Lamar Cardinals @ McNeese Cowboys

Southland Tournament - Semifinal

19-14, 12-6 Southland

Final

	1	2	T
Lamar LAM	24	33	57
McNeese MCN	39	37	76

McNeese CowboysMcNeeseMCN

29-3, 17-1 Southland

McNeese earns 76-57 win in Southland Conference tourney semi against Lamar

Updated: Mar 13, 2024, 02:02 am

LAKE CHARLES, La. -- — Shahada Wells scored 12 of his 27 points before halftime and No. 1-seed McNeese beat fourth-seeded Lamar 76-57 on Tuesday night to advance to the Southland Conference Tournament championship

The Cowboys (29-3) — on a nine-game win streak — will face the winner between second-seed Texas A&M Corpus Christi and No. 3 Nicholls on Wednesday.

Wells added five assists and four steals to his stat line, Javohn Garcia scored 12 points — shooting 5 for 9 and Christian Shumate scored 11 points and grabbed seven rebounds.

Terry Anderson scored 16 points and Ja'Sean Jackson 11 for Lamar (19-13).

McNeese took the lead 48 seconds in and led the remainder. It was 39-24 at halftime. McNeese reached a 20-point advantage (51-31) with the help of a 7-0 scoring run.

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Game Information

Lake Charles, LA

Referee:Joe Wilbert III

Referee:Brent Dugas

Referee:Danny Chance

NCAA Division I

Southland Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
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
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

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