LAKE CHARLES – McNeese returns to the hardwood on Tuesday night when it welcomes the Kansas City Roos of the Western Athletic Conference as the Cowboys look to remain perfect at home on the season.
 
Tip-off is scheduled for 6:30 at the McNeese H&HP Arena. Kids 12 and under will receive a free kids ticket with a donation to the Toys For Tots campaign.
 
McNeese (3-6) has been off the past week with finals as the fall semester is coming to an end. The Cowboys routed Campbellsville-Harrodsburg 107-61 last Tuesday in their last outing marking the third 100-point game of the season and setting a school record for the most 100-point games through the first nine contests.
 
Kansas City (5-5) dropped a 79-61 game to Iowa State in its last outing back on Dec. 4.
 
The Roos are led in scoring by Javan White's 12.2 average, the only double-figure scorer on a team that's averaging 70.0 points per game but only allowing 63.7 points scored against them.
 
McNeese has three players averaging double-digits on the season – Sha'Markus Kennedy (17.1), Dru Kuxhausen (15.8), and A.J. Lawson (13.1).
 
As a team, McNeese is ranked 28^th in the nation by scoring 81.1 points per game and is seventh in the NCAA in shooting, hitting 51 percent of its shots.
 
PROJECTED STARTERS:                                                                                                    
PG A.J. Lawson (13.1 ppg, 2.9 apg, 2.4 rpg, 1.0 spg, .495 FG, .379 3FG, .563 FT)
G   Dru Kuxhausen (15.8 ppg, 2.4 rpg, 1.1 apg, .489 FG, .506 3FG, 10-10 FT)
G   Trey Johnson (4.3 ppg, 2.4 rpg, 2.5 apg, 1.3 spg, .433 FG, .400 3FG, 2-2 FT)
G   Roydell Brown (6.3 ppg, 6.6 rpg, 2.6 apg, 1.0 spg, .479 FG, .407 FT)
F   Sha'Markus Kennedy (17.1 ppg, 8.8 rpg, 1.8 apg, 2.0 bpg, .663 FG, .766 FT)
 
FAST BREAK FACTS:                                                                                                         
• McNeese is 3-0 at home this season and outscoring its opponents by an average score of 105-48 (314-145 total score).
• In the three home games, the Cowboys have knocked down 58 percent of their shots from the field (117-203) and 52 percent from 3-point range (41-79).
• The Cowboys have connected on 50% or better of their shots from the field in 5 of 9 games and 50% or better from 3-point range in 3 games.
• McNeese is ranked No. 2 in the nation in 3FG shooting at 42.5 percent and No. 7 in overall FG shooting at 51 percent.
• Dru Kuxhausen is ranked 1st in the nation in both 3-pt FG made (40) and 3-pt FG made per game (4.44).
• In losses to ULL, New Mexico and Texas, McNeese either led or trailed by 2 points or less with a minute to play in the 2nd half.
 
10TH TOUGHEST SCHEDULE BY KENPOM
• McNeese's schedule is currently ranked as the 10th-toughest according to KenPom.com.
• The Cowboys have faced the nation's fifth-best cumulative offenses while the defenses are ranked as the 22nd toughest.
 
THE CENTURY CLUB
• With its third 100-point game of the season after a 107-61 win over Campbellsville-Harrodsburg last Tuesday, McNeese set a school record for the most 100-point games through the first nine contests of the season.
• The 107 points scored was the most since scoring 108 vs. Loyola-New Orleans back in the 2001-02 season and tied as the 7th-most points scored in a game in school history.
• McNeese is 43-1 all-time when scoring 100 points or more in a game.
 
SERIES VS. KANSAS CITY
• Tuesday's game will be just the second meeting between McNeese and Kansas City with the Roos  having won the only other meeting by an 80-67 score last season in the first-ever meeting.
• In that game, McNeese got a double-double from Roydell Brown (10 points, 11 rebounds) while Sha'Markus Kennedy added 14 points on 7 of 8 shooting.
• KC's Rob Whitfield led the Roos with 19 points while Jordan Giles added 12.
McNeese vs. Kansas City Series Results
Dec. 15, 2018   L, 80-67 in Kansas City
 
KUXHAUSEN KEEPS FIRING AWAY
• Junior transfer guard Dru Kuxhausen has found his way back to the top of the national rankings in three-point shooting, ranking No. 1 in both 3FG made (40) and three-pointers made per game (4.44).
• He's also ranked 9th in the NCAA in 3FG percentage at 50.6 percent after having hit 40 of 79 from long range on the season.
• In home games only, Kuxhausen has drained 18 of 32 from behind the arc for 56 percent and is averaging 20 points per game in three home contests.
• He's connected on 27 of 53 from 3-point range the last three games and averaging 5.4 threes made per game during that span.