LAKE CHARLES—Northwestern State aims for its fourth consecutive victory, as it wraps up a stretch of five of six games away from home.

The Demons (11-10, 8-4) travel to McNeese (8-15, 3-9) to try to finish off three road Southland Conference wins in a row and finish off a season sweep of the Cowgirls for the second consecutive season.

Tip-off is at 1 p.m. at Legacy Center and will be streamed on ESPN+.

In the earlier meeting, Sharna Ayres buried a season-high six 3-pointers en route to a season-high 23 points, while Mya Blake nearly recorded a double-double with 16 points and nine rebounds.

Northwestern State is coming off a big road win against Nicholls, which Mya Blake turned in her third 30-point game in five contests, pouring in 32 points, willing the Demons to the big victory to secure the sweep of the Colonels.

The senior is leading the conference in scoring by a wide margin, as Blake is averaging 20.4 points per game during SLC play, more than four and a half points better than second-place Paris Guillory of McNeese.

Four teams are fighting for two seeds for first round byes, as the three teams are decided by a total of one game. With seven games remaining, the Demons are in fifth place by a half-game behind UIW and Stephen F. Austin, both of whom they play at home this month.

Blake is in the top 11 in the league in scoring, assists, rebounds and 3-point shooting. Her overall 17.7 points per game average is 62^nd nationally.

She buried four 3-pointers to bring the total to 30 during SLC play, the third most in league play, while her 39.5 percent shooting from deep is ninth in the SLC.

Blake has scored double figures in 10 consecutive games and at least 20 in five of the last six.

Northwestern State was able to push the ball in transition in the victory at Nicholls, forcing 18 turnovers. Only the win at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi did the Demons force more turnovers against a Division I foe.

The Demons were able to turn Nicholls over and turn those into transition buckets, scoring 23 points on 18 Colonels turnovers.

"Getting a stop opens up the court a lot more in transition," Nia Hardison said. "A lot of people are looking for our top three scorers like Vee, Sharna and Mya, so when we're opening up the court running and getting wide open layups or getting a stop and being able to kick the ball up, it's just allowing everyone else to get a feel of the ball and we are all getting more comfortable in our positions."

That defense remains allowing just 33.9 percent from the field overall and 21.7 percent from deep, both of which are tops in the SLC and 14^th and 1^st in the nation, respectively.

Northwestern State comes back to Natchitoches for two in a row against two of the best teams in the conference, Lamar on Thursday and Stephen F. Austin on Feb. 15.