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1 week ago | 
americanpress.com | Jim Gazzolo
Published 11:59 am Wednesday, April 16, 2025 Bill Armstrong continues to add stars to his roster. On Wednesday, the new McNeese State basketball coach signed his fourth former 4-star recruit from the transfer portal. Carl Cherenfant, a 6-foot-5, 195-pound swingman, becomes the newest Cowboy to join a growing roster. Cherenfant played last season at New Mexico State, getting in 20 games and starting five.
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1 week ago | 
americanpress.com | Jim Gazzolo
Published 9:21 am Wednesday, April 16, 2025 BATON ROUGE – The McNeese State winning streak came to a screeching halt here Tuesday night in Alex Box Stadium. Now the Cowboys have to get back to work. Eighth-ranked LSU ended the nation’s longest win streak at 12 while winning their 18th straight at home with a 10-3 win over McNeese. The Cowboys’ turnaround is quick now. They open a 3-game Southland Conference series Thursday against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at Joe Miller Ballpark.
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1 week ago | 
americanpress.com | Jim Gazzolo
Published 10:19 pm Tuesday, April 15, 2025 BATON ROUGE – At least it didn’t end in a conference game. The longest win streak in McNeese history came to an close here Tuesday night in Alex Box Stadium. Eighth-ranked LSU, smarting from three straight losses last weekend at Auburn, took out its frustrations on the Cowboys in a midweek battle. Using a 3-run first to take control, the Tigers (32-6) rolled to an easy 10-3 victory over McNeese, which lost for the first time in 13 games.
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1 week ago | 
americanpress.com | Jim Gazzolo
Published 11:24 am Tuesday, April 15, 2025 The most famous basketball player in McNeese State history may be heading to his home state. Joe Dumars, the Cowboy legend who won two NBA championships as a player for the Detroit Pistons and another while the team’s top executive, appears headed to New Orleans. According to reports, Dumars is in deep talks with the Pelicans to run the NBA team’s basketball operations.
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2 weeks ago | 
americanpress.com | Jim Gazzolo
Published 5:33 pm Monday, April 14, 2025 Larry Johnson made it official Monday by signing to transfer from Creighton to McNeese State. Johnson is the third former 4-star recruit to join the Cowboys since Bill Armstrong took over as head coach from Will Wade at the end of last season. Johnson is a 6-foot-4, 200-pound redshirt freshman with four years of eligibility remaining.
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2 weeks ago | 
americanpress.com | Jim Gazzolo
Published 2:55 pm Monday, April 14, 2025 The hottest team in the nation will get its toughest test of the season Tuesday night in Alex Box Stadium. The opponent will not be in a good mood, either. The Cowboys, riding a program-best 12-game win streak, will travel to Baton Rouge to play eighth-ranked LSU. The first pitch is scheduled for 6:30 p.m.McNeese State is off to its best start ever at 27-5 and has outscored opponents 126-50 during the streak.
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2 weeks ago | 
americanpress.com | Jim Gazzolo
Published 2:19 pm Monday, April 14, 2025 Having already moved her entire coaching staff from Hammond, new Cowgirl head coach Ayla Guzzardo is bringing her roster along for the ride. Monday, Guzzardo announced she had signed nine of her former Southeastern players to join her at McNeese State at the end of the semester. The move creates a seismic power shift in the Southland Conference’s women’s basketball. Guzzardo led the Lady Lions to the league title last season with a 26-6, 19-1 SLC record.
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2 weeks ago | 
americanpress.com | Jim Gazzolo
Published 5:31 pm Sunday, April 13, 2025 Down by six runs after four innings, no problem for these Cowboys. McNeese extended the longest winning streak in the nation to an even dozen Sunday behind the biggest comeback of the season. Fueled by a pair of 3-run homers, the Cowboys rallied to score the final 13 runs in a 14-7 victory over Incarnate Word in San Antonio. The 12-game streak is the longest in program history, breaking the old mark set in 1989 and 1988.
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2 weeks ago | 
americanpress.com | Jim Gazzolo
Published 5:16 pm Saturday, April 12, 2025 The Cowboys are officially the hottest team in college baseball. McNeese extended its nation-leading win streak to 11 Saturday with an easy 8-1 victory over Incarnate Word at Sullivan Field in San Antonio. The victory improved the Cowboys to 26-5 overall and 13-4 in the Southland Conference, adding to the team’s best start in program history. McNeese stayed just one game behind Houston Christian for first place in the league.
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2 weeks ago | 
americanpress.com | Jim Gazzolo
Published 4:18 pm Saturday, April 12, 2025 The Cowgirls continue to find their stride and are now locked into a race to the finish line for the Southland Conference title. McNeese stayed tied with Southeastern for first place after finishing off a weekend sweep on the road at Houston Christian Saturday afternoon with a 7-3 victory. The win was the eighth straight for the Cowgirls, who improved to 31-17, 17-4. HCU fell to 13-28, 6-15.
