Opponent: Nicholls
Date: Saturday, Jan. 11
Time: 1 p.m.
Location: Lake Charles (Legacy Center)
Stream: ESPN+
Series: McNeese leads the series 14-10 and has won three of the last four meetings
 
 
LAKE CHARLES—McNeese women's basketball (7-8, 2-2 SLC) returns home Saturday for the first time since Dec. 21 to host Nicholls, in the first of three straight home games for the Cowgirls.  Tipoff is set for 1 p.m. at the Legacy and the game will be streamed on ESPN+.
 
The Cowgirls return home on a two-game winning streak after its 61-51 road win at Houston Christian Thursday night.
 
Sophomore Paris Guillory continues to lead the Cowgirls in scoring (17.0 ppg.) while senior Mireia Yespes is pulling down a team high 7.7 rpg.
 
The Colonels (9-5, 2-3 SLC) snapped its two-game losing streak with a 68-57 road win at Incarnate Word Thursday.  Saturday's game will be the fourth straight road game for the Colonels.
 
Tanita Swift leads Nicholls in scoring (16.2 ppg.) and Elli Garnett leads the team with 5.6 rpg.
 
 
McNEESE NOTES
• Will be only the 91st overall meeting between the two teams
• McNeese leads the series 64-27 and have won five of the last six meetings
• The teams split last season, each winning on its own home court
• The first home game since its SLC home opener against Southeastern on Dec. 21
• The first of three straight home games
• Enter the game on a two-game winning streak
• Lead the SLC with 42.8 rpg. in conference games
• Lead the SLC in defensive rebounds (32.0 rpg.) in conference games
• Rank 4th in the SLC in blocks per game (3.50) in conference games
• Coming off three straight road games where the Cowgirls went 2-1
• The seven wins so far are more than the total wins last season
• Coming off a 61-51 road win at HCU on Thursday
• Four Cowgirls scored in double figures against HCU (Paris-19, Williams- 13, Ellis- 10, Joseph- 10) 
• Joseph recorded her first career double double (10 pts., 11 reb.) of the season at HCU on Thursday
• Williams scored a career high 13 points at HCU
• Ellis recorded a career high five blocks at HCU
• Ellis leads the SLC with 3.0 bpg. in conference games 
• Since joining the team on Dec. 8, Guillory has scored in double figures in all six games she has played.
• Guillory leads the team in scoring (17.0 ppg.) and leads the SLC with 18.8 ppg. in conference games
• Guillory ranks second in the SLC with a 94.7 free throw percent, 2.8 three-pointers made per game in conference games
• Senior Mireia Yespes leads the team in with 7.7 rpg. and ranks second in the SLC with 10.3 rpg. in conference games
• Williams leads the team with 3.3 apg.
• Williams is tied for second in the SLC with 4.8 apg. in conference games

 
 UPCOMING GAMES
Jan. 11 *Nicholls (1 p.m.)
Jan. 16 *Stephen F. Austin (6 p.m.)
Jan. 18 *Lamar (1 p.m.)
Jan. 23 *at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (7 p.m.)
Jan. 25 at UTRGV (2 p.m.)
Jan. 30 Incarnate Word (6 p.m.)
 
*- SLC Game