No. 12McNeese Cowboys

Men's Basketball Championship · Midwest Region · 2nd Round

Ugh, no.

McNeese Cowboys lost to the Purdue Boilermakers

Ranked #12 · 28-7 62 – 76

Ranked #4 · 24-11

Final · Sat, Mar 22

Game Details

Amica Mutual Pavilion (Providence) · CBS View tournament bracket →

Recap

Purdue returns to Sweet 16 with 76-62 win over McNeese in March Madness

Trey Kaufman-Renn had 22 points and 15 rebounds, and Purdue used a fast start to roll to a 76-62 win over McNeese in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday.

Recap via ESPN

Amica Mutual Pavilion · Providence

Line Score

	1	2	T
MCN	20	42	62
PUR	38	38	76

Game Flow

MCN PUR

H1H2

9-0Biggest Run10-0

1Largest Lead26

2 lead changes · tied 0 times

Win Probability · McNeese Cowboys

tip-offnow: 0%

Game Leaders

McNeese Cowboys

Sincere Parker · 17Points
Brandon Murray · 4Assists
Christian Shumate · 9Rebounds

Purdue Boilermakers

Trey Kaufman-Renn · 22Points
Fletcher Loyer · 5Assists
Trey Kaufman-Renn · 15Rebounds

2025-26 Southland Conference Standings

Team	GB
Stephen F. Austin	-
McNeese	1
UT Rio Grande Valley	6
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	7
LSU New Orleans	8
Nicholls	8
Houston Christian	12
Northwestern State	12
Incarnate Word	13
Lamar	13
East Texas A&M	14
SE Louisiana	14

2025-26 Big Ten Conference Standings

Team	GB
Michigan	-
Nebraska	4
Michigan State	4
Illinois	4
Wisconsin	5
Purdue	6
UCLA	6
Ohio State	7
Iowa	9
Indiana	10
Minnesota	11
USC	12
Washington	12
Rutgers	13
Northwestern	14
Oregon	14
Maryland	15
Penn State	16

Team Stats

McNeese CowboysPurdue Boilermakers

Shooting

25-56, 45% Field Goals 23-51, 45%

7-21, 33% 3-Pointers 11-26, 42%

5-13, 38% Free Throws 19-23, 83%

Possessions

24 Rebounds 41

7 Offensive Rebounds 12

12 Assists 17

11 Steals 6

2 Blocks 1

11 Turnovers 19

21 Fouls 13

Scoring

32 Points in Paint 24

8 Fast Break Points 6

1 Largest Lead 26

Box Score

McNeese Cowboys ▾

Starters	PTS	REB	AST	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
J. CharlesF	0	5	1	28	0-4	0-3	0-0	0	4	0	0	5	1
C. ShumateF	6	9	0	32	3-5	0-0	0-2	1	0	0	4	5	2
DJ Richards Jr.G	1	1	0	17	0-4	0-4	1-2	0	1	0	1	0	2
J. GarciaG	12	2	3	27	4-7	4-5	0-0	1	2	1	0	2	1
Q. CopelandG	9	1	4	21	4-8	1-4	0-3	3	2	1	0	1	5
Bench
B. SelebangueF	0	0	0	9	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	3
E. VillarrealG	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
S. ParkerG	17	1	0	20	7-15	2-4	1-1	2	1	0	0	1	1
L. Evans IVG	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
T. BrownG	8	0	0	14	4-5	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	3
B. MurrayG	9	5	4	30	3-7	0-1	3-5	2	1	0	2	3	2
J. Brewer Jr.F	DNP: Did not play
H. Gaskins Jr.G	DNP: Did not play
O. CooperG	DNP: Did not play
A. BreedG	DNP: Did not play
Team	62	24	12		25-56	7-21	5-13	11	11	2	7	17	21

Purdue Boilermakers ▾

Starters	PTS	REB	AST	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
T. Kaufman-RennF	22	15	3	38	7-12	0-0	8-10	2	1	1	4	11	2
C. FurstF	2	4	1	12	1-4	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	2	2	1
C.J. CoxG	11	0	2	20	3-4	2-2	3-3	0	1	0	0	0	1
B. SmithG	10	4	5	40	3-7	2-6	2-2	8	2	0	1	3	2
F. LoyerG	15	0	5	34	4-12	3-10	4-6	0	1	0	0	0	1
Bench
C. HeideF	5	2	0	15	2-2	1-1	0-0	2	0	0	1	1	4
W. BergC	0	0	0	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
G. HarrisG	3	5	0	15	1-5	1-2	0-0	1	0	0	2	3	0
M. ColvinG	8	6	1	24	2-5	2-5	2-2	2	1	0	0	6	2
J. FurstF	DNP: Did not play
S. KingF	DNP: Did not play
R. BurgessF	DNP: Did not play
B. WaddellF	DNP: Did not play
D. JacobsenC	DNP: Did not play
J. LuskG	DNP: Did not play
A. FineG	DNP: Did not play
J. RaylG	DNP: Did not play
J. BenterG	DNP: Did not play
Team	76	41	17		23-51	11-26	19-23	19	6	1	12	29	13

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