SLC PLAY BEGINS SATURDAY JANUARY 3RD

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Conference play begins Saturday with five games on tap. Here are the opening match ups in order of their start times.

 

SFA begins defense of their 2014 Conference championship at McNeese. SFA finished their non-conference play with a 10-3 record with their most impressive win at Memphis, McNeese comes into this game with a 6-5 record ending their non-conference games with a win at Mississippi State.

 

Central Arkansas plays at Abilene Christian. UCA finished their non-conference play with a 0-11 record, ACU comes into this game with a 6-7 record ending their non-conference games with three Div-1 wins and a Dec 28th loss at Grand Canyon.

 

Incarnate Word plays at Sam Houston. Incarnate Word finished their non-conference play with a 8-2 record with their most impressive win at Nebraska, Sam Houston comes into this game with a 8-4 record ending their non-conference games with a blow out win against Howard Payne and winning five Div-1 games in the non-conference portion of the season.

 

Lamar opens at home versus Nicholls State. Lamar finishes their non-conference play with a 6-6 record including 2 Div-1 wins, Nicholls comes into this game with a 3-7 record ending their non-conference games with zero Div-1 wins and winning their last game against Spring Hill.

 

Northwestern State at Houston Baptist. NWST finished their non-conference play with a 4-6 record with one Div-1 win, HBU comes into this game with a 5-5 record ending their non-conference games with one Div-1 win and winning their last non-conference game at home over Ecclesia College

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LU will play against Nederland ex Colton Weisbrod, who starts for UNO, on Monday. From Bob West:

 

Nederland ex Colton Weisbrod, who was the dominant player in Southeast Texas high school basketball last year, has worked his way into the starting lineup for the University of New Orleans and will face Lamar Monday night in the Big Easy. As most everybody who follows area basketball knows, Weisbrod would probably have been playing for LU if Pat Knight had bothered to recruit him. The 6-6 Weisbrod, in five starts for the 4-5 Privateers, is third on the team in scoring (10.8) and rebounding (3.3). His .656 field goal percentage leads the Southland Conference

 

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UNO has one win against a D1 opponent. Should be a tough but winnable game. UNO is similar to LU in size, the tallest player on the team listed at 6-8.