{"id":129724,"date":"2026-01-20T01:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T01:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/129724\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T01:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T01:00:09","slug":"mcneese-bounces-back-with-69-53-win-at-corpus-christi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/129724\/","title":{"rendered":"McNeese bounces back with 69-53 win at Corpus Christi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Privateer-Light-Backround.png\" alt=\"New Orleans\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p> New Orleans<\/p>\n<p>1\/24\/2026 | 4 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        ESPN+  &#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Jan. 24 (Sat) \/ 4 p.m.&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Privateer-Light-Backround.png\" alt=\"New Orleans\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        \u00a0New Orleans&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/mcneesesports.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/opponent-history\/new-orleans\/154\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>CORPUS CHRISTI \u2013 McNeese responded from Saturday&#8217;s loss with a bang on Monday afternoon against A&amp;M-Corpus Christi with a 69-53 Southland Conference win, the largest margin of victory for the Cowboys on the Islanders&#8217; home court.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe win improved McNeese&#8217;s record to 15-4 overall and 8-2 in league play while Corpus falls to 10-9 and 6-4. It was only the second home loss for AMCC this season.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThree Cowboys scored in double-figures led by <a href=\"https:\/\/mcneesesports.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/larry-johnson\/11014\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11014\" target=\"_blank\">Larry Johnson<\/a> with 17 points while adding nine rebounds. <a href=\"https:\/\/mcneesesports.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/carl-cherenfant\/11013\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11013\" target=\"_blank\">Carl Cherenfant<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/mcneesesports.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/tyshawn-archie\/11146\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11146\" target=\"_blank\">Tyshawn Archie<\/a> each scored 13. Cherenfant added seven rebounds while Archie dished out two assists.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nMcNeese out-rebounded AMCC by a 39-19 margin, the fewest rebounds grabbed by a Division I team against the Cowboys this season. The Islanders, who entered the contest averaging 12.5 offensive boards per game, were held to a season-low five offensive pulls off the glass and four second-chance points. McNeese pulled in 14 offensive rebounds which resulted in 19 second chance point.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nMcNeese started the game scoring the first points and went to a pressing defense right away. The Cowboys led 40-32 at the half after Archie knocked down a three-pointer right before the buzzer.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nJohnson gave the Cowboys their first double-digit lead early in the second half with one of his many penetrating layups to make it 42-32. AMCC cut the lead to 42-36 the following two possessions but back-to-back 3s by Archie and Cherenfant grew the lead to 12 points, the largest of the game, at 48-36 at the 16:33 mark.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nMeanwhile McNeese&#8217;s defense was getting the work done on the opposite end of the court, holding the Islanders to one attempt and several multiple minute scoring droughts.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nBut AMCC was able to claw back to within five points at 54-49 with 8:49 to play before McNeese scored 10 straight points to build a 64-49 lead with 5:17 to play.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mcneesesports.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/garwey-dual\/11017\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11017\" target=\"_blank\">Garwey Dual<\/a> put the topper on with a dunk with a minute on the clock to give the Cowboys their 16-point win.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nPostgame Notes:<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 McNeese won its fifth straight game over Corpus Christi including its third straight victory on the Islanders&#8217; home court.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 The Cowboys made 49% of their shots (24-49), 3 for 13 from 3-point range (23.1%), and 18 of 26 at the free throw line (69.2%) including making 9 of 11 in the second half.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 AMCC shot 41.5% (17-41), 21.4% from 3FG range (3-14), and 66.7% at the line (16-24).<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 The 21 second half points scored by the Islanders were the fewest allowed by the Cowboys in the second half this season.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 The 16-point win marked the 12th time this season the Cowboys have recorded wins of 10 points or more.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/mcneesesports.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/larry-johnson\/11014\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11014\" target=\"_blank\">Larry Johnson&#8217;s<\/a> 17 points gives him 314 on the season which moves him up to No. 11 on the school&#8217;s all-time freshman scoring list.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2022 McNeese is 11-0 this season when leading at the half and 60-1 over the last three years.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Game: New Orleans 1\/24\/2026 | 4 p.m. &#13; ESPN+ &#13; &#13; Jan. 24 (Sat)&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":129725,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156],"class_list":{"0":"post-129724","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-corpus-christi","8":"tag-corpus-christi","9":"tag-corpus-christi-headlines","10":"tag-corpus-christi-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}