McNeese Basketball Tourney

[coachacola]

LU (347) plays Lindenwood (345) Friday at 2pm, Western Carolina (290) Saturday at 11am, then McNeese (326) Sunday at 1:30pm.

 

Massey Ratings are in parenthesis.

[geezer]

Not much difference in rankings, so a chance for a win in one of them. Would be nice to sweep the event.

[coachacola]

Less than 2 minutes into the game and LU is already down by 11 points!!

[coachacola]

LU down 24-10 at the 11 minute mark in the first half.

[coachacola]

LU finally woke and down 31-26 to Lindenwood with 5 minutes left in the half.

[geezer]

Lamar came back and tied the game at 33 with 1:38 left in the half but a foul, a turnover and a missed shot allowed Lindenwood to push out to a six-point lead at the half, 39-33.

[coachacola]

Leading scorers are Calmese, Pennebaker, and Thirdkill with 9, 7, and 6 points respectively. These are all freshmen. Big guy Hamilton has 4 points.

[geezer]

Midway through second half with Lamar down by five. The Cards did get the lead briefly, but only for one possession. I think if Lamar could get a two or three score lead, they might be able to hold it, but so far haven't been able to get there.

[geezer]

3:47 left in the game with Lamar down by one 64-63 with the ball after the timeout.

[geezer]

1:32 left, tied at 67 and LU has the ball.

[geezer]

Lamar now up by four 71-67 with 20 seconds left. Timeout Lindenwood

[geezer]

8 seconds left and the teams have traded free throws. Lindenwood has the ball.

[coachacola]

LU wins 73-71!!

[geezer]

Lamar gets the win 73-71. Calmese gets game high twenty points. Very even game except time with the lead. Lamar only led for 2:49 of the game. Edited November 18, 2022 by geezer

[lamarfan360]

First D1 win in over a year. Last years team would have lost this game!

[geezer]

First D1 win in over a year. Last years team would have lost this game!

Agree and oh yeah, this team is young and inexperienced.

[coachacola]

Freshman Calmese lead team with 20 points, followed by Hamilton with 11 points and 8 rebounds (we may have a decent inside player this year). Freshman Pennebaker had 9, followed by Buckley, Pryor, Thirdkill and Anderson with 8, 7, 6 and 5 respectively. It was nice the team did not fold in the first half when they were down big. Lots of players contributed which is a good sign. Team had 16 assists and 12 turnovers, and shot 44% for the game and 85% from the line. Buckley made 4 FTs near the end of the game to seal the win.

[geezer]

Lamar plays Western Carilina at 11 AM tomorrow. This could be another tough game, W. Carolina defeated McNeese by 19 this afternoon. Edited November 19, 2022 by geezer

[geezer]

Live stats not working, but ESPN has Lamar down by six somewhere early in the first half.

[geezer]

ESPN now shows Lamar down 28-22 with eight minutes left in the first half.

[geezer]

Lamar has come back to take a one-point lead into the half. 43-42 Lamar

[lamarfan360]

Come on Cards!!

[geezer]

Live stats has finally started working. Lamar up by three 60-57 with 11:09 left in the game.

[geezer]

7:05 left in the game and tied at 70. WCU has made 12 three-pointers compared to 1 for Lamar.

[geezer]

Lamar up by one at the under four-minute timeout. Hamilton came in at about the seven-minute mark and has scored Lamar's last eight points.