Cards host SFA for round one of regular season

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Lamar men and women host SFA Saturday beginning with the women tipoff at one PM.  Both games are big ones with the women tied for second in the conference one game back of McNeese.  The men are a little further back of first place SFA and must win if they want a chance to climb back to the top or at least be in the top four when the conference tournament gets here.

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Ladies get a hard fought ten-point win over the Lady Jacks 73-63.  Cards defense was solid and held SFA under their scoring average.  Wilson was the leading scorer with 29 points followed by Denley with ten points as the only two Lamar players in double figures.  Lamar had a 43-26 edge in rebounding.

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Men are down by five points with 3:56 left in the first half.  SFA has been shooting an outstanding 63% from the field on nine of fourteen three point attempts.  Many of those have been with a hand in their face.  Lamar is shooting a reasonable 41%.

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Lamar closes out the half with about a sixty-foot heave from Lowe that goes through with the clock at zero to finish the half only down two points 43-41.

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With 12:17 left in the game Lamar is up by one point 58-57 on a Lowe three pointer, a steal and a dunk by Pennebaker.  Big move by Lamar.

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SFA comes back with another three pointer to retake the lead following a timeout.

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