LAKE CHARLES – Another first for the McNeese Cowboys basketball team when on Monday, the team received a vote in the Associated Press Top 25 Men's Basketball Poll marking the first time in school history that has every occurred.
 
The Cowboys host Lamar at 7 p.m. on Monday night and will carry the nation's 4^th-longest winning streak at nine games as they attempt to improve on their 14-2 record while taking over sole possession of first place in the league.
 
Monday night's game, which is "The Battle of the Border," will be a great escape from the outside cold as the Cowboys and Cardinals will be battling as league unbeaten foes for the first time in the history of the series.
 
Fans will be treated to $1 draft beers while The Frosty Factory will be set up for Margarita Monday.
 
The first 125 students will receive a free t-shirt when entering and will be encouraged to stand and make noise the entire game and cheer on the Cowboys.
 
Following Monday's game, McNeese will hit the road for the next two when it visits UIW on Saturday and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi next Monday in a game that will carry a national televised broadcast on ESPNU.
 
Associated Press Top 25 Poll (Games thru 1/14)
1.     UConn (39)                  15-2         1,542      4
2.     Purdue (20)                 15-2         1,506      1
3.     Kansas (3)                    14-2         1,426      3
4.     North Carolina (1)       13-3         1,407      7
5.     Houston                      14-2         1,236      2
6.     Tennessee                   12-4         1,147      5
7.     Duke                            13-3         1,130      11
8.     Kentucky                     12-3         1,123      6
9.     Baylor                          14-2         1,055      14
10.   Memphis                     15-2         987         13
11.   Wisconsin                    13-3         948         15
12.   Arizona                        12-4         918         8
13.   Auburn                        14-2         905         16
14.   Illinois                          12-4         660         10
15.   Oklahoma                    13-3         633         9
16.   Utah State                   16-1         538         20
17.   Marquette                   11-5         516         11
18.   Creighton                    13-4         433         22
19.   TCU                              13-3         293         NR
20.   BYU                              13-3         270         18
21.   Dayton                        13-2         261         NR
22.   Ole Miss                      15-1         236         NR
23.   FAU                              13-4         221         24
24.   Iowa State                   13-3         195         NR
25.   Texas Tech                   14-2         191         NR
 
Others receiving votes: Colorado State 169, San Diego State 153, Seton Hall 89, Alabama 60, Grand Canyon 49, Clemson 38, Nevada 22, Boise State 22, Texas 20, Oregon 17, St. John's 15, New Mexico 14, NC State 8, Gonzaga 5, Princeton 5, Mississippi State 3, Utah 3, South Carolina 2, Villanova 2, McNeese 1, James Madison 1