Lamar Cardinals (11-14, 5-6) Vs. A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders (8-18
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Lamar Cardinals (11-14, 5-6) vs. A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders (8-18, 3-8) Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011 * Montagne Center * Beaumont, Texas Lamar Last Game Starters 2010-11 Schedule/Results No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl.-Exp. Hometown PPG RPG Other 1 Anthony Miles G 6-0 170 Jr-2L Houston, Texas 11.5 4.0 4.4 Assists November 4 Devon Lamb G 6-2 185 Jr.-TR Jacksonville, Fla. 9.7 7.9 1.5 Steals 12 Lyon College W, 115-57 22 Donley Minor G 6-2 180 So.-1L Los Angeles, Calif. 5.6 1.4 19 vs. UC Riverside# W, 90-75 35 Stan Brown F 6-8 225 So.-1L Dolton, Ill. 4.1 3.8 20 vs. Portland State# L, 102-98 52 Coy Custer C 6-11 265 Sr.-3L League City, Texas 5.2 3.5 0.6 Blocks 21 at SMU# L, 102-70 23 at Texas-Pan American W, 85-82 27 St. Gregory’s W, 118-69 Off the Lamar Bench 0 Orlando Brazier C 6-7 235 Jr.-TR Carson, Calif. 5.4 3.8 0.7 Blocks December 2 Tremell Adams G 6-2 200 Jr.-TR Chicago, Ill. 7.3 2.0 1 at No. 20 Texas L, 76-55 3 Tre Lynch G 6-0 165 Fr.-HS Lancaster, Texas 1.3 0.3 4 at Rice L, 75-73 5 Mike James G 6-1 175 Jr.-TR Portland, Ore. 12.1 2.6 1.8 Assists 11 Huston-Tillotson W, 123-79 10 Brandon Davis G 6-6 190 Jr.-TR Jacksonville, Fla. 8.4 2.2 46 3-ptrs. 19 at Louisiana-Lafayette L, 68-65 21 Charlie Harper F 6-5 200 Jr.-2L San Antonio, Texas 8.4 5.7 22 Canisius L, 78-72 23 Kendrick Harris G 6-0 170 Sr.-1L Los Angeles, Calif. 11.2 2.1 2.8 Assists 30 at Tulane L, 93-77 24 Vincenzo Nelson F 6-5 205 Jr.-TR Jackson, Miss. 3.7 1.9 25 Darius Harris F 6-7 210 Fr.-HS Port Arthur, Texas 1.2 1.0 January 33 Osas Ebomwonyi C 6-11 220 Fr.-RS Pflugerville, Texas 1.0 2.5 0.7 Blocks 4 Louisiana College (DH) W, 114-62 8 at Central Arkansas* W, 99-75 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Last Game Starters 12 McNeese State* (DH) L, 78-76 No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl.-Exp. Hometown PPG RPG Other 15 at UT Arlington* W, 76-72 00 Garland Judkins G 6-4 208 Jr.-TR Humble, Texas 6.2 1.9 17 at Arkansas State L, 78-75 5 Terence Jones G 6-2 180 So.-1L Baltimore, Md. 8.5 1.4 2.2 Assists 22 Central Arkansas* W, 107-72 21 Demond Watt F 6-7 210 Sr.-3L Chicago, Ill. 14.8 9.2 1.1 Blocks 26 Northwestern State* L, 79-69 23 Justin Reynolds F 6-9 235 Sr.-3L Pearland, Texas 10.1 7.2 0.9 Blocks 29 at Nicholls* L, 78-71 32 Horace Bond F 6-8 200 Sr.-3L Gary, Ind. 5.2 4.5 1.1 Steals February 2 Southeastern Louisiana* L, 89-87 Tonight’s Contest 5 at UTSA* L, 70-64 Statistical Comparison 9 at Northwestern State* L, 70-68 Lamar and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi will meet 12 Nicholls* W, 84-71 for the only time this season with the Cardinals look - 16 at Southeastern Louisiana* W, 57-52 ing for their third straight win. A win would get the Lamar AMCC 19 A&M-Corpus Christi* 7:05 p.m. Cards back to .500 in Southland Conference play as Points For 83.5 (1) 61.0 (12) 23 at Stephen F. Austin* 7 p.m. they battle for one of the eight spots in the SLC Points Allowed 76.1 (9) 70.1 (7) 26 Sam Houston State* 7:05 p.m. Tournament. The game will be broadcast live on Scoring Margin +7.4 (2) -9.1 (12) KLVI 560 AM radio in Beaumont and can be seen March live on Lamar’s Athletic Web site at www.lamarcardi - Field Goal % .432 (8) .426 (10) 2 Texas State* 7:05 p.m. nals.com/allaccess. 