Northwestern State University NCAA News

And after Thursday's come-from-behind 82-76 road victory at Utah State, the Lady Techsters hope to continue their solid play away from Ruston when they face the Idaho Vandals tonight at 7:30 at the Cowan Spectrum.

HAMMOND -- Matchups against two old rivals, at Southeastern Louisiana Saturday night and against McNeese Monday night at 7 in Prather Coliseum, will be pivotal to the chances of the Northwestern State Demons basketball team capturing at least a Southland Conference East Division title. The Demons (14-10 overall, 7-3 in the Southland with six league games left) are aiming for season sweeps over both teams. NSU beat Southeastern two weeks ago 55-38 in Prather Coliseum, while the Demons blew a comfortable lead in Lake Charles Jan. 21 and rallied from six points down in the final four minutes to edge the Cowboys 64-61 on Shamir Davis' buzzer-beating 3-pointer. Northwestern is among five teams with seven league wins trailing unbeaten Texas-Arlington (10-0) in the Southland race with 16 games to go. The Demons get to the final quarter of the league race after Monday night's visit by McNeese. 'These next two games are going to be really important, not only in the standings but to see how our team responds after getting whipped at Lamar,' said 13th-year head coach Mike McConathy. 'Sometimes getting it handed to you can help. We got a reminder that we have to give exceptional effort and be tough as nails.' Tipoff Saturday at SLU's University Center is 6 p.m., with the Demons hoping to pick up their sixth win in seven games. Their five-game winning streak was derailed Wednesday night with an 85-66 defeat at Lamar. Southeastern is 8-14 overall and 2-8 in the league with four straight defeats, but owns an 8-3 record at home. NSU is 5-8 overall on the road, including a 3-2 league mark. NATCHITOCHES -- Northwestern State will attempt to snap out of its recent slump when the Lady Demons host Southeastern Louisiana at 2 p.m. today in Prather Coliseum in Southland Conference women's basketball action. The game is the first of two Play 4Kay, formerly Pink Zone, games for the Lady Demons and the day is also the Lady Demon reunion where two former greats -- Joskeen Garner and Angela Simpson -- will be inducted into the Graduate N Club Hall of Fame in a postgame ceremony. The Lady Demons (5-18, 1-9 SLC) have dropped their last six games and nine out of 10 and are coming off an 82-61 loss to Lamar on Wednesday in their last outing. Southeastern Louisiana (8-14, 3-6) has won three of four including a 73-66 win over the Lady Demons in Hammond on Jan. 28. The Lady Lions defeated Texas-San Antonio 64-63 on Wednesday. Jordi James continues to top the team in scoring at 13.6 points per game followed by Trudy Armstead at 13.0 ppg and Jasmine Upchurch with a 12.0 average. SLU is led in scoring by sophomore forward Aja Gibson's 12 points a game. Gibson was the driving force in her team's win over the Lady Demons two weeks ago when she had 20 points and 10 rebounds.

Northwestern State's Meredith Graf defends against Lamar at home on Wednesday. Lamar won, 82-61. / Gary Hardamon/Special to The Times NATCHITOCHES - Hot second-half shooting by Lamar coupled with cold shooting by Northwestern State was the difference in Wednesday night's Southland Conference women's basketball tilt as the Lady Cardinals downed NSU ... (more)

Did you know that all rice begins as brown rice? Whether you end up with brown rice or white rice... BEAUMONT, Texas - Something has to give tonight at the Montagne Center when Northwestern State and Lamar, both riding winning streaks, collide in a key 7 p.m. Southland Conference basketball contest.

StatSheet's Southland Player of the Week for February 6th goes to Brandon Davis from Lamar.

Louisville is ranked #24 in the AP Top 25 poll this week, and is one of two newcomers.

Myeisha Myles' winning shot with 2.4 seconds left lifted the Texas A&M - Corpus Christi women's basketball team past Northwestern State, 88-86, Saturday night at the American Bank Center.

Northwestern State senior William Mosley should move up one spot to 12th in NCAA history in career blocked shots during today's 2 p.m. game against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at Prather Coliseum.

About the Islanders: The inconsistency of a young A&M-CC team reared its ugly head Wednesday.

NATCHITOCHES, La. - It wasn't easy, or pretty, but Central Arkansas' Sugar Bears again rallied late to pull out a 67-61 win at Northwestern State to run its league-leading winning streak to six games.

Northwestern State senior William Mosley is second nationally with 4.3 blocked shots a game.

It only took one semester at the University of Southern Mississippi for former Trinity Episcopal football standout Kent King to realize how much he missed the game he loved.

Gonzaga makes an appearance at #24 in the AP Top 25 poll this week, one of two new teams.

Northwestern State's William Mosley has won the StatSheet Southland Player of the Week award for the week ending January 30th.

Neville's Ricky Wyatt is signing with Central Arkansas and Lorenzo Lenoir is signing with Northwestern State.

Louisiana Tech returns to the court Saturday afternoon when the Lady Techsters travel to the Pan American Center to face New Mexico State in Western Athletic Conference action that tips off at 4:30 p.m. Tech enters the contest 9-10 on the season, 2-2 in WAC play, following its 70-64 road win at San Jose State last Saturday as the Lady Techsters ... (more)

Brad Henderson and the Northwestern State Demons open the 2012 season at Texas Tech.

BEAUMONT, Texas Lamar University women's basketball coach Larry Tidwell hopes to get a milestone victory in front of the home fans Wednesday when the Lady Cardinals host Northwestern State in a 7 p.m. Southland Conference game at the Montagne Center.

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. - The LSU women's basketball team rallied from a 12-point deficit to force overtime before defeating East Tennessee State to snap a three-game skid, 71-68, on Tuesday.

Northwestern State's Shamir Davis drives for a layup during a recent game in Natchitoches.