LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — Shahada Wells scored 27 points and McNeese beat Nicholls 92-76 on Wednesday to win the Southland Conference Tournament and advance to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2002 with its 30th victory this season. Wells, the conference player of the...
Hiring former LSU basketball coach Will Wade came with no small measure of risk for McNeese State athletic director Heath Schroyer. “I had a lot of people email me and tell me I was crazy, that I hired someone that’s a criminal," recalled Schroyer, who wasn't even sure when he...
LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — First-year McNeese State coach Will Wade, who resumed coaching this season for the first time since being fired by LSU in 2022 because of NCAA recruiting violations, has signed a five-year contract extension worth at least $700,000 per year. The deal,...