Opponent: Stephen F. Austin
Date: Thursday, Jan. 16
Time: 6 p.m.
Location: Lake Charles (Legacy Center)
Stream: ESPN+
Series: SFA leads the series 52-13 and has won the last six meetings
 
 
LAKE CHARLES—McNeese women's basketball (7-9, 2-3 SLC) and Stephen F. Austin (13-4, 3-3 SLC) will reunite on the hardwood Thursday night for the first time since 2019 in a Southland Conference game at the Legacy Center.  Tipoff is set for 6 p.m. with the game being streamed on ESPN+.   
 
The game will mark the second of three straight home games for the Cowgirls who hosted Nicholls last Thursday and will conclude the homestand with a 1 p.m. game against Lamar this Saturday.
 
McNeese enters the game in eighth place in the league standings while the Ladyjacks who were picked to finish fourth in the preseason poll, enter the game tied for fifth place.
 
Sophomore Paris Guillory continues to lead the Cowgirls in scoring (16.3 ppg.) while senior Mireia Yespes is pulling down a team high 7.7 rpg., and Ty Williams is dishing out 3.1 apg.
 
The Ladyjacks enter the game ranked fourth in the nation with a 38.9 three-point field goal shooting percent and ninth overall with a 48.4 field goal percent. 
 
Avery Vansickle leads the conference and ranks second in the nation with a 51.1 three-point field goal shooting percent.  Vansickle has made 45 three-pointers and Harmanie Dominguez has made 42 on the year. 
 
The Ladyjacks have four players averaging in double figures.  Faith Blackstone leads the team with 15.6 ppg. and 6.1 rpg.
 
McNEESE NOTES
• It's the second of three straight home games for the Cowgirls.
• Will conclude the homestand against Lamar on Saturday.
• Coming off a 60-47 home loss to Nicholls last Saturday
• SFA Leads the series 52-13 and have won the last six meetings
• It's the first meeting since the last two teams met in Nacogdoches on Dec. 21, 2019.
• The teams last played in Lake Charles on Feb. 13, 2019
• The last time McNeese defeated SFA in Lake Charles was a 73-67 win on Jan. 3, 2015
• Lead the SLC with 42.4 rpg. in conference games
• Lead the SLC in defensive rebounds (31.0 rpg.) in conference games
• Tied for 3rd in the SLC in blocks per game (3.40) in conference games
• Kiayra Ellis leads the SLC with 3.0 bpg. in conference games
• Paris Guillory leads the team in scoring (16.3 ppg.) and ranks second in the SLC with 17.4 ppg. in conference games
• Guillory ranks third in the SLC with a 90.5 free throw percent and 2.8 three-pointers made per game in conference games
• Since joining the team on Dec. 8, Guillory has scored in double figures in all seven games she has played.
• Senior Mireia Yespes leads the team in with 7.7 rpg. and ranks second in the SLC with 9.8 rpg. in conference games
• Wilnie Joseph recorded her first career double double (10 pts., 11 reb.) of the season at HCU on Jan. 9.
• Ty Williams scored a career high 13 pts. at HCU (1/9)
• Ellis recorded a career high five blocks against HCU (1/9) 
• Williams leads the team with 3.1 apg.

 
 UPCOMING GAMES
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