OPPONENT: UTRGV 
DATE: Thursday, Feb. 20 
TIME: 6 p.m. 
LOCATION: Lake Charles (Legacy Center) 
STREAM: ESPN+ 
SERIES: McNeese leads the series 9-8  
 
LAKE CHARLES—McNeese women's basketball returns home for its next two games that could possibly have Southland Conference Tournament implications.  The Cowgirls will host UTRGV at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20 at the Legacy Center.
 
McNeese (9-17, 4-11 SLC) enters the game in an eighth-place tie in the league standings with Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, a team the Cowgirls will host at 1 p.m. Saturday.
 
The Cowgirls are coming off a 71-66 road win at New Orleans last Saturday and will look to carry that momentum into Thursday's game.
 
UTRGV (14-13, 9-7 SLC) comes to Lake Charles in a sixth-place tie with Nicholls.  The Vaqueros have won their last three games including a 58-56 road win over second place Lamar on Feb. 8 and most recently a 58-55 home win over Houston Christian last Saturday.
 
In the first meeting against UTRGV, the Vaqueros defeated the Cowgirls 73-65 in Edinburg, Texas on Jan. 25.
 
The Cowgirls are led in scoring by sophomore Paris Guillory who has missed the last three games due to an injury and is questionable for this weekend.  Guillory is averaging 15.4 ppg. while Mireia Yespes continues to lead the team with 7.1 rpg.