McNeese Cowboys at Houston Christian Huskies
· NCAA Men's Basketball
Lee scores 52, Houston Baptist tops McNeese 149-144 in 4 OTs
Lee also pulled down 18 rebounds for Houston Baptist (10-17, 6-11 Southland Conference). Khristion Courseault scored a career-high 30 points with seven assists and six rebounds. Zion Tordoff added 16 points and Brycen Long scored 14.
Trae English scored a season-high 27 points for the Cowboys (10-21, 5-12), whose losing streak reached five games. Zach Scott added 19 points. Kellon Taylor had 18 points and seven rebounds.
English had a three-point play with 9 seconds left to send the game to OT tied at 95. Lee's layup with 1 second left forced a second OT tied at 102. Lee sent it to a third overtime tied at 115 when he made two free throws with less than a second remaining. Long made a fourth OT necessary when he made a free throw with 1 second left after Scott's 3-pointer had given the Cowboys a one-point lead two seconds earlier.
The Huskies evened the season series against the Cowboys. McNeese defeated Houston Baptist 78-75 on Jan. 15.
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Recent Plays
| 6 0:03 | Darius Lee made Free Throw. | 144 - 148 |
| 6 0:03 | Foul on Caleb Rawls. | 144 - 147 |
| 6 0:04 | Houston Baptist Defensive Rebound. | 144 - 147 |
| 6 0:04 | Collin Warren missed Free Throw. | 144 - 147 |
| 6 0:04 | Collin Warren made Free Throw. | 144 - 147 |
Statistics
 MCN |
 HCU |
|
|---|---|---|
| 53-96 | FG | 46-95 |
| 55 | Field Goal % | 48 |
| 7-25 | 3PT | 7-23 |
| 28 | Three Point % | 30 |
| 31-45 | FT | 50-65 |
| 69 | Free Throw % | 77 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 13 | Offensive Rebounds | 22 |
| 37 | Defensive Rebounds | 36 |
| 18 | Assists | 18 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 8 | Blocks | 3 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 12 | Total Turnovers | 13 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 19 | Points Off Turnovers | 13 |
| 0 | Fast Break Points | 0 |
| 0 | Points in Paint | 0 |
| 39 | Fouls | 31 |
| 4 | Largest Lead | 7 |
Game Information
Location: Houston, TX
Attendance: 792 | Capacity:
2025-26 Southland Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen F. Austin | 8-1 | - | 15-3 |
| McNeese | 7-2 | 1 | 14-4 |
| Nicholls | 7-2 | 1 | 8-10 |
| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | 6-3 | 2 | 10-8 |
| Lamar | 5-4 | 3 | 10-8 |
| Incarnate Word | 4-5 | 4 | 9-9 |
| Northwestern State | 4-5 | 4 | 6-12 |
| New Orleans | 4-5 | 4 | 6-12 |
| UT Rio Grande Valley | 3-6 | 5 | 7-11 |
| East Texas A&M | 2-7 | 6 | 7-12 |
| Houston Christian | 2-7 | 6 | 6-12 |
| SE Louisiana | 2-7 | 6 | 5-13 |