3-Point % .371 (1) .284 (12) 5 at McNeese State* (DH) 3 p.m. Free Throw % .686 (6) .622 (12) 8-12 at SLC Tournament TBA Series History 3-ptrs. per game 8.4 (1) 6.5 (5) * - Southland Conference Game Tonight’s game will be the 18th meeting between Rebound Average 41.8 (1) 33.9 (10) # - SMU Tournament Lamar and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. The Cardi - Rebound Margin +4.0 (2) +1.2 (4) All game times are Central nals lead the all-time series 13-4, having won the first Assists per game 15.0 (T2) 11.2 (11) 13 meetings and lost the last four. The Islanders won Turnovers per game 15.4 (7) 17.2 (10) Lamar Sports Information both meetings last year, 81-64 in Corpus Christi and Montagne Center, Room 138 Steals per game 8.5 (T3) 6.4 (11) 79-55 in Beaumont. Lamar is 8-2 all-time against Blocks per game 3.6 (3) 3.1 (5) P.O. Box 10066 AMCC in Beaumont, and head coach Steve Roc - Beaumont, TX 77710 caforte is 2-4 against the Islanders. () - Southland Conference Rank Men’s Basketball Contact: Erik J. Cox Office: 409.880.8329 Cell: 281.380.8937 Scouting the Islanders E-Mail: [email protected] Texas A&M-Corpus Christi comes to the Mon - Web site: www.lamarcardinals.com tagne Center with an 8-18 overall record and a 3-8 Southland Conference mark after falling 66-61 to Montagne Center Press Row: 409.880.2343 Texas State on Tuesday. Head coach Perry Clark, who Lamar Men’s Basketball Game Notes picked up his 300th career win earlier this season, is in his fourth year with the Islanders. Series Results Series Facts & Figures The Islanders are ranked last in the SLC in scoring at 61.0 points (Last 10 Meetings) per game, and are allowing 70.1 points per game. AMCC is shooting Date Result Site All-Time Series Lamar, 13-4 42.6 percent from the floor, 62.2 percent from the free throw line and 1/28/67 W, 97-85 Corpus Christi At Lamar Lamar, 8-2 28.4 percent from 3-point range. The Islanders are averaging 33.9 re - 1/10/72 W, 99-82 Beaumont At A&M-Corpus Christi Lamar, 5-2 bounds per game and have a positive rebound margin of 1.2 rebounds 12/15/01 W, 69-67 Corpus Christi At Neutral Site n/a per game. 11/30/02 W, 94-78 Beaumont 2/22/07 W, 78-77 Beaumont Current Streak AMCC, W4 Senior forward Demond Watt is having a solid season, leading the 2/27/08 W, 79-72 Corpus Christi team in scoring and rebounding. His 14.8 points per game ranks ninth 1/21/09 L, 89-71 Beaumont in the SLC, while he is second in the conference in rebounds at 9.2 3/4/09 L, 69-60 Corpus Christi Lamar per contest. 1/20/10 L, 81-64 Corpus Christi Most Points 112 3/3/10 L, 79-55 Beaumont Largest Victory 41 points Fellow senior Justin Reynolds is the other double-digit scorer on the team at 10.1 points per game. Reynolds is also pulling down 7.2 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi rebounds per game. Sophomore guard Terence Jones leads the team Most Points 89, Twice with 2.2 assists per game and 40 3-pointers made. Largest Victory 24 points Last Time They Met Lamar Last Time Out Lamar and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi last met on March 3, 2010, in the Lamar is coming off a huge 57-52 road win at Southeastern Louisiana on Cardinals’ last home game of the season. The Islanders used a big second half Wednesday night thanks in large part to outstanding defense and timely free to pick up a 79-55 win and complete the season sweep. throw shooting. The Islanders shot 51.7 percent from the floor in the first half and built a Junior Anthony Miles hit a pair of free throws with 50 seconds to play that 34-29 lead. AMCC’s Kevin Palmer knocked down a 3-pointer to open the sec - put the Cardinals ahead 51-50. Miles would hit four more free throws in the ond half, and the cardinals never got any closer than seven points the rest of final 23 seconds, and Charlie Harper added a pair of his own, as the Cardinals the way. went 8-of-8 from the line down the stretch to pull out the victory. AMCC shot 57.1 percent from the floor in the second half while limiting Lamar also did a great job of locking up the potent backcourt of Trent the Cardinals to 7-of-24 shooting during that time. The Islanders outscored Hutchin and Brandon Fortenberry. The duo combined for 53 points in the Lamar 44-22 in the paint and 23-6 off the bench. Lions’ 89-7 victory at Lamar back on Feb. 2, but mustered only 11 combined Justin Nabors finished with a double-double for the Cards with 13 points points on Wednesday as Miles and sophomore Donley Minor harassed them and 11 rebounds.