LAKE CHARLES – The McNeese Cowboys will be back in action on Wednesday night when they host Incarnate Word at 6:30 in Southland Conference action while looking for their third straight win.
 
The game has been designated "McNeese Student Experience Night" where students, who are admitted free with a valid ID, can get free food and t-shirts as well as a chance to win VISA gift cards and more.
 
McNeese (7-9, 2-3 SLC) is coming off an 85-76 win over Northwestern State last Saturday in its last outing and before that, handed Abilene Christian an 88-84 loss on the road for that team's first league loss.
 
UIW (4-11, 1-3) stunned preseason favorite New Orleans, 73-70, at UNO on Saturday to snap a four-game losing streak.
 
A.J. Lawson, the reigning Southland Conference and Louisiana Player of the Week, tops the Cowboys in scoring with a 16.6 mark after coming off a career-high 37 point outing at ACU then following it up with 20 points against NSU. Sha'markus Kennedy follows Lawson with a 16.3 average while Dru Kuxhausen is sinking 15.6 per game. The three rank 4, 7 and 9 respectively in the league.
 
Kuxhausen continues to lead the nation in three-point baskets made (68) and is second in the country in three-point field goals made per game (4.3) and 3FG percentage (50.4). Because of those numbers, the Cowboys as a team are second in the nation in 3FG shooting (42.0 percent) while ranking second in total field goal percentage at 51.4.
 
McNeese is also 11^th in the country with scoring 81.9 points per game.
 
UIW's Keaston Willis is the only double-digit scorer on the team, leading the way with a 12.7 mark as the Cardinals are scoring at a 66.0 per game clip.
 
McNeese won last year's only meeting by an 88-778 score in San Antonio and has won four straight games in the series that spans over six games. Overall, the Cowboys lead 5-1 in the all-time series and are 3-0 against UIW at home.
 
Following Wednesday's game, the Cowboys will take it back on the road on Saturday for a visit to New Orleans.