The Southland Conference’s “Southland Strong” campaign is among the winners of the 2013 Communicator Awards, as announced by the International Academy of the Visual Arts last week. The league received the Silver Award of Distinction in the non-profit video category.

Louis Bonnette carried many responsibilities throughout his 46-year career as the Sports Information Director at McNeese State, everything from travel coordinator to business manager to his SID duties.

Brad Underwood was named the 11th head coach of the Stephen F. Austin Lumberjack basketball program, SFA Director of Athletics Robert Hill announced at a press conference on Tuesday.

Northwestern State junior guard Gary Stewart has been named the Southland Conference Men’s Basketball Student-Athlete of the Year

After cruising to wins in the first two rounds of the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament, Oral Roberts ran into a red-hot Weber State team and fell 83-74 at the Dee Events Center Wednesday night.

An 18-5 Oral Roberts run, spanning more than eight minutes in the first half, was all the distance the Golden Eagles (20-14) would need to push past the Anteaters of UC Irvine (21-16) on Monday night in the second round of the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament at the Mabee Center.

Despite a great first half, Northwestern State could not maintain its momentum in the second half as the Demons fell to No. 3 seed Florida 79-47 on Friday in the second round of the NCAA Tournament at the Frank Erwin Center.

The Southland Conference tournament champion Northwestern State is looking to earn its third win in the NCAA tournament as the Demons match up with Florida in South Region action on Friday night at the Frank Erwin Center.

Northwestern State headlines a group of three postseason entrants from the Southland Conference having won the league’s automatic bid into the NCAA tournament after winning its third tournament title last week.

Free throws down the stretch proved the difference as ORU broke an 11-game postseason losing streak with an 84-76 victory at Texas-Arlington, Wednesday night in the first round of the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament.