“Shu-Slam” Featured on SportsCenter Top 10

The McNeese Cowboys were featured on the Sports Leader this morning as they made SportsCenter's Top 10 Plays for the first time this season.

During the historic 2023-2024 season for the McNeese Cowboys, Christian Shumate was featured on SportsCenter Top 10 on numerous occasions with some of his thunderous dunks throughout the year. This year, he hadn't landed on the program, until a MASSIVE dunk Monday Night against Northwestern State.

The ironic part of the thunderous Shu-Slam coming against Northwestern State is during the game last year inside Prather Coliseum, Shumate also landed on Sports Center.

On Monday Night, the Cowboys defeated Northwestern State 92-69 after McNeese State hit a season-high 16 three-pointers in the contest. The Pokes extended their conference winning streak to 15 games, extending its school record, and now tied as the fifth-longest in conference history (ULM 1990-91 and 1991-92, and Stephen F. Austin 2019-20). McNeese moved to 10-5 overall and 4-0 in league play.

During the win for McNeese, Christian Shumate had a few monstrous dunks, but one of them landed him on ESPN's Top Plays of the Night. The "Shu-Slam" came in at #10.

If you haven't seen the video, check it out for yourself, it was pretty impressive!

McNeese will be back in action on Saturday as Will Wade and his Bayou Bandits will face off against Nicholls inside the Legacy Center in Lake Charles.