MBKB SID: Brian Henry Office Phone: (409) 880-8329 Cell: (573) 239-5267 E-mail: [email protected] LAMAR SCHEDULE/RESULTS Date Opponent Result/Time Lamar (6-7, 0-0) N 13 LeTourneau University W, 103-64 vs. UTSA (6-7, 0-0) N 16 at Mississippi L, 70-108 N 19 Wyoming L, 71-75 Saturday, Jan. 12 * 7:05 p.m. CT N 24 Oral Roberts L, 57-65 Beaumont, Texas * Montagne Center (10,080) N 28 at New Orleans L, 65-76 Radio: KLVI 560 AM with Dave Hofferth * TV: None D 1 at Northern Illinois L, 63-65 Second Season Begins Saturday Cardinals In Conference Openers D 4 St. Gregory’s W, 95-59 With the 13-game non-conference schedule in the Lamar is 35-21 all-time in conference openers with a D 8 Louisiana College W, 117-67 rear-view mirror, Lamar opens Southland Conference 21-4 mark in openers at home. The Cardinals are 21- D 12 at #25 BYU L, 66-88 play on Saturday against UTSA at the Montagne 12 as a Southland Conference member and 10-3 in D 22 Rice W, 66-49 Center. The game is also the SLC-opener for UTSA. Beaumont. Since rejoining the SLC in 1999-00, the D 29 Lyon College W, 104-52 Cardinals are 3-5 with a 2-1 mark in the Montagne J 1 at Texas Tech L, 77-79 Lamar-UTSA Series History Center. J 8 Utah Valley State W, 74-69 Tonight marks the 26th all-time meeting with UTSA J 12 * UTSA 7 p.m. as the Cardinals lead 15-10 overall and 6-3 in 14-Point Comeback Win Best Under Roc J 17 * at Stephen F. Austin 7 p.m. Beaumont. Lamar won last year’s meeting, 71-59, in Lamar’s 14-point come-from-behind win over Utah San Antonio on Jan. 6. Overall, the Cardinals have Valley State on Tuesday marked the largest margin J 19 * Sam Houston State 7 p.m. won the last five in the series after dropping 10 of the overcome to win a game under second-year coach J 24 * at Central Arkansas 7 p.m. previous 11. That stretch followed the first nine Steve Roccaforte. The Cardinals trailed 60-46 with J 26 * at Northwestern State 2 p.m. games in the teams’ history in which LU came out on 12:33 to play before a 23-4 outburst propelled them F 2 * McNeese State 7 p.m. top in every game. This will be the first game in to their fifth-consecutive home win. Since the 1999- F 7 * at Nicholls State 6:30 p.m. Beaumont since Feb. 5, 2005, ending a string of four 2000 season, it is the sixth-largest deficit a Lamar F 9 * Southeastern Louisiana 7 p.m. straight in San Antonio. team has come back from and won the game. F 14 * Texas-Arlington 7 p.m. F 16 * at Texas State 4 p.m. TEAM INFO F 21 * Central Arkansas 7 p.m. LAMAR CARDINALS UTSA ROADRUNNERS F 23 * Northwestern State 7 p.m. Record: 6-7 (H: 6-2 A: 0-5 N: 0-0) Record: 6-7 (H: 5-1 A: 0-6 N: 1-0) F 28 * at TAMU-Corpus Christi 7 p.m. Streak: Won 1 Streak: Lost 2 M 1 * at McNeese State 3 p.m. Last game: Defeated Utah Valley, 74-69 Last game: Lost at Texas-Pan American, 71-63 M 6 * Nicholls State 7 p.m. on Jan. 8 in Beaumont on Jan. 8 in Edinburg, Texas M 8 * at Southeastern Louisiana 7 p.m. Head Coach: Steve Roccaforte (Lamar, 1989) Head Coach: Brooks Thompson (Okla. St., 1994) M 13-16 Southland Tournament (Katy, Texas) Record: 21-24 (2nd season) Record: 7-22 (2nd season); 55-14 JUCO (2 yrs) at Lamar: same at UTSA: 7-22 (2nd season) * Southland Conference game Times are Central vs. UTSA: 1-0 vs. Lamar: 0-1 PROJECTED STARTERS LAMAR No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl.-Exp. Hometown PPG RPG Notes 24 Justin Nabors F 6-6 215 Jr.-JC Holly Springs, Miss. 10.5 6.9 Career-high 25 pts w/ 10 rebs for 3rd dbl-dbl vs. Lyon 33 Lamar Sanders F 6-6 230 Sr.-1L Hickory Flat, Miss. 10.4 7.6 Surpassed 500-point mark as a Cardinal vs. Lyon 55 Lawrence Nwevo C 6-8 260 Jr.-2L Lagos, Nigeria 6.3 3.9 11 pts and 6 reb at Texas Tech (1/1) 12 Brandon McThay G 5-11 170 Jr.-JC Deerfield Beach, Fla. 5.3 2.0a Game-high 4 assists at Texas Tech (1/1) 14 Kenny Dawkins G 5-9 155 Jr.-JC Holly Springs, Miss. 15.0 2.3 Leads team in assists (4.0); 3FG (26) and minutes (31.5) UTSA No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl.-Exp. Hometown PPG RPG Notes 2 Travis Gabbidon F 6-7 215 Jr.-RS Phoenix, Ariz. 14.2 6.0 Leads UTSA in pts & rebs; only plyr to start every gm 5 Keith Spencer F/C 6-8 215 Sr.-1L San Diego, Calif. 7.4 5.9 .623 FG% leads the team 4 Joey Shank G 6-3 180 Jr.-TR Folsom, Calif. 10.9 1.5 4th in SLC in 3FG% (.449); 2nd in 3FG/gm (2.85) 20 Devin Gibaon G 6-0 170 Fr.-HS Houston, Texas 11.8 4.9a Leads the SLC in steals (3.25 spg) 21 Isaiah Allen G 6-3 202 Sr.-1L Portland, Ore. 7.4 2.5 1.8 apg; 74.1 FT% Largest Come-From-Behind Wins Cardinal Glass Cleaning Company SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE STANDINGS (since 1999-2000) One reason for the improved play over the last seven East Division SLC ALL Time games has been Lamar’s ability to attack the offen- Northwestern State 2-0 6-10 Deficit Score Remaining sive glass and get second-chance opportunities. On SE Louisiana 1-0 9-5 19 Texas-Arlington (1/31/04) 29-10 5:35 in 1st the year, the Cardinals are fourth in the SLC with Central Arkansas 1-0 11-4 16 at Arkansas State (12/14/05) 28-12 10:44 in 1st 13.8 offensive rebounds per game, but over the past Nicholls State 1-0 6-10 16 at Louisiana-Monroe (3/2/05) 43-27 17:15 seven contests are pulling down 15.7 a night. In the McNeese State 0-0 6-6 15 at Texas-San Antonio (2/23/05) 54-39 18:28 last four games, Lamar has outscored its opponents Lamar 0-0 6-7 15 Louisiana-Monroe (1/29/05) 30-17 10:16 in 1st 50-18 in second-chance points. 14 Utah Valley (1/8/08) 60-46 12:33 left West Division 14 at Nicholls State (2/7/02) 43-29 1:13 in 1st The Magic Number is... 70 Texas-San Antonio 0-0 6-7 13 Texas-Pan American (12//21/02) 31-18 3:52 in 1st Lamar is 6-2 this season when scoring at least 70 TAMU-Corpus Christi 0-0 3-10 12 Texas A&M-CC (2/22/07) 67-55 7:36 points and 6-2 when holding its opponents under 70. Stephen F. Austin 0-1 12-2 10 Sam Houston State (1/10/04) 18-8 14:55 in 1st The Cardinals are now 20-7 in two seasons under Sam Houston State 0-1 12-2 ** Italicized games happened under Steve Roccaforte coach Steve Roccaforte when reaching the 70-point Texas State 0-1 7-7 plateau. Texas-Arlington 0-2 10-4 Scouting UTSA The Roadrunners enter the weekend with a 6-7 Lamar In The NCAA Rankings Recent Results record. After starting the season 4-1, they have lost Lamar enters the UTSA contest ranked in the top 60 J 8 at Lamar 74, Utah Valley State 69 six of their last eight and are 0-6 on the road. in three categories: scoring offense-37th, assists per at Texas Pan American 71, UTSA 63 Travis Gabbidon leads three players who average game-60th and steals per game-43rd. Additionally, J 9 Southeastern La. 61, at Sam Houston State 58 double-figures in scoring with his 14.2 ppg and is Kenny Dawkins ranks 42nd in free throw percentage at Kent State 61, A&M-Corpus Christi 50 coming off a 31-point performance against UT-Pan at 86.4 pct. J 10 at Central Arkansas.60, UT Arlington 68 ot American on Tuesday. Devin Gibson is scoring 11.8 at Northwestern St. 95, Texas State 84 ppg and Joey Shank adds 10.9 ppg. Shank ranks sec- Non-Conference Numbers Under Roccaforte at Nicholls St. 58, Stephen F. Austin 57 ot ond in the Southland with 2.85 3-pointers made per With the Southland season upon us we can report Upcoming Schedule contest. that Lamar is 12-15 in non-conference games under J 12 A&M-Corpus Christi at McNeese St. 3 p.m. As a team, UTSA averages 64.8 ppg on 42.5 per- head coach Steve Roccaforte, with a 6-7 mark in Texas State at Central Arkansas 6 p.m. cent shooting. They lead the SLC in steals with 9.69 2007-08. Nicholls State at Sam Houston State 7 p.m. spg, just ahead of Lamar’s 9.62 spg. Like the UTSA at Lamar 7 p.m.