UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros

Southland Tournament · Semifinal

Ugh, no.

UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros lost to the McNeese Cowboys

19-14 80 – 84

27-5

Final/3OT · Tue, Mar 10

Game Details

Townsley Law Arena (Lake Charles) · 4,481 fans · ESPN+

Highlights

Johnson leads McNeese to 84-80 3OT win over UTRGV in Southland Conference Tournament semifinal

Larry Johnson scored 27 points to lead McNeese, including the winning layup with 29 seconds left in triple-overtime, and the Cowboys defeated UT Rio Grande Valley 84-80 on Tuesday night in a Southland Conference Tournament semifinal.

Recap via ESPN

0:20 Larry Johnson drops in the smooth bucket

0:15 Marvin McGhee III impresses with nice bucket

0:19 Nice shot from Kwo Agwa

0:16 Filip Brankovic impresses with nice bucket

Clips play on ESPN

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	5	T
RGV	23	35	9	5	8	80
MCN	31	27	9	5	12	84

Game Flow

RGV MCN

H1H2OT2OT3OT

9-0Biggest Run9-0

5Largest Lead12

13 lead changes · tied 11 times

Win Probability · UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros

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Game Leaders

UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros

Koree Cotton · 20Points
Filip Brankovic · 4Assists
Koree Cotton · 13Rebounds

McNeese Cowboys

Larry Johnson · 27Points
Garwey Dual · 10Assists
Larry Johnson · 12Rebounds

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

Team Stats

UT Rio Grande Valley VaquerosMcNeese Cowboys

Shooting

26-59, 44% Field Goals 30-80, 38%

10-30, 33% 3-Pointers 8-25, 32%

18-23, 78% Free Throws 16-31, 52%

Possessions

47 Rebounds 48

8 Offensive Rebounds 20

13 Assists 16

8 Steals 16

2 Blocks 4

24 Turnovers 10

22 Fouls 22

Scoring

28 Points in Paint 40

4 Fast Break Points 13

5 Largest Lead 12

Box Score

UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros ▾

Starters	PTS	REB	AST	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
F. BrankovicF	11	7	4	37	4-12	2-5	1-1	3	1	1	1	6	5
J. GomezG	9	5	2	41	2-5	1-3	4-4	2	0	0	1	4	2
J. WashingtonG	13	5	3	47	4-9	0-3	5-6	7	4	0	2	3	2
K. CottonG	20	13	3	39	7-17	1-7	5-7	5	2	1	2	11	5
M. McGhee IIIG	17	8	0	47	5-9	4-7	3-3	0	0	0	0	8	4
Bench
D. ChristensenF	0	4	0	16	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	4	3
K. AgwaF	4	0	0	18	2-2	0-0	0-2	0	1	0	0	0	0
D. WintersG	6	2	0	14	2-3	2-3	0-0	1	0	0	1	1	1
A. WrightG	0	0	1	16	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
K. DicksonF	DNP: Did not play
M. DestremauF	DNP: Did not play
M. VanjovC	DNP: Did not play
L. RamirezG	DNP: Did not play
Z. BlakeG	DNP: Did not play
J. RicksG	DNP: Did not play
Team	80	47	13		26-59	10-30	18-23	24	8	2	8	39	22

McNeese Cowboys ▾

Starters	PTS	REB	AST	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
J. ColbertF	2	6	1	27	1-4	0-0	0-3	1	2	2	4	2	5
T. ArchieG	14	2	2	32	4-13	3-5	3-4	4	0	0	0	2	3
L. JohnsonG	27	12	1	40	11-29	2-8	3-8	1	7	0	5	7	4
G. DualG	10	8	10	49	3-5	1-1	3-6	3	1	0	4	4	3
J. GarciaG	12	7	1	48	5-13	0-2	2-2	1	1	1	0	7	1
Bench
P. MacharF	4	4	0	15	0-0	0-0	4-6	0	0	0	2	2	0
J. Fredson-ColeF	3	5	1	27	1-4	0-0	1-2	0	2	1	2	3	2
Y. NdjongaF	0	0	0	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DJ Richards Jr.G	12	0	0	29	5-12	2-9	0-0	0	3	0	0	0	4
C. CherenfantG	0	1	0	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0
A. Mazou TahirouF	DNP: Did not play
K. BrewerG	DNP: Did not play
E. VillarrealG	DNP: Did not play
JJ RembertG	DNP: Did not play
T. BrownG	DNP: Did not play
Team	84	48	16		30-80	8-25	16-31	10	16	4	20	28	22

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