Central Plains FFA Chapter

12/04 03:42 CST McNeese faces conference foe Northwestern State McNeese faces conference foe Northwestern State By The Associated Press Northwestern State Demons (1-6) at McNeese Cowboys (6-2, 0-1 Southland) Lake Charles, Louisiana; Friday, 7:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Micah Thomas and Northwestern State visit Jovohn Garcia and McNeese on Friday. The Cowboys are 3-0 in home games. McNeese is third in the Southland with 12.1 offensive rebounds per game led by Yanis Ndjonga averaging 3.4. The Demons are 0-5 on the road. Northwestern State has a 0-1 record in games decided by less than 4 points. McNeese's average of 6.1 made 3-pointers per game is 3.5 fewer made shots on average than the 9.6 per game Northwestern State allows. Northwestern State has shot at a 44.2% clip from the field this season, 6.6 percentage points greater than the 37.6% shooting opponents of McNeese have averaged. The Cowboys and Demons square off Friday for the first time in Southland play this season. TOP PERFORMERS: Larry Johnson is scoring 16.8 points per game with 3.3 rebounds and 1.1 assists for the Cowboys. Garcia is averaging 13.5 points and 2.8 rebounds while shooting 49.3%. Thomas is averaging 18.1 points for the Demons. Omar Adegbola is averaging 9.3 points. ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.