MBB at SFA February 1st

[geezer]

Men return to action at SFA Saturday with a 2 PM start.  This is a chance for the Cards to revenge the home loss a couple of weeks ago.  Since that game SFA has lost four more games and gotten one win against the worst team so far in the conference.  SFA is still a dangerous team for the Cards as they haven't lost any players that I know of and they now have another reason to play hard in support of their former coach.

[geezer]

Similar start to first game as Lamar gets out to a seven-point lead at the under twelve-minute timeout.  Cards have been taking care of the ball with only two turnovers so far.  Cards up 17-12.

[geezer]

Lamar up by twelve at the final media timeout of the first half, 34-22.

 

[geezer]

Lamar closes out the half by extending the lead to 41-24.  Cards have six first half turnovers but have forced ten SFA turnovers.  Lamar shooting 50% from the field for the half.  Holifield leading the scoring with eight followed by Dawsey and Barrs with seven.

[TBonesLU]

Boy, this is seeming familiar. We’ve got to come out strong in the second half to avoid what happened the first time these two met.

[geezer]

Eight minutes into the second half and SFA has closed the gap to twelve points, 47-35.  Lamar has six turnovers in the last eight minutes equal to the first twenty.  Cards have to take care of the ball.

[geezer]

6:55 left in the game and the Lamar lead is down to five points.  Lamar turnovers plus SFA hitting four three-pointers in the last four minutes has really tightened this game up.

[geezer]

Lamar up 62-56 with 3:06 left in the game.  Last media time out.  Cardinals up to fifteen turnovers for the game

[puddin tane]

Mannnn…this is some shit basketball

[geezer]

Lamar hangs on to win 67-62.

[geezer]

With the Lamar win and both HCU and A&M Corpus Christi losing today the Cards are in second place by themselves two games back of McNeese.