SAN ANTONIO – The University of the Incarnate Word men's basketball team is set to start Southland Conference play this week. The Cardinals will first take on the defending SLC champions, the McNeese Cowboys, at 6:30 p.m. CT on Monday. They will then travel to Louisiana to face the squad who ended their 2025-26 season the Nicholls Colonels at 3 p.m. on Saturday.
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- Their last time out the Cardinals tied the all-time record for points in a single game with 117 against TLU.
- Davion Bailey (20 ppg) and Tahj Staveskie (19.1 ppg) leading the Southland conference in scoring this season.
- Harold Woods had 17 rebounds against TLU, two shy of the DI team record. Wood currently leads the SLC in rebounds, having grabbed 59 so far this season.
SCOUTING THE COWBOYS
- McNeese has been dominant on offense and defense shooting 51 percent from the field and holding opponents to 37 percent from the field.
- The Cowboys have only lost one game this season, falling to Santa Clara 67-79.
- McNeese moved up to No. 78 in the KenPom ranking this past week.
SCOUTING THE COLONELS
- Nicholls has started slow losing their first six games of the season, with a matchup with Creighton set before they welcome the Cardinals.
- Sincere Malone has been playing serious minutes leading the SLC with an average of 37.4 per game this year.
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