McNeese State Cowgirls
Southland (20-12, 11-7)
Big Wins: 11/21 at Texas Arlington (63-57), 12/22 at Louisiana Tech (74-71), 1/23 Northwestern State (78-74)
Bad Losses: 1/2 at Stephen F. Austin (55-80), 1/20 Incarnate Word (55-68), 2/6 at Nichols State (81-85)
Coach: Brooks D. Williams
Probable Starters:
Jayln Johnson, Senior, Guard, 15.3 ppg, 5.2 apg
Allison Baggett, Senior, Guard, 13.8 ppg, 1.8 apg
Victoria Rachal, Junior, Guard, 6.2 ppg
Frederica Haywood, Sophomore, Forward, 6.1 ppg, 9.3 rpg
Jasmyn Carswell, Sophomore, Forward, 5.7 ppg, 6.0 rpg
Key Roleplayers:
Keara Hudnall, Sophomore, Guard, 6.3 ppg
Amber Doones, Junior, Guard, 9.0 ppg, 3.1 rpg
Mercedes Rogers, Sophomore, Forward, 4.3 ppg, 5.1 rpg
Hannah Cupit, Junior, Guard, 2.3 ppg
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 71.9 (48th in nation, 1st in conference)
Scoring Defense: 71.4 (302, 10)
Field-Goal Percentage: 39.9 (160, 6)
Field-Goal Defense: 41.3 (263, 7)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 6.9 (56, 1)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 32.0 (137, 6)
Free-Throw Percentage: 75.3 (22, 1)
Rebound Margin: -0.5 (189, 5)
Assists Per Game: 14.2 (100, 2)
Turnovers Per Game: 15.5 (137, 3)
Recent Postseason Appearances:
2015 WBI First Round win over Furman
2015 WBI Quarterfinal loss to Louisiana Lafayette
2013 WBI First round win over Mercer
2013 WBI Second round win over Elon
2013 WBI Semi Final win over South Dakota
2013 WBI Final loss to Detroit
2012 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Kentucky
2011 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Texas A&M
*all team stats through 3/3