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Game 30 • Mar. 2, 2017 • 7 pm Game 31 • Mar. 4, 2017 • 3 pm vs. Nicholls at McNeese Beaumont, Texas Lake Charles, La. Montagne Coliseum Burton Coliseum TV: ESPN3 • Radio: KLVI 560 AM TV: None • Radio: KLVI 560 AM 2016-17 Schedule/Results Cards Host Nicholls on Senior Night (16-13/8-8 SLC) Lamar University will have to regroup quickly after its disappointing setback against Houston Baptist Saturday. Just the team’s third home loss this season, the Cardinals en- November ter the week 16-13 (.551) overall and sixth in the Southland standings with an 8-8 (.500) 11 Howard Payne W 90-47 mark. Big Red comes into Thursday just a game back of Sam Houston State (18-11/9-7 16 at Oregon State# W 63-60 19 at Fresno State$ L 83-64 SLC), and a half game up on Southeastern Louisiana (15-15/8-9). The Cardinals next 22 UTSA~ W 78-58 opponent, Nicholls, has fought its way from one of the teams on the outside looking in 25 at Prairie View A&M W 91-83 into the eighth team with two games remaining. The Colonles (14-15/7-9 SLC) enter the 29 at Idaho State L 77-60 week having won two straight and three of the last four games and are looking to hold off Central Arkansas and Northwestern State for the final playoff spot. Thursday’s game December will tip off at 7 p.m. from the Montagne Center and can be seen live on ESPN3. Big 2 at San Francisco L 82-63 Red closes out the regular season Saturday against rival McNeese. The Cowboys enter 6 at DePaul+ L 80-61 the final week of the season having been elimated from the playoffs. McNeese is 7-20 10 Austin College~ W 109-58 (.259) overall and 13th in the league with a 4-12 (.250) mark. The Cowboys still have an 16 at UT Rio Grande Valley L 95-81 opportunity to climb a couple spots in the SLC standings. Saturdays’ game is slated to 19 Liberty~ W 82-65 tip off at 3 p.m. from Burton Coliseum. Both games can be heard live on Newstalk 560 21 Arlington Baptist~ W 126-75 KLVI. 29 Huston-Tillotson~ W 90-63 Saying Good-Bye to the Class of 2017 January Two members of the Cardinals’ basketball team will be playing their final game in the 2 at Central Arkansas* W 78-75 Montagne Center Thursday. Seniors Marcus Owens (Fort Laurderdale, Fla.) and Lincoln 5 New Orleans*~ L 66-62 (OT) Davis (Pittsburgh, Pa.) will be suiting up one more time in the home white uniforms 7 Southeastern Louisiana*~ W 74-54 in front of the LU fans. Owens has started 63 games during his career and has scored 11 Incarnate Word*~ W 87-72 14 at Abilene Christian* L 67-64 nearly 700 points while pulling down nearly 400 rebounds. Davis came to LU via the 19 at Sam Houston State*~ L 87-65 junior college route. He has started 31 games scoring more than 300 points and pulling 21 at Nicholls* W 87-76 down more than 100 rebounds. Davis also earned College Sports Madness Southland 25 A&M-Corpus Christi*! L 69-66 (OT) Conference Player of the Week honors as a junior for his efforts in the Cards’ victory 28 Northwestern State*~ W 85-64 over Deleware State. February Lamar University Probable Starters 4 McNeese*~ W 77-57 No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl.-Exp. Hometown PPG RPG Other 9 Sam Houston State*~ W 80-76 (OT) 32 Joey Frenchwood G 6-1 184 Jr.-TR Newark, Calif. 8.5 1.9 4.3 apg 11 at Houston Baptist* L 94-87 5 Lincoln Davis G 6-1 165 Sr.-1L Pittsburgh, Pa. 4.3 1.2 0.7 apg 16 at Stephen F. Austin*~ L 70-61 12 Zjori Bosha G 6-5 177 Jr.-2L Nome, Texas 6.7 3.8 1.6 spg 18 at A&M-Corpus Christi*~ L 70-63 21 Colton Weisbrod F 6-5 218 Jr.-TR Nederland, Texas 15.4 8.5 1.0 apg 22 at Northwestern State*! W 88-68 11 Josh Nzeakor F 6-7 211 So.-1L Mesquite, Texas 8.8 5.2 0.8 bpg 25 Houston Baptist*~ L 75-68 Off the Bench No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl.-Exp. Hometown PPG RPG Other March 2 Dorian Chatman F 6-7 208 So.-1L Port Arthur, Texas 6.6 3.2 0.7 bpg 2 Nicholls* 7 pm 3 Nick Garth G 6-0 191 So.-1L Houston, Texas 12.2 1.4 1.5 apg 4 at McNeese* 3 pm 4 Cameron McGee G 6-2 185 Fr.-HS Dallas, Texas 3.7 0.8 1.3 apg 8-12 at SLC Championships TBA 10 Torey Noel G 5-10 190 Jr.-TR Oklahoma City, Okla. 5.4 1.5 2.9 apg 13 Terrance Hubby F 6-5 198 So.-1L Arlington, Texas 2.4 1.4 0.4 spg Home Games in Bold Times Central/Subject to Change *SLC Game 15 Tyrin Atwood G/F 6-6 203 Fr.-HS Beaumont, Texas 2.2 1.2 0.3 apg ~ESPN3 !American Sports Network +Fox Sports SW Plus 20 Marcus Owens G/F 6-2 199 Sr.-3L Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. 4.6 3.1 0.4 apg $Mountain West Network #Pac-12 Network 30 Christian Albright P 6-8 235 Jr.-TR Dallas, Texas 3.3 1.9 0.5 apg Probable starters based on previous game’s starting lineup Lamar University Basketball Game Notes General LU vs. the Colonels School ................................................................Lamar University The Cardinals have dominated the all-time record against Location ................................................................. Beaumont, TX Nicholls posting a 25-10 (.714) mark, which includes an 87-76 Founded..................................................................................1923 victory in Thibodaux earlier this season. The Cardinals have Enrollment ...........................................................................14,966 won two straight in the series but prior to that had lost four Nicknames .......................................................................Cardinals consecutive which was the longest LU drought in series history. Colors ........................................................................Red & White The Cardinals enter Thursday looking for their first three-game Conference .....................................................................Southland win streak over the Colonels since the 2005-06 season. Big Red National Affiliation ...........................................NCAA Div. I FCS is now 16-3 (.842) all-time against Nicholls in Beaumont. President ......................................................Dr. Kenneth R. Evans Athletics Director ................................................Jason Henderson LU vs. the Cowboys Faculty Representative .....................................Dr. Hsing-wei Chu The longest series in program history (LU leads, 53-47), the Sr. Woman Administrator ...........................................Helene Thill Cardinals and Cowboys met for the 100th time earlier this Athletics Department ............................................(409) 880-2248 year with LU claiming short-term bragging rights with a 77-57 Ticket Office .........................................................(409) 880-1715 victory over McNeese in Beaumont. The second meeting of the Coaching Staff season will take place in a venue where the Cardinals have not Head Coach ......................................Tic Price (Virginia Tech, 1979) had very much success. The Cardinals are 15-33 (.313) all-time Record at Lamar/Seasons .................................. 43-51/Third Season against McNeese in Lake Charles but enter Saturday looking to Record at NCAA Division I ............................210-173/12th Season win consecutive road games for the first time since the 1992-93 Office Phone ................................................................(409) 880-8301 and 1993-94 seasons. Each team won on the other’s home floor Assistant Coach .........................................................Bobby Kummer last season. Assistant Coach ............................................................. Brian Burton Assistant Coach ...............................................................Justin Bailey Tic Price vs. the Colonels and Cowboys Director of Operations ........................................................ Matt Pace Athletic Trainer ............................................ Kenneth “KJ” Woodard LU head coach Tic Price is a combined 11-3 (.786) all-time in Team Information games coached against Nicholls and McNeese. Price is a near perfect 8-1 (.889) all-time against the Colonels. A former head 2015-16 Overall Record ..............................................................11-19 coach at McNeese who led the Cowboys to a conference title 2015-16 SLC Record/Finish ............................................... 3-15/13th and an NCAA tournament appearance, Price has recorded a 3-2 2015-16 Home Record ....................................................................7-9 (.600) mark against the school just down I-10. 2015-16 Away Record ...................................................................4-10 Starters Returning/Lost ..................................................................3/2 Defending the Nest Letterwinners Returning/Lost .......................................................7/7 The Cardinals have made the Montagne Center one of the History toughest venues for opponents to play over the course of its First Year of Basketball........................................................... 1951-52 30-plus year history. The Cardinals have posted a 314-157 (.667) First Year as a Senior College ...................................................... 1951 all-time record in the Montagne Center. LU recorded a pro- First Year of Southland Basketball ....................................... 1963-64 gram-best 15 home victories during the 1987-88 season. LU was All-Time Record ..................................................................... 964-866 7-9 (.438) at home last season, and is 11-3 (.786) in 2016-17. All-Time Southland Record ..............................288-265/41 Seasons SLC Regular-Season Titles/Last ...............................................9/2008 Home/Away Comparisons SLC Tournament Titles/Last ....................................................4/2012