Southeastern Louisiana (3-4, 2-2 SLC) vs. McNeese (3-7, 3-0 SLC)
Jan. 20, 2021 | 7 p.m. | University Center | Hammond, La.
Series History: McNeese leads 38-32
Last Meeting: Southeastern Louisiana 87, McNeese 48 (Feb. 26, 2020 | Hammond, La.)
Television: ESPN+
            Announcers: Kemmler Chapple and Adam Cortez
Promotions: Daija Harvey Spotlight Player of the Game
Live Video | Live Stats | SLU Game Notes | McNeese Game Notes

HAMMOND, La. – The Southeastern Louisiana women's basketball team will open a six-game home stand on Wednesday, hosting McNeese at 7 p.m. in the University Center.
 
The game between the Lady Lions (3-4, 2-2 Southland) and the visiting Cowgirls (3-7, 3-0 Southland) will be televised on ESPN+.
 
Daija Harvey will be Wednesday's Spotlight Player of the Game. The first 150 fans will receive a trading card featuring the Donaldsonville, Louisiana native courtesy of PRIDE.
 
Southeastern will be looking to end a two-game skid. On Saturday, SLU fell short in a 70-62 loss at Abilene Christian. ACU outscored the Lady Lions, 20-12, in the fourth quarter to prevent SLU for earning its first-ever win in Abilene. The difference came on the boards, as Abilene Christian was able to out-rebound the visitors, 47-28.
 
Morgan Carrier led Southeastern with a new career-high scoring effort with a team-high 22 points, besting previous 20-point showings in wins last season over Alcorn State and Central Arkansas.
 
Carrier was one of two Lady Lions to score in double figures, as Kacey Bradford came off the bench with 10 points. Breonca Ducksworth led SLU with five rebounds and five assists. Chrissy Brown finished with a team-high four steals, while Carrier chipped in with three steals.
 
Carrier heads into Wednesday's contest with a team-high 12.7 points per game. Hailey Giaratano (10.4 ppg), Ducksworth (9.1 ppg) and Cierria Cunningham (8.7 ppg) are the other top scorers for SLU. Ducksworth and Cunningham are the top playmakers, averaging 3.3 and 2.6 assists per game respectively.
 
Carrier (14 three-point field goals made) and Giaratano (11) are the team's most prolific outside shooters. With 104 career treys, Carrier ranks ninth on the program's all-time leaderboard for three-point field goals made.
 
Southeastern is averaging 34.4 rebounds per game and has a minus-4.9 rebounding margin. Brown leads SLU with 5.4 boards per contest.
 
SLU is forcing 18.6 turnovers per game. Ducksworth (2.1) and Brown (1.9) are the team's leaders in steals per game.
 
After going 0-7 in non-conference play, McNeese has opened Southland action with consecutive wins over Central Arkansas, Northwestern State and New Orleans. In Saturday's 67-61 win at UNO, Le'Shenae Stubblefield scored a career-high 20 points to lead the Cowgirls to a league road win.
 
Entering Wednesday's game, Divine Tanks leads the Cowgirls with 8.7 points and 5.3 rebounds per game. Kyla Hamilton is second on the team in scoring (8.2 ppg), while leading the team with 2.5 assists and 2.1 steals per game.
 
Wednesday will mark the 71^st meeting between the two schools with McNeese holding a 38-32 advantage in the all-time series. The Cowgirls won 10 straight in the series before SLU swept a pair of games from McNeese last season.
 
Up Next
Southeastern will continue its six-game home stand on Saturday, hosting Northwestern State at 1 p.m. The game will be televised on ESPN+ and can be heard on KSLU-FM, online at www.LionSports.net/listenlive and via the Lions Gameday Experience and TuneIn Radio apps.
 
Giaratano will be Saturday's Spotlight Player of the Game. The first 150 fans will receive a trading card featuring the Ponchatoula, Louisiana native courtesy of PRIDE.
 
TICKETS
For ticket information, please contact the Southeastern Athletics Ticket Office at (985) 549-5466 or visit www.LionSports.net/tickets. Southeastern is implementing mobile ticketing as the primary source for securing tickets for the 2020-21 season. All tickets will be available via e-mail or text message in a PDF format for fans to download on their phone or print at home. Tickets can also be downloaded to Apple Wallet.
 
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.