McNeese State's Cowboys will be after their second straight basketball victory Monday, tackling Samford University on the road.

            The Cowboys (1-3) are coming off a win over Louisiana College after having dropped three games in the Hawaii Rainbow Classic.

            Samford is  winless in four games this season but have lost three of the contests by three or less points.  The Bulldogs have bowed to Kent State 69-66, to Wisconsin-Green Bay 70-68 and to UAB 55-52.  In their last outing they dropped a 68-49 decision to Texas A&M.

            The game can be listened to locally over radio station 1470-AM.

            The Cowboys are expected to start the same lineup that opened the Louisiana College game on Saturday.  Stephan Martin will start at the point with Diego Kapelan at the other guard, Patrick Richard and P. J. Alawoya at forward and Preston David at center.

            Martin is averaging 14.3 points per game with a season and career single game high of 23 which he scored against Northern Colorado.

            Also scoring in double figures are Diego Kapelan at 11.8 and Patrick Richard at 11.3.  Alawoya leads in rebounds with a 7.3 game average.

            McNeese, which did not shoot a free throw in its loss to Hawaii, is making 76.4 percent of its free throws this season, 42 of 55.

            It's in the rebound column where the Cowboys are taking a hit, being outrebounded an average of six per game.

            Following this game the Cowboys will return home to host UL-Lafayette on Saturday.  The starting time for that game has been moved to 7 p.m. at Burton Coliseum.