THE OFFICIAL HOME OF McNEESE ATHLETICS

LAKE CHARLES - McNeese opened its home schedule in record fashion on Monday night in a 135-87 blowout win over College of Biblical Studies, dishing out a single-game record 42 assists while matching a record with 21 made three-pointers, nine of those coming from Choppa Moore who finished with a game and career-high 29 points.
 
The 135 points scored set a Townsley Law Arena record and second-most scored in a win in regulation time (record is 144 scored in triple overtime in a loss to HCU in 2022).
 
Two other Cowboys clipped the 20-points scored mark to join Moore, Larry Johnson with 22 and Alier Maluk with 20 who also pulled down 11 rebound to record his first-career double-double game. All this while the Cowboys were without one of their top defenders in Jerrell Colbert who has been battling the flu, much like others on the team the last few days.
 
That didn't slow down an offense that put up 78 shots, 50 that went in for 64 percent. The Cowboys connected on 21 of 40 from behind the arc for 53 percent. And what's even just as impressive as anything, McNeese dished out 42 assists on the 50 made shots.
 
McNeese (2-1) led 63-44 at the half and outscored the Ambassadors 72-43 in the second half. Everyone dressed out got into action and all but one player scored.
 
Moore, who had 20 points at the half, connected on 9 of 11 from three-point range, one off of the single-game school record of 10 set by Dru Kuxhausen against Paul Quinn in 2019.
 
Dellquan Warren handed out a career-high 12 assists, tied as the third-most in the school record book, and became the first player in school history to dish out that many assists without turning the ball over. He added eight points and two steals to his stat line.
 
Maluk's 20 points and 11 rebounds were both career-bests while Christian Nitu added a career-high 17 points on four made 3s, another career-best. Corey Chest had his best game of the young season with a career-high 14 points to go along with six rebounds, six assists, three blocks and two steals.
 
Johnson's 22 points marks the second time in three games the sensational sophomore has scored 20 or more this season.
 
The win extended McNeese's home court winning streak to 30 consecutive games, the fourth longest current streak in the NCAA.
 
McNeese will take a break from game action until a Nov. 22 visit to Texas State, now a member of the newly reformed Pac 12 Conference.