McNeese St. tops SE Louisiana 104-82
LAKE CHARLES, La. -- Dru Kuxhausen, Sha'markus Kennedy and Roydell Brown scored 21 points apiece as McNeese State rolled past Southeastern Louisiana 104-82 on Wednesday night. Kennedy also had 13 rebounds, while Brown posted seven rebounds.
A.J. Lawson had 16 points and 11 assists for McNeese State (13-15, 8-9 Southland Conference), which broke its six-game losing streak.
McNeese State is undefeated (6-0) when scoring at least 100 points this season.
Southeastern Louisiana scored 54 second-half points, a season high for the team.
Brandon Gonzalez scored a career-high 23 points and had seven rebounds for the Lions (6-22, 3-14), who have now lost eight games in a row. Pape Diop added 20 points and nine rebounds. Ty Brewer had 13 points.
The Cowboys improve to 2-0 against the Lions for the season. McNeese State defeated Southeastern Louisiana 77-61 on Jan. 22. McNeese State faces Houston Baptist on the road on Saturday. Southeastern Louisiana faces Northwestern State at home on Saturday.
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2020-2021 Southland Conference Standings
TEAM | CONF | GB | OVR |
---|---|---|---|
Sam Houston State | 13-2 | - | 19-7 |
Nicholls | 13-2 | - | 16-6 |
Abilene Christian | 12-2 | 0.5 | 20-4 |
Stephen F. Austin | 11-3 | 1.5 | 15-5 |
Northwestern State | 8-7 | 5 | 9-17 |
New Orleans | 7-7 | 5.5 | 8-14 |
Incarnate Word | 5-8 | 7 | 8-12 |
SE Louisiana | 5-9 | 7.5 | 7-16 |
Lamar | 5-10 | 8 | 7-17 |
McNeese | 4-8 | 7.5 | 10-11 |
Houston Baptist | 4-10 | 8.5 | 5-17 |
Central Arkansas | 4-11 | 9 | 5-18 |
Texas A&M-CC | 1-13 | 11.5 | 4-19 |