CORPUS CHRISTI – McNeese will be looking to start another winning streak on Wednesday when the Cowboys visit Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in Southland Conference men's hoops action.
 
Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. at Corpus Christi's Dugan Wellness Center. The game, which is televised locally by Corpus Christi broadcasting, will be picked up here in Lake Charles on MeTV – channel 136 on Suddenlink and 19.1 on antenna in Lake Charles. It'll also be aired live on the McNeese Radio Network (Cajun Radio 1290 AM and CajunRadio.com).
 
McNeese (12-10, 7-4) had its seven-game winning streak snapped against Lamar on Saturday by a 96-91 score. In that game, the Cowboys gave up 30 fast break points while Lamar guard Davion Buster tied a school and league record with 11 three-pointers made en route to a 39-point game.
 
Corpus Christi (9-14, 5-7) has dropped two straight games, most recently an 82-77 setback against HBU in Houston.
 
McNeese is led offensively with three players that rank in the top in the conference in scoring – Sha'markus Kennedy (4^th at 17.9), A.J. Lawson (6^th at 16.7) and Dru Kuxhausen (9^th at 15.6). Kennedy is ranked No. 1 in the league with 10.2 rebounds per game and has recorded four straight double-doubles and 10 on the year.
 
The Islanders are led by Myles Smith's 13.1 points per contest.
 
Corpus Christi leads the all-time series by a 12-6 margin and has won nine straight overall.
 
McNeese will return back home on Saturday when it hosts Central Arkansas at 3:30.
 
Gameday Notes:                                          
• The Cowboys are currently in fifth place in the conference standings but just one game behind second place Sam Houston State and Nicholls (both 8-3). Abilene Christian is a half game ahead of the Cowboys at 7-3.
• McNeese is the only team in the league with four 30-point individual scorers on the season - A.J. Lawson (37 at ACU; 30 vs. KC), Sha'markus Kennedy (37 vs. HBU), and Dru Kuxhausen (32 vs. Paul Quinn). Lawson is the only player in SLC with multiple 30-point games.
• Kennedy is ranked tied for the most 20-point games on the year with nine and double-digit rebound games with 10. He's the only player in the league to wipe the glass with 20 boards on the season.
• Kennedy leads the league with 10 double-double games.
• Kennedy is the only player in the conference ranked in the top five in both scoring (4th, 17.9) and rebounding (1st, 10.2).
• McNeese is the only team in the league with two players ranked in the top five in both scoring (Kennedy, 4th, 17.9; Lawson, 5th, 16.7) and rebounding (Kennedy, 1st, 10.2; Brown, 4th, 8.0).
• Kennedy is ranked No. 1 in the Southland Conference in eight different categories: triple-doubles (1), double-doubles (10), FG percentage (67.7), rebounds per game (10.2), offensive rebounds per game (3.7), defensive rebounds per game (6.5), total rebounds (214), total FG made (151); and is second in total blocks (65) and blocks per game (3.1).
• Kuxhausen continues to lead the nation in three-pointers made (93) and 3s made per game (4.2).
• He needs one more 3-pointer to tie Demond Mallet for second on the McNeese single-season record list and is 14 shy of matching Mallet's record of 107 set in the 2000-01 season.
• Trey Johnson recorded career highs in points (12) and three-pointers made (4) against Lamar.