LAKE CHARLES – Desharick Guidry extended the nation's longest double-double streak to eight games after a 15 point, 12 rebound outing, but McNeese's winning streak at Burton Coliseum came to an end after falling 83-69 to Mid-American Conference power Toledo on Saturday afternoon.
 
Guidry scored 12 of his 15 points in the first half but the scoring slack was picked up by Kevin Hardy, who led all scorers with 20 points, as he scored 13 in the second half. Keelan Garrett, who entered the game as the team's top three-point shooter, scored all of his points in the second 20 minutes.
 
But despite all that, McNeese (5-4) still couldn't out-do the talented Rockets (7-4) who won for the fifth-consecutive time.
 
"They're a very good basketball team," said head coach Dave Simmons of Toledo. "Everyone they have can shoot the ball. They're the best team we've played so far in my eyes."
 
This game is a return contest from McNeese's visit to Toledo two years ago as part of the ESPN Bracketbuster campaign, which no longer exists. Per contract terms, Toledo needed to play McNeese in Lake Charles for pay a buyout fine.
 
The Rockets had four players score in double-digits and were led by Justin Drummond's 17 points while Julius Brown added 15.
 
The Cowboys trailed 47-30 at the half after Toledo outscored the Cowboys 21-5 over the final 7:17.
 
McNeese scored the first six points of the second half to cut the margin to 11 at 47-36 and after trailing by the same margin at 56-45 with 14:31 to play, Garrett came alive and hit two of his three treys in back-to-back possessions to get the Cowboys to within five points at 58-53 with 12:23 to play.
 
Toledo followed up with a 9-0 run to go up 67-53 and never faltered the rest of the way.
 
McNeese posted one of its best games from long range after hitting 8 of 19 for 42.1 percent and was 24 of 55 for 43.6 percent from the field. The Cowboys turned the ball over just five times in the game, the same amount at Toledo.
 
The Rockets connected on 30 of 65 from the field for 46.2 percent and was 8 of 17 from three-point distance for 47.1 percent. Toledo made two more free throws than McNeese, hitting 15 of 19 while the Cowboys made 13 of 20.  Toledo held a 41-31 advantage on the glass and held McNeese, the nation's No. 13-ranked team in the nation on the offensive boards, to just nine for the game.
 
"We played as hard as we could in spots," said Simmons. "We knew it was going to be a tough game."
 
The competition doesn't get any easier when on Monday at 7, the Cowboys will host another MAC school in Central Michigan who will come into Burton with an 8-1 record.