The McNeese Cowboys will face the North Texas Mean Green in a non-conference men's college basketball game on Thursday at The Super Pit in Denton, Texas, with tipoff scheduled for 5 p.m. ET. Both teams opened their seasons with victories on Monday: McNeese defeated UAB 99-78, while North Texas cruised to a 122-50 win over Southwestern Christian.
McNeese finished the previous season 28-6 overall and 19-3 in the Southland Conference, and has gone 10-5 on the road since the start of last season. North Texas posted a 19-14 overall record and 9-9 in the American Athletic Conference, and is 13-5 at home since November of last year.
The Cowboys enter as 2.5-point favorites, with the over/under set at 140.5 points. The money line lists McNeese at -148 and North Texas at +124.
The SportsLine Projection Model, which simulates each game 10,000 times and has produced an 11-1 run on top-rated over/under picks dating back to 2025, projects the total to stay under 140.5 points, with the under hitting in 56% of simulations. The model also indicates one side of the spread hits in well over 60% of simulations.
Among player projections, the model expects four North Texas players to score in double figures, led by Je'Shawn Stevenson with more than 18 points. For McNeese, Larry Johnson is projected to score 21 or more points.
