LAKE CHARLES—McNeese women's basketball will open its 2019-20 season Tuesday, Nov. 5 at Southern Methodist with an 11:30 a.m. tip-off time. The game will mark the start of head coach Kacie Cryer's fourth season at the helm of the Cowgirl program.
 
The game will be streamed free of charge and can be heard on Cajun Radio (1470/1290 AM) with Bruce Merchant on the call. Live stats will also be provided. All links can be found on mcneesesports.com.  
 
The Cowgirls return nine letterwinners including all five starters from last season. Four seniors (Regan Bolton, Bre'Ashlee Jones, Sky Jasper, Damilola Balogun) will enter their final season as a Cowgirl.
 
Sophomore All-Southland Conference honorable mention selection Callie Maddox returns as the Cowgirls' leading scorer after averaging 13.4 ppg. as a freshman. McNeese also returns its top rebounder in Balogun who averaged 8.2 rpg. a year ago.
 
The Cowgirls will return home following the game to host Centenary on Friday, Nov. 8 in their home opener. The game will be the first of two home games in the month of November for the Cowgirls.
 
Season tickets are still available and can be purchased by calling the McNeese Athletic Ticket Office at 337-562-4MSU (678).
 
 
 
GAME INFORMATION
OPPONENT: SMU
GAME DATE/TIME: Tuesday, Nov. 5, at 11:30 a.m.
GAME SITE: Moody Coliseum (Dallas, TX.)
LAST MEETING: SMU, 65-59 (12/22/2017 in Dallas)
2018-19 RECORDS: McNeese (7-22, 5-13 SLC); SMU (11-19, 5-11 American)
LIVE STATS: https://smumustangs.com/sidearmstats/wbball/summary
LIVE VIDEO: https://smumustangs.com/watch/?Live=2521&type=Live
RADIO: https://cajunradio.com/listen-live/
 

QUICK HITS:
•- McNeese will open its season by playing four of its first five games on the road beginning including its season opener at SMU on Tuesday
•- The two teams last met on Dec. 22, 2017 in Dallas where the Mustangs came out on top by a 65-59 score.
•- McNeese returns all five starters from last season including Southland Conference honorable mention selection in sophomore Callie Maddox.
•- Maddox returns as the Cowgirls leading scorer from a year ago after averaging 13.4 ppg.
•- The Cowgirls also return their top rebounder (Damilola Balogun) from a year ago. Balogun finished off the 2018- 19 season averaging 8.2 rpg.
•- Senior Regan Bolton will look to break into the Top 5 in McNeese career three-pointers made this season. She enters the season with 143 and is currently in sixth place, 13 shy of moving into the Top 5.
•- McNeese will host Centenary on Friday, Nov. 8 in its home opener. Tipoff is set for 6:30 p.m.
•- Following its home opener against Centenary, McNeese will be on the road for three straight, at Arkansas, UL-Lafayette, and UAB before returning home to host Rice on Nov. 27.