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McNeese named Small School Team of the Year

• By: Matthew Bonnette

2020 Hercules Tires Southland Women’s Basketball Tournament begins Thursday

• March 11, 2020
• By Zack Chavez

Postseason play gets underway Thursday at Leonard E. Merrell Center in Katy, Texas for the 2020 Hercules Tires Southland Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament. Opening-round games begin at 11 a.m. CT with No. 5 New Orleans taking on No. 8 Southeastern Louisiana.

Tulane faces UConn in AAC Men’s Basketball Championship First Round

• March 11, 2020
• By Adam Miller

Seeded 12th, the Tulane men’s basketball team hosts No. 5 seed UConn in the first round of the 2020 Air Force Reserve American Athletic Conference Championship on Thursday, March 12 at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.

Cajuns, Mavs score first-round wins in Sun Belt Women’s Basketball Championship

• March 11, 2020
• By Scottie Rodgers

No. 4 Louisiana jumped out to a 27-15 lead after one quarter on No. 9 Georgia Southern as the Ragin’ Cajuns advanced to the Sun Belt Women’s Basketball Championship quarterfinals with a 81-64 wi.

Lafayette’s 6-foot-8 Corey Dunning is first Gold Rush signee for next season

• March 10, 2020
• By Ed Cassiere

Xavier University of Louisiana announced Tuesday that Corey Dunning, a 6-foot-8 forward/center from Lafayette, La.

Loyd selected BOXTOROW National Player of the Week

• March 10, 2020
• By Ed Cassiere

Xavier University of Louisiana men’s basketball standout William Loyd has been selected the BOXTOROW National Player of the Week for March 2-8.

Ledoux named C-USA Sixth Man of the Year

• March 10, 2020
• By Kane McGuire

 RUSTON – Specialty awards were announced on Tuesday by the league office and Louisiana Tech’s Kalob Ledoux was named as the 2019-20 Conference USA Sixth Man of the Year. To be considered for this award, a nominee cannot have been a starter in more than one third of all games. Ledoux becomes the second…

Mays, Watford earn All-SEC honors from coaches

• March 10, 2020
• By Ken Trahan

LSU senior Skylar Mays and freshman Trendon Watford were selected Tuesday by the league coaches on All-SEC teams announced by the Southeastern Conference office.

ACU’s Breanna Wright named Southland Women’s Basketball Player of the Year

• March 10, 2020
• By Zack Chavez

Abilene Christian senior guard Breanna Wright is the 2019-20 Southland Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Year, the league announced Wednesday.

LA Tech’s Guinto earns C-USA postseason award

• March 10, 2020
• By Malcolm Butler

Louisiana Tech junior Raizel Guinto has been the first one off the bench for head coach Brooke Stoehr and the Lady Techsters all season.

Eagles rally to eliminate Ragin’ Cajuns from Sun Belt Conference Tournament

• March 9, 2020
• By Matt Sullivan

Isaiah Crawley’s reverse layup with 1:01 remaining put Georgia Southern ahead and a last-second attempt by freshman Mylik Wilson fell off the iron as the Eagles rallied to defeat Louisiana, 82-81, in the second round of the Sun Belt Conference Men’s Basketball Championships on Monday at Hanner Fieldhouse.