LAKE CHARLES, LA -- McNeese State had three players score career high's in the Cowgirls' 76-51 win over Texas College here Monday night. Sophomore Kendra Wells led all players with 17 points to lead the Cowgirls in the victory to even their record to 1-1 on the year. Wells also picked up six rebounds, three steals, two assists and one block in the victory.

Scoring career high's was senior Kayla Armstrong with 13 points, junior Kiara Johnson with 12 and freshman Adrienne Minor recorded her first career double-double with a career high 10 points and 11 rebounds. Minor was 5 of 7 from the field with five offensive and six defensive rebounds. Armsrtong also grabbed a career high seven rebounds.

"We are still trying to find ourselves as a team. We had several groups tonight who gelled extremely well offensively and defensively. Its a big blow for us to play without two of our best scorers (Liz Kingham and Candace LaCombe) so early in the season but our kids are adjusting extremely well," said head coach Brooks Donald Williams. Kingham suffered a season ending injury prior to the season and LaCombe didn't see action tonight due to an injury suffered in the season opener against New Orleans Saturday.

McNeese jumped out to a 15-0 lead to start the game following a Ne'Aisha Anderson three-pointer and a Minor layup before Texas College scored their first points. The Cowgirls held the lead for the entire game and held its largest lead of the first half (23-5) with 8:30 to go. McNeese led 33-22 at the half with 22 of their first half points coming off turnovers.

McNeese continued to extend its lead in the second half by going on a 14-0 run to begin the second half and held a 47-22 lead with 15 minutes left to play. The Cowgirls held a 28 point lead four times in the second half with the last coming off a layup by Raiyawna Gatlin with 1:35 remaining.

"Our second half effort was much improved. Our offensive flow and our intensity was better in the second half."

McNeese returns to action this Saturday to host Samford at 11 a.m. in the first game of a doubleheader at Burton Coliseum.