Dru Kuxhausen tops the NCAA with 22 three-pointers made.
LAKE CHARLES – The McNeese Cowboys, and the nation's top three-point shooter in
Dru Kuxhausen, will play its second home game of the season on Monday when they host Arlington Baptist.
Tip-off is scheduled for 6:30 at the McNeese H&HP Arena. The game will broadcast live on the McNeese Radio Network (1470/1290 AM,
www.CajunRadio.com) and also available on CowboyInsider on McNeeseSports.com for a small fee.
Kuxhausen, a junior transfer in his first season with the Cowboys, tops the NCAA with 22 three-point field goals made and is coming off a 24-point game against New Mexico that saw him knock down seven treys in a near McNeese upset.
As a team, McNeese is ranked third in the nation with 51 3-pointers made and 10
th in three-point field goal percentage at 44.3 percent.
The Cowboys (1-4) are coming off two hard-fought road outings in competitive losses at Wisconsin (83-63) and New Mexico (90-80).
In each of those games, McNeese held its own for much of the way, and against New Mexico, was tied with the Lobos up until the final minute of the contest.
Senior forward Sha'Markus Kennedy posted a couple of 20-point games by scoring 20 at Wisconsin then following that up with 26 points against New Mexico. He knocked down 17 of 24 from the field over the week and was 12 of 16 at the free throw line. In addition, he averaged nine rebounds and 3.5 blocks per contest.
Kennedy will enter Monday's tilt with a team-best 17.0 score average while Kuxhausen is knocking in 16.8 points a game.
The Cowboys have one other player averaging in double-digit scoring on the season, that being
A.J. Lawson with a 12.2 average. Lawson is also leading the team in assists with a 3.0 per game mark.
As a team, McNeese is sinking 49 percent of its shots from the field and 69 percent at the free throw line while opponents are hitting 41 percent from the floor, 35 percent from 3-point range and 74 percent at the line.
This will be the first-ever meeting against the Patriots.
Following Monday's game, McNeese will hit the road for a Saturday visit to Richmond.
