Both the men and women won the first round this year versus HBU. Both games begin at 2:00 PM today, with the men at home and the women away. Despite the wins in the January this outing will still be tough for both squads. Go Cards!

This is a must win for both the men and women.

According to Coach Dumars, Lamar line-up is back to full strength.

Lamar MBB leading at the 16:58 mark 6-5.

10:36 of the first half the Cardinals lead 16-11 over HBU.

10:36 in 1st half, Cards up 16-11.

Ladies are down by one at the end of the first quarter. HBU 16 - LU 15.

Lamar men up 8, 23-15 with 7:58 left in the half.

Cards extend the lead between the twelve and eight minute timeouts. Cards up 23-15 with 7:55 left inthe half.

2:45 left in the half LU up 36-24.

2:45 left in the half and the men are up 36-24.

HBU extends lead on Lady Cards 34-26, after Lamar had a 7 point lead in 1st quarter.

HBU extends lead on Lady Cards 34-26, after Lamar had a 7 point lead in 1st quarter.

 

The 2nd quarter kills the Lady Cards.

Lamar men had only 5 turnovers in 1st half in route to a 41-33 lead.

Lady Cards losing 36-28 at halftime.

HBU cuts the Cardinals lead to 5, 48-43 with 15:38 in the game.

Lady Cards game and season in trouble as LU is down by 17 going into the fourth quarter. With a loss today the Lady Cards are falling to far below the tourney cut line.

All to familiar Lady Cards collapse in 3rd quarter scoring only 2 field goals and 1 free throw, losing 51-34.

LU men in good shape, 72-60 with 3:50 to go.

Ladies fall 72 - 56.

Men win 79-69.

Went to the ladies game today. I like coach Franklin, but we looked bad. They were more aggressive, had very active hands, and appeared to be more athletic. HBU had a good game. They made shots that I assume don’t normally go in. The officiating was Bad, but that’s not why we lost. HBU hustled for the ball and we watched. IMO, there is no reason why a team like HBU should have more talent and that’s what it looked like. They play in a gym that most high schools would not play in. It was a frustrating game and when we let them into the game in the second quarter, they took it. It was a full fledged blow out in the second half. We fought to keep it under 20.

Don’t forget Coach Franklin will have her first recruiting class next year.She has a 6’2” post with skills sitting out who transferred from Kansas.Robin’s departure and Aqua’s signing left little recruiting time which is typical during coach changes.When the coach decides to leave you often have less time to recruit than when coaches are not retained.At least she didn’t lose scholarships and have to significantly raise APR in recruiting,4 year averages are tough to impact quickly, like coach Price had to do his first couple years to regain tournament eligibility after Pat Knight’s poor academic oversight.