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Both Lamar men and women get wins against UIW at home today. The ladies played this afternoon outscoring UIW in each of the first three quarters to get a 78-62 victory. The ladies were led by Wilson and Miner with 23 and 16 points perfectively. In the evening game the men got a 63-51 win in a game that was tighter than the final score reflected. East led the way for Lamar with 23 points and an archaistically low five rebounds. Lee and Holifield joined East in double figures with 13 and 11 points. Both teams played tough defense and kept the other from getting a lot of open looks.

Good schedule. No lower division opponents, two FCS and one lower tier FBS opponents. I would say nine and three and another playoff berth should be the early expectation.

Glad to see an emphasis on offensive linemen so far.

Lamar unable to make a comeback and fall by eight points 60-52 at SLU. Lamar shot under 30% for the game, committed twenty-three fouls and twelve turnovers. Holifield finished with seventeen points, but Lamar only got seven points between Lee and East.

Cards playing better in the second half but still not shooting great at 48% in the second half, still committing too many fouls. Cards seem to be a step slow tonight. Four minutes left and Lamar still down by ten 56-46.

Cards close out the first half down by twelve points 36-24. Lamar shoots a terrible 18% for the first half and commit eleven fouls and six turnovers.

Cards playing poorly in the first part of this game down by seventeen points with 8:11 left in the first half. Cards ar shooting a miserable 17% so far and have committed seven fouls.