2019-2020 McNEESE COWBOYS BASKETBALL 2019-2020 2019-2020 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Game 29: McNeese (13-15, 8-9) at HBU (3-23, 3-14) Feb. 29, 2020 • 7 p.m. • Sharp Gym (1,000) • Houston, Texas 13-15, 8-9 SLC McNEESE VISITS HBU WITH THREE GAMES REMAINING: McNeese Cowboys DATE OPPONENT TIME (CT)/RESULT TV • The Cowboys will visit Houston Baptist on Saturday look- Nov. 2 at Western Michigan L, 75-65 ESPN+ ing to sweep the season series while taking another step Head Coach ........................... Heath Schroyer (22-37, 2nd year at McNeese; 148-181, 11th overall) closer to clinching a berth in the Southland Conference Nov. 9 at Louisiana-Lafayette L, 85-80 ESPN+ 2019-20 Record: ..............................13-15 Tournament. Nov. 11 SUNO W, 104-33 SLC Record: .................................8-9 • McNeese is coming off a 104-82 win over Southeastern Nov. 13 #at Wisconsin L, 83-63 BTN Home Record: ............................10-5 Louisiana on Wednesday, snapping a six-game losing streak Road Record: .............................3-10 Nov. 16 #at New Mexico L, 90-80 MWN in the process. Nov. 18 ARLINGTON BAPTIST W, 103-51 Neutral Record: ............................0-0 • Three players scored 21 points each - Sha’markus Kennedy, Streak: .................................................W1 Nov. 22 #at Richmond L, 87-57 ESPN+ Roydell Brown and Dru Kuxhausen. It’s the first game this Nov. 30 at Texas L, 73-71 LHN season McNeese has had three players score 20 or more HBU Huskies Dec. 3 CU-HARRODSBURG W, 107-61 points in the same game. Head Coach ................................. Ron Cottrell Dec. 10 UMKC W, 82-73 (490-430, 29th year at HBU and overall) FAST BREAK FACTS: 2019-20 Record: ................................3-23 Dec. 18 PAUL QUINN W, 109-67 • Against SLU on Wednesday, McNeese’s starters combined SLC Record: ...............................3-14 Dec. 21 *STEPHEN F. AUSTIN L, 81-73 to hit 30 of 47 from the field and scored 85 of the team’s Home Record: ..............................2-8 Jan. 2 *SAM HOUSTON STATE L, 94-75 104 points. Road Record: .............................1-14 Jan. 4 *at Central Arkansas L, 79-69 • It was the 6th 100-point scoring game of the season, a Neutral Record: ............................0-1 school record... 6-0 when scoring 100 or more. Streak: .................................................. L6 Jan. 8 *at Abilene Christian W, 88-84 ESPN+ • Dru Kuxhausen became McNeese’s single-season 3-point Jan. 11 *NORTHWESTERN ST. W, 85-76 record holder after his 7 treys lifted him to 113 on the sea- The Series Jan. 15 *INCARNATE WORD W, 72-56 son, breaking the old record of 107 held by Demond Mallet. Meeting: ............................................. 26th Jan. 18 *at New Orleans W, 65-52 He needs just two to tie Southland Conference record of 115 The Series: .............. McNeese leads 18-7 Jan. 22 *at Southeastern La. W, 77-61 held by Paul Marshall of ULM, set in 1996. Last Game: .......... McNeese 102, HBU 89 • Kuxhausen has made at least one three-pointer in all 28 Jan.U 25 *HB W, 102-89 ................. Jan. 25, 2020 at McNeese games so far. Streak: .................................................W1 Jan. 29 *NICHOLLS W, 80-74 ot • The Cowboys set a new single-season team assist record Last 10: .................................................5-5 Feb. 1 *LAMAR L, 96-91 ESPN3 against SLU, now with 457 and breaking the old mark of 454 Feb. 5 *at Texas A&M-CC L, 69-62 MeTV that was set way back in the 1980-81 season. Live Coverage Feb. 8 *CENTRAL ARKANSAS L, 82-76 ot • McNeese hit 13 threes against SLU, the 9th time this sea- TV: ...................................................None son to knock down double-digit 3s. The Cowboys are 7-2 Radio: ................................1290/1470 AM Feb. 15 *at Northwestern St. L, 84-79 when hitting 10 or more in a game. Audio Stream: .................CajunRadio.com Feb. 19 *at Incarnate Word L, 65-59 • 5-1 in league play when scoring 80 points or more. Video Stream: ...........McNeeseSports.com Feb. 22 *NEW ORLEANS L, 82-77 • McNeese has dished out 20 or more assists eight times, Live Stats: ................McNeeseSports.com Feb. 26 *SOUTHEASTERN LA. W, 104-82 compiling a 7-1 record when doing so. Twitter: ........................... @McNeeseMBB Feb. 29 *at HBU 7:00 • The Cowboys’ 13 wins are the most in a season since win- ning 15 games in 2014-15. Mar. 4 *at Nicholls 7:00 Mar. 7 *at Lamar 4:30 ESPN3 McNeese Probable Starters Mar. 11-15 SLC Tournament (Katy, Texas) No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG 3FG FT 11 Myles Hutchinson G 6-1 180 Jr. 5.3 1.6 1.7 1.0 0.1 .489 .457 .960 All times Central. Home game in CAPS and played in the McNeese 0 Dru Kuxhausen G 6-0 180 Jr. 15.3 1.8 1.2 0.7 0.0 .478 .485 .929 H&HP Arena 12 A.J. Lawson G 6-5 215 Jr. 15.1 3.8 4.2 1.1 0.2 .464 .318 .642 *Southland Conference game 22 Roydell Brown G 6-6 220 Sr. 8.9 8.0 2.5 0.9 0.4 .478 .455 .489 # Legends Classic 23 Sha’markus Kennedy F 6-8 220 Sr. 18.4 10.7 1.4 0.6 2.8 .683 0-2 .776 BTN Big Ten Network Off The Bench MWN Mountain West Network No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FG 3FG FT LHN Longhorn Network 2 Sam Baker G 6-4 220 Jr. 5.0 1.3 0.8 0.6 0.1 .402 .388 6-6 13 Trey Johnson G 6-2 175 So. 4.4 1.8 2.3 1.1 0.2 .424 .371 .813 44 Truman Moore F 6-8 240 So. 2.9 2.0 0.7 0.3 0.4 .647 0-0 .733 @McNEESEMBB • #GEAUXPOKES 2019-2020 McNEESE COWBOYS BASKETBALL McNEESE QUICK FACTS KUXHAUSEN GETS SCHOOL 3-POINT RECORD; 100-Point Scoring Games (46-1 record) ON VERGE OF SLC MARK: 104 vs. Southeastern La. 2/26/20 (104-82) GENERAL • Drew Kuxhausen became McNeese’s single-sea- 102 vs. HBU 1/25/29 (102-89) Location: .....................................Lake Charles, La. son three-point king in Wednesday night’s win over 109 vs. Paul Quinn 12/18/19 (109-67) Founded: ........................................................ 1939 107 vs. CU-Harrodsburg 12/3/19 (107-61) Enrollment: .................................................... 7,638 Southeastern Louisiana as his 7 threes on the night 103 vs. Arlington Baptist 11/18/19 (103-51) Nickname:................................................ Cowboys lifted him to 113 for the season and breaking the 104 vs. Southern-New Orleans 11/11/19 (104-33) Colors: .................. Royal Blue and Sunflower Gold school record of 107 that was held by Demond Mal- 103 vs. Southern-New Orleans 11/25/17 (103-79) Conference: ............................................Southland let for 19 years. 101 vs. Ecclesia College 11/13/17 (101-54) 100 vs. Univ. of the Southwest 12/21/10 (100-61) President: .................................... Dr. Daryl Burckel • Now, sitting tied for second in the conference re- Director of Athletics:............Tanner Stines (interim) 101 vs. Paul Quinn 12/1/09 (101-54) cord book, he’s two away from matching a 24-year 102 vs. Loyola-New Orleans 12/2/02 (102-63) Faculty Athletic Representative: ...... Dr. Jeff Lemke 103 vs. Northwestern State 2000-01 (103-92) Senior Women’s Administrator: ........Bridget Martin old record of 115 that was set by ULM’s Paul Mar- shall in the 1995-96 season. 108 vs. Loyola-New Orleans 2000-01 (108-48) Ticket Office Phone: .........................337-475-4678 105 at Texas-Arlington 2000-01 (105-96) Home Arena (Capicity) .......... H&HP Arena (4,200) • His .485 3FG percentage is currently 35 points bet- 100 vs. Nicholls 1998-99 (100-87) Web Site: ...............................McNeeseSports.com ter than the school record of .450 held by Edward 103 vs. Stephen F. Austin 1998-99 (103-86) Garriet in 2002-03. The SLC record is .476 set by Josh 113 vs. Nicholls 1996-97 (113-94) COACHING STAFF Washington of AMCC in 2007. 103 at Southern 1996-97 (103-95) Head Coach:.................Heath Schroyer (2nd Year) 103 vs. Louisiana College 1996-97 (103-82) Alma Mater: ..........................Armstrong, 1995 101 vs. Prairie View 1995-96 (101-62) McNeese Single-Season 3-Pointers Made Career Record: ................148-181 (11th Year) 107 at Alabama State 1994-95 (107-86) 1. 113 Dru Kuxhausen (2019-20) Associate Head Coach: .......John Aiken (2nd Year) 100 vs. Northwestern State 1992-93 (100-81) 2. 107 Demond Mallet (2000-01) Alma Mater: .................Southern Maine, 2008 103 vs. Arkansas-Monticello 1992-93 (103-77) Assistant Coach:................................ Mike Dubose 100 at Northwestern State 1988-89 (L 110-100) Alma Mater: ............................... North Florida Single-Season 3FG Percent (minimum 3 FG att/g) 104 vs. Montana State 1988-89 (104-60) Assistant Coach:.............................Jalen Courtney 1. .485 Dru Kuxhausen (113-233, 2019-20) 108 at Texas-Arlington 1984-85 (108-90) 2. .450 Edward Garriet (50-111, 2002-03) Alma Mater: .................Morehead State, 2015 109 vs. William Carey 1983-84 (109-88) 3. .444 Tab Harris (43-99, 1987-88) Director of Basketball Operations: .........Matt Taylor 112 vs. ULM 1982-83 (112-101, 2 ot) Basketball Office Phone: ..................337-475-5480 103 vs. Texas-Arlington 1977-78 (103-74) KENNEDY HAS RECORD IN SIGHT TOO 102 vs. Hardin-Simmons 1976-77 (102-82) 114 vs. Texas-Arlington 1975-76 (114-83) TEAM INFORMATION • Senior forward Sha’markus Kennedy has already 110 vs. Arkansas State 1975-76 (110-85) 2018-19 Record: ..............................................9-22 tied a single-game school record with 10 blocked 107 vs. Houston Baptist 1975-76 (107-86) Home: 7-8 Away: 2-14 Neutral: 0-0 shots against Paul Quinn on Dec.