NCAAB

McNeese Cowboys at Lamar Cardinals

· SOUTHLAND TOURNAMENT - 1st ROUND
McNeese Cowboys
15-17, 5-11 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
59 - 80
Lamar Cardinals
17-15, 10-5 Home

Atwood scores 20, Lamar defeats McNeese 80-59 in Southland

The sixth-seeded Cardinals (17-15), playing with a seven-man roster, got 19 points and 10 rebounds from Avery Sullivan, 12 points from Davion Buster and 10 from Anderson Kopp. All seven Cardinals scored at least six points.

Lamar advances to face No. 3 seed Nichols in Thursday's second round. Lamar was defeated by McNeese 70-66 in the regular-season finale last Saturday.

A.J. Lawson had 22 points and seven rebounds for the seventh-seeded Cowboys (15-17). Sha'markus Kennedy added 19 points and 15 rebounds.

McNeese's second-leading scorer Dru Kuxhausen (15 ppg) had only two points and was 0-for-6 beyond the arc.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 59 - 80
2nd 0:00 End of 2nd half 59 - 80
2nd 0:00 A.J. Lawson made Layup. 59 - 80
2nd 0:10 Avery Sullivan made Jumper. Assisted by Anderson Kopp. 57 - 80
2nd 0:38 T.J. Atwood Defensive Rebound. 57 - 78

Statistics

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24-60 FG 31-68
40 Field Goal % 46
1-14 3PT 6-15
7 Three Point % 40
10-13 FT 12-18
77 Free Throw % 67
36 Rebounds 42
11 Offensive Rebounds 15
25 Defensive Rebounds 27
5 Assists 12
3 Steals 7
3 Blocks 3
12 Turnovers 4
1 Team Turnovers 0
12 Total Turnovers 4
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
2 Points Off Turnovers 13
0 Fast Break Points 0
0 Points in Paint 0
14 Fouls 12
7 Largest Lead 23

Game Information

Venue: Leonard E. Merrell Center

Location: Katy, TX
Capacity:

2025-26 Southland Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Stephen F. Austin 20-2 - 28-6
McNeese 19-3 1 28-6
UT Rio Grande Valley 14-8 6 19-14
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 13-9 7 18-15
LSU New Orleans 12-10 8 15-18
Nicholls 12-10 8 14-19
Houston Christian 8-14 12 12-20
Northwestern State 8-14 12 10-22
Incarnate Word 7-15 13 12-19
Lamar 7-15 13 12-19
East Texas A&M 6-16 14 11-21
SE Louisiana 6-16 14 9-22
Full Standings