just five days earlier in their regular season finale, McNeese did it again as they topped the Privateers in overtime of Monday's opening round in the Southland Conference Tournament on Monday.
The No. 8 seeded McNeese Men’s Basketball team knocked off the No. 5 seeded Texas A&M Commerce Lions 79-78 Sunday night to advance to the quarterfinals of the Southland Conference Tournament.
The McNeese Men’s Basketball team entered Wednesday’s game with everything on the line, but unfortunately for the Cowboys, they didn’t control their own destiny as they needed to win but also needed Incarnate Word, and Lamar to lose to Northwestern State, and Nicholls respectively.
The McNeese Women’s Basketball team entered Wednesday night’s regular-season finale against New Orleans with quite a bit on the line, they had a spot in the Southland Conference Tournament already, but their seed in that tournament was yet to be decided. McNeese could be as high as the sixth seed with a win, and some help, or as low as the eighth seed, which is the lowest seed in the tournament.
It was a rivalry night at ‘The Jeaux’ on Tuesday night as McNeese played host to UL Lafayette in a game Justin Hill described Tuesday as one that felt a little bigger than the other non-conference games for the Cowboys, and they proved that early on.
The McNeese Men’s and Women’s basketball teams were in Houston for a showdown with Houston Christian on Thursday night in games that had major implications for all four teams involved and their hopes of making the Southland Conference Tournament.
Trae English has been one of the most important players for the Cowboys this season as he holds averages of 10.8 points, 3.6 assists, 1.9 rebounds, and 1.7 steals per game, and is the third-leading scorer for the Cowboys, but now, English is likely going to miss McNeese’s final three regular season games, and any potential postseason games as well.
On Thursday the McNeese Cowboys took on the Incarnate Word Cardinals in a game that had a lot of implications for the Southland Conference standings, and for who will make the Southland Conference Tournament in March. Thursday’s game came three weeks after the Cowboys fell to the Cardinals 70-65 in San Antonio when the Cowboys were in the middle of their nine-game losing streak, and on Thursday the game was fairly similar as the two battled and went back and forth.
Three weeks before Thursday night’s game at the Legacy Center between the McNeese Cowgirls and the Incarnate Word Cardinals, the two squared off in San Antonio, a game McNeese won 69-34, but three weeks later the script was flipped.
The McNeese Cowgirls entered the 2023 season with high expectations placed upon them as they were picked to win the Southland Conference, and also led the Southland with seven players named to the preseason all-conference team, but on Opening Day, the Cowgirls lived up to those expectations.
Friday February 10th is a long awaited day for McNeese softball fans as the Cowgirls will get their 2023 season started with a double-header Friday as part of the Cowgirl Classic I.
Three weeks ago it was announced that former McNeese head coach Lance Guidry was headed to Tulane to become the new defensive coordinator for the Green Wave, but now, before he even hit the sidelines with Tulane, Guidry is already leaving New Orleans. It was announced on Tuesday that Guidry is set to become the next defensive coordinator for Mario Cristobal and the Miami Hurricanes.
The McNeese Football team finalized their 2023 schedule on Monday morning, and it’s highlighted by a very intriguing matchup against the Florida Gators at the swamp, in Gainesville.
The McNeese baseball team had an impressive regular season in 2022 as they went 34-23 overall, and were 15-9 against Southland Conference opponents, and on Friday, the Southland Conference Preseason Poll, and All-Conference teams were announced.
The McNeese Cowboys took on the Lamar Cardinals for the third time this season on Thursday night, and coming into the game were (2-0) vs. their rivals.
It’s been a rough season for the McNeese Men’s Basketball team as they’re just 2-7 against conference opponents, and are 5-17 overall, but it didn’t start out that way for the Cowboys. For the first time since 2017-18 McNeese began the 2022-23 Southland Conference schedule 2-0, but that’s where it all went down hill, they’re 0-7 in games since with three of those games being by five points or less.
Three weeks ago the McNeese Cowgirls were 1-3, and still hadn’t won a road game, but three weeks later, they’ve completely turned their season around, are 5-4 in Southland play, and 8-12 overall, and now they sit at fifth in the Southland Conference with nine games remaining in the regular season, and a real chance to make some noise down the home stretch of their season.
Friday night was a special one for five former McNeese Athletes, as they were officially inducted into the McNeese Hall of Fame at the Induction Ceremony at The Cowboy Club just outside Cowboy Stadium.
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