LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) - Dontae Cannon scored 19 points and Desharick Guidry added 17 as McNeese State held off Southeastern Louisiana 65-58 Tuesday night to clinch a spot in the Southland Conference tournament.
The Cowboys (11-13, 5-9) led 40-30 with 14:50 remaining, but the Lions roared back with a 13-6 run capped by Todd Nelson's 3-pointer.
Southeastern Louisiana cut the deficit to three twice more, but could get no closer. After Jeffery Ricard's two free throws made it 57-54 with 3:04 left, Cannon scored four straight points.
Brandon Fortenberry hit two foul shots with 1:16 left to get within 61-58, but Keelan Garrett and Cannon answered with two free throws apiece.
Kevin Hardy added 14 points and Craig McFerrin grabbed 10 rebounds to help give McNeese State a 38-26 advantage on the boards.
Ricard's 17 points led the Lions (10-14, 8-6), who came in as winners of five of their last seven games.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Southeastern Louisiana (10-14) | 24 | 34 | 58 |
| McNeese State (11-13) « | 27 | 38 | 65 |
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| Southeastern Louisiana Lions | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Woods, F | 30 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| R. Johnson, F | 28 | 2-9 | 1-4 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| B. Fortenberry, G | 38 | 2-11 | 6-8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| J. Ricard, G | 34 | 6-9 | 4-4 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 17 |
| D. Evans, G | 31 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Nelson | 18 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| A. Benton | 11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| O. Ochie | 6 | 4-6 | 1-1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| J. Campbell | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 19-50 | 12-17 | 26 | 8 | 17 | 58 | |
| 38% | 70.6% | ||||||
| McNeese State Cowboys | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Guidry, F | 38 | 8-14 | 0-0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| C. McFerrin, F | 21 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| D. Cannon, G | 39 | 6-13 | 6-7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 19 |
| K. Hardy, G | 38 | 5-9 | 2-4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| J. Mitchell, G | 21 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Garrett | 19 | 1-5 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| A. Lewis | 9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| P. Kpan | 7 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| J. Wells | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| B. Regis | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Fields | 1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-51 | 15-19 | 38 | 10 | 16 | 65 | |
| 45.1% | 78.9% | ||||||
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