The snowball rolling downhill that is the Cowgirls season is becoming an avalanche.

Having lost three straight and five of their last six, McNeese State finds itself on the postseason bubble.

“We are fighting for our playoff life,” said McNeese head coach Lynn Kennedy.

McNeese (9-16, 6-8 Southland) is in a four-way tie for fifth place, a game ahead of ninth-place New Orleans.

The Cowgirls host Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (15-10, 10-4) at 1 p.m. today.

McNeese is coming off a dismal 69-45 home loss to Incarnate Word Thursday, a team it beat by 35 points in the first meeting a month ago.

“We just need to play better and get ready for Saturday,” Kennedy said. “We did not show up (against UIW).”

The Islanders, who have won five of the last six against McNeese, come into today’s game having beaten Nicholls State 59-50 on Thursday but had lost three straight before that. Corpus Christi is a game behind Southeastern Louisiana for the race for the top seed.

McNeese will be looking for offense after missing 18 of 19 3-point shots Thursday. Ironically, the Cowgirls made their first long-range attempt and then went cold.

Playing without guard Zuzanna Kulinska for a third consecutive game due to a leg injury, McNeese is struggling to make plays.

Kennedy has said Kulinska is “out indefinitely.”

“I’m disappointed because I know we should be better,” Kennedy said.