Matthew Travis
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Will Wade’s contract worth $1.175 million, includes 5-game suspension
Wade will be paid $200k in his first year, with his salary increasing in the second year. → Read More
Will Wade introduced as McNeese’s men’s basketball head coach
McNeese introduces Will Wade as the next head coach of the McNeese men's basketball team → Read More
McNeese hires Will Wade as next men’s basketball head coach
Will Wade has been hired as the next head coach for the McNeese men’s basketball coach. The announcement came Sunday after McNeese announced Wednesday that John Aiken, who had been the head coach for two seasons, had been let go. → Read More
McNeese AD Heath Schroyer discusses MBB head coach opening, and Will Wade rumors
After the announcement that McNeese men's basketball head coach John Aiken had been let go of on Wednesday morning, Director of Athletics Heath Schroyer met with a small group of media members to discuss the decision, where McNeese goes following the decision, and also the rumors regarding former LSU head coach Will Wade, which tie him to the Cowboys' new opening. → Read More
McNeese fires Men’s Basketball Head Coach John Aiken
McNeese Athletics announced via a press release Wednesday that they have let go of men’s basketball head coach John Aiken. → Read More
McNeese MBB head coach John Aiken addresses future
After McNeese’s season came to an end on Tuesday night with a loss to Texas A&M - Corpus Christi in the Southland Conference Tournament semi-finals, Cowboys’ head coach John Aiken addressed the rumors about his future in Lake Charles. → Read More
McNeese Cowboys’ season ends with Semi-Final loss to Corpus Christi
Despite Christian Shumate’s heroics as he went for an impressive 30 points and 15 rebounds, the Cowboys struggled to get anything going and fell to the Islanders 80-63, and with it, their season came to an end. → Read More
McNeese Cowgirls’ season ends with OT loss to Lamar
McNeese beat New Orleans 87-82 in overtime in their first game of the 2023 Southland Conference Tournament on Monday, and with it they advanced to the second round, where Tuesday they would have a date with a team they struggled with in a big way this season; Lamar. → Read More
McNeese Cowgirls advance in SLC Tournament with OT win over New Orleans
After beating New Orleans just five days earlier in their regular season finale, McNeese did it again as they topped the Privateers in overtime of Monday's opening round in the Southland Conference Tournament on Monday. → Read More
McNeese Women’s Basketball beats New Orleans behind fourth quarter run
The McNeese Women’s Basketball team entered Wednesday night’s regular-season finale against New Orleans with quite a bit on the line, they had a spot in the Southland Conference Tournament already, but their seed in that tournament was yet to be decided. McNeese could be as high as the sixth seed with a win, and some help, or as low as the eighth seed, which is the lowest seed in the tournament. → Read More
Kainin Morrow pitches a gem as McNeese Baseball tops Louisiana-Lafayette
It was a rivalry night at ‘The Jeaux’ on Tuesday night as McNeese played host to UL Lafayette in a game Justin Hill described Tuesday as one that felt a little bigger than the other non-conference games for the Cowboys, and they proved that early on. → Read More
McNeese MBB’s Trae English likely out for the season
Trae English has been one of the most important players for the Cowboys this season as he holds averages of 10.8 points, 3.6 assists, 1.9 rebounds, and 1.7 steals per game, and is the third-leading scorer for the Cowboys, but now, English is likely going to miss McNeese’s final three regular season games, and any potential postseason games as well. → Read More
SWLA in the Regional Round of the LHSAA Girls Basketball State Playoffs
Monday night was a busy one in Louisiana as girls high school basketball teams took the hardwood in hopes of elongating their seasons at least one more game as the regional round of the LHSAA State Playoffs got underway. Not only was it a busy day in Louisiana, but it was especially busy in Southwest Louisiana as 15 SWLA teams made it to the regional round. → Read More
McNeese Men’s Basketball beats Incarnate Word in overtime
On Thursday the McNeese Cowboys took on the Incarnate Word Cardinals in a game that had a lot of implications for the Southland Conference standings, and for who will make the Southland Conference Tournament in March. Thursday’s game came three weeks after the Cowboys fell to the Cardinals 70-65 in San Antonio when the Cowboys were in the middle of their nine-game losing streak, and on Thursday… → Read More
McNeese Women’s Basketball falls to Incarnate Word
Three weeks before Thursday night’s game at the Legacy Center between the McNeese Cowgirls and the Incarnate Word Cardinals, the two squared off in San Antonio, a game McNeese won 69-34, but three weeks later the script was flipped. → Read More
SWLA in the first round of the LHSAA Girl’s Basketball State Playoffs
The LHSAA girl’s basketball state playoffs began on Wednesday, but more than a dozen Southwest Louisiana teams were in action on Thursday. → Read More
McNeese Softball begins season with two wins on Opening Day
The McNeese Cowgirls entered the 2023 season with high expectations placed upon them as they were picked to win the Southland Conference, and also led the Southland with seven players named to the preseason all-conference team, but on Opening Day, the Cowgirls lived up to those expectations. → Read More
Sports Person of the Week
Paris Guillory is a senior at St. Louis Catholic and has signed to play college basketball at Louisiana Tech, but before leaving Lake Charles for Ruston, she has been making quite the splash with the Saints. → Read More
McNeese Softball to begin season Friday
Friday February 10th is a long awaited day for McNeese softball fans as the Cowgirls will get their 2023 season started with a double-header Friday as part of the Cowgirl Classic I. → Read More
LSU Men’s Basketball Drops 10th Consecutive Game
LSU falls yet again as Alabama beats the Tigers 79-69, giving the Tigers their 10th consecutive loss. → Read More