MBB at UNO January 19, 2026

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Men's basketball takes on UNO in New Orleans this evening at 7PM.  The Cards are currently on their longest winning streak of the season at three games and have a chance to sweep a pair of conference road games.  Should be a tough game as UNO and Lamar were tied going into last Saturday's action with both teams playing one of the conference leaders.  Lamar got a win and UNO lost a close game.  Lamar will return home for four games after this one.  

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Tight ball game for the first eight minutes.  Tied at 18.  UNO looks to be playing just a little more aggressively and so far all the calls are going their way as Lamar has seven fouls to one foul for UNO.

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Lamar down by five (41-36) at the half and lucky it is only that much.  White picked up two early fouls and sat on the bench much of the half.  Lee picked up his second foul with twelve minutes left, going out and not returning and Holifield picked up a second foul with six minutes left but came back in as Lamar wasn't getting any offense going but picked up a third foul with 1:37 left in the half.  UNO is fourteen of twenty-one from the free throw line.

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Lamar down by seven with 8:15 left in the game.  Although the total fouls for both teams aren't that for apart, Lamar is getting called for ticky tack fouls that UNO isn't.  Lamar also not shooting a good enough percentage, shooting 33% so far in the game.

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Lamar falls by thirteen 89-76.  Cardinals couldn't overcome the foul trouble.  Lamar finished the game shooting 39% from the field, but UNO shot better at 54%.  Lamar made seven more three-pointers than UNO but in the end when UNO shot twenty-five more free throws than Lamar it's just hard to overcome.

[SportsGuy]

Our inexperience at PG is hurting this team. Wilhite would be solid off the bench but there’s a big dropoff from what Pryor and Jackson brought to this team last year.