Southeastern Louisiana (10-15, 7-9 SLC) vs. McNeese (5-20, 2-14 SLC)
Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020 | 7 p.m. | Hammond, La. | University Center (7,500)
Series History: McNeese leads 38-3-1
Last Meeting: Southeastern Louisiana 74, McNeese 67 (Jan. 22, 2020 – Lake Charles, La.)
Radio: None
Video: Southeastern Sports Network
            Announcer: Adam Cortez
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HAMMOND, La. – The Southeastern Louisiana women's basketball team will continue its final home stand of 2019-20 when it hosts McNeese on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the University Center.
 
The Southeastern Sports Network will offer a free video stream of Wednesday's game between the Lady Lions (10-15, 7-9 Southland) and the visiting Cowgirls (5-20, 2-14 Southland). Tune in online at www.LionSports.net or the Lions Game Day Experience app for Android or iOS devices. Fans can also watch on Southeastern's YouTube channel (/SLUathletics) with any mobile, tablet or smart TV device (e.g., Apple TV, Amazon Fire, Android TV and Roku).
 
Wednesday will also be a Cane's Challenge in the UC. If the Lady Lions score 60 or more points, fans can redeem their game ticket or student coupon at their local participating Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers to receive a free combo with the purchase of another of equal or greater value.
 
Celica Sterling will be Wednesday's Spotlight Player of the Game. The first 150 fans will receive a trading card featuring the Baton Rouge, Louisiana native courtesy of PRIDE.
 
Southeastern will be looking to snap a four-game losing streak. With two weeks remaining in the 2019-20 regular season, SLU is tied for eighth in the Southland Conference standings. The top eight teams advance to the Southland Conference Tournament, scheduled for March 12-15 in the Merrell Center in Katy, Texas. McNeese has been eliminated from postseason contention.
 
SLU went toe-to-toe with another of the league's top teams on Saturday, before ultimately falling, 68-62, to Abilene Christian. Four Lady Lions finished in double figures, but the visitors shot 50.9 percent (28-for-55) from the floor to hold off Southeastern's upset bid.
 
Sterling and Morgan Carrier shared team-high honors for SLU with 14 points, while Alexius Horne chipped in with 13 points. Caitlyn Williams posted her fourth double-double of the season with 12 points and 10 rebounds, while Hailey Giaratano dished out a season-high six assists to lead all players.
 
Sterling leads the team and is fifth in the Southland with 14.2 points per game. Horne (9.8 ppg), Jyar Francis (9.6 ppg), Carrier (7.9 ppg), Williams (7.4 ppg) and Charliee Dugas (7.0 ppg) are the other top scorers for SLU. Dugas is nine points shy of becoming the 21^st student-athlete to score 1,000 career points.
 
Horne enters Wednesday's game ranked third in the Southland with 3.9 assists per contest. Tyler Morrison is 10^th in school history with 264 career assists.
 
Sterling is also one of the top three-point shooters in the league and is currently third on the conference leaderboard with 2.3 three-point field goals per contest. The Baton Rouge, Louisiana native is in the program's career top 10 in three-point field goals made (124, 5^th) and attempted (331, 8^th), as well as three-point field goal percentage (37.5, 3^rd).
 
Williams is currently 11^th in the league with 6.4 rebounds per contest. The Brusly, Louisiana native is 14^th in school history with 544 career boards.
 
Opponents are scoring 63.8 points and committing 17.4 turnovers per game versus the Lady Lions. Horne tops the team and is 10^th in the Southland with 1.9 steals per outing. Morrison (144, 8^th) and Dugas (143, 9^th) are among the program's career steals leaders.
 
Williams is sixth in the league with 1.2 blocked shots per game. Her 72 career blocks are the eighth-highest total ever by a Lady Lion.
 
McNeese comes to Hammond looking to snap a seven-game losing streak. The Cowgirls' last victory was an 88-72 home win over Houston Baptist on Jan. 25.
 
McNeese is led by Damilola Balogun, who is the lone player in the Southland averaging a double-double with 11.2 points and a league-high 10.4 rebounds per game. Balogun is joined in double figures by Regan Bolton (11.0 ppg) and Callie Maddox (10.4 ppg).
 
Wednesday's game is the 70^th all-time meeting between SLU and McNeese with the Cowgirls holding a 38-31 advantage. Southeastern snapped a 10-game losing streak to its in-state rivals with a 74-67 victory in Lake Charles. Sterling led four Lady Lions in double figures with 18 points, as she was joined by Williams (16 points, 11 rebounds), Dugas (16 points) and Horne (15 points).  
 
Up Next
Southeastern will close out its home schedule on Saturday at 1 p.m. versus Northwestern State in the University Center. The Southeastern Sports Network will offer a free video stream of Saturday's game. Tune in online at www.LionSports.net or the Lions Game Day Experience app for Android or iOS devices. Fans can also watch on Southeastern's YouTube channel (/SLUathletics) with any mobile, tablet or smart TV device (e.g., Apple TV, Amazon Fire, Android TV and Roku).
 
Saturday's game will also be heard in the Hammond area on KSLU-FM (90.9), online at www.LionSports.net/listenlive and via the TuneIn Radio and Lions Game Day Experience apps.
 
Prior to Saturday's contest, the senior class of Celica Sterling, Charliee Dugas, Tyler Morrison, Jyar Francis, Aminat Jubril and student assistant Alex Tomchek will be honored in a Senior Day ceremony at 12:40 p.m.
 
TICKET INFORMATION
For ticket information, contact the Southeastern Athletics Ticket Office at (985) 549-5466 or visit www.lionsports.net/tickets.
 
SOCIAL MEDIA
For more information on Southeastern Women's Basketball, follow @LionUpWBB on Twitter, like /SoutheasternWBB on Facebook and subscribe to the SLUathletics YouTube channel.
 
CLEAR BAG POLICY
Southeastern Athletics has instituted a clear bag policy for all ticketed events, effective with the start of football season. For more information on the clear bag policy, visit www.LionSports.net/clear.