NACOGDOCHES, Texas - McNeese will finish off the regular season on Monday night when it visits Stephen F. Austin in a Southland Conference game that will broadcast live on ESPNU with a chance to make league history.
 
Tip-off is scheduled for 6 p.m. at SFA's William R. Johnson Coliseum. In addition to the nationally televised broadcast, the game will air on the McNeese Radio Network on Power 92.1 FM and www.power921lc.com.

McNeese has lost 14-straight at SFA with its last win coming in the 2001-02 season.
 
McNeese (24-6, 18-1) is coming off a thrilling 68-66 win at Lamar on Saturday in a game that saw the Cowboys set a new school record for most league wins in a season. Now McNeese will attempt to match the Southland Conference record of 19 league wins in a season which was set by SFA in the 2019-20 season.
 
SFA (14-16, 7-12) lost to Nicholls on Saturday by a 94-70 score and was officially eliminated from tournament contention.
 
The Cowboys defeated the Lumberjacks, 79-59, in Lake Charles back on January 20. Five Cowboys scored in double-figures in the game and Christian Shumate recorded a double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds. Sincere, who scored 25 points against Lamar on Saturday, had 15 versus SFA while DJ Richards Jr. scored 14 and Bryant Selebangue and Javohn Garcia each added 10.
 
Gameday Notebook:
• McNeese is currently on an 8-game winning streak, tied as the 5th-longest in the nation while the conference winning streak, also of 8 games, is the 3rd-longest in the NCAA.
• McNeese has won 17 or more league games four times in its history, the most of any conference team past or present and is one of only two teams to win 17 or more multiple years (SFA twice).
• The Cowboys are 35-2 in conference play under head coach Will Wade over the last two seasons which is the best conference record over two years in the NCAA.
• Wade's current conference winning percentage of .946 is the best winning percentage in league history but he must wait until after Monday's game for him to be considered the all-time winningest coach due to the 2-year minimum standard set by the league office.
• One of 16 teams in the country with 24 wins or more.
• Non-conference schedule is ranked the 21st-toughest in the country with those nine, D-1 teams combining for a 173-94 record... 6 of the 9 teams have 20 wins or more while 5 of those are either ranked or receiving votes in both the Major and Mid-Major Top 25 polls.
• McNeese is 16-1 since January 1 of this year and 35-3 since January 1, 2024.
• McNeese has compiled an overall record of 54-10 over the last two seasons, tied as the most in school history over a two-year span, matching the overall school record of 54 set in the 1956 and 1957 seasons.
• The 54 wins over a two-year span are the 3rd-most in Southland Conference history, one behind Louisiana Tech's 55 wins with Karl Malone in 1984 and 1985 and five away from Stephen F. Austin's record of 59 set in 2013 and 2014.
• The Cowboys won their 400th all-time Southland Conference game at UNO on Feb. 15 to become the first team in league history, past or present, to win 400 conference games. 
• McNeese has an 18-1 record when leading at half and 12-0 when leading at half in conference games.
• 100 points scored in the win over UTRGV on Feb. 24 are the most scored against a D1 opponent this season and the 3rd-most under Will Wade over the last two seasons (102 vs. UNO, 1/27/24; 105 at HCU, 2/12/25) against a D1 opponent.
• 14-1 when shooting 50% or better in 2nd half for the season; 6-0 at 60% or better in 2nd half.
• Shot 50% or better in 2nd half in 13 of 19 SLC games.
• McNeese is outscoring its conference opponents by 15.4 points and has posted 14 of its 17 wins by 10 points or more.
• Brandon Murray has scored 982 points in his career, 18 from 1,000.
• Quadir Copeland has dished out 4 or more assists in 8 straight games and 3 or more in 12-consecutive.
• Richards Jr. has made 158 threes in his McNeese career, ranking 8th all-time in school history.
• Richards Jr. has connected on 25 of 44 from long range the last 7 games.
• Christian Shumate extended his school record with his 39th double-double against UTRGV on Feb. 24, which also ranks him 3rd all-time in conference history.
• Eight different Cowboys have led the team in game scoring at least once this season and seven in rebounding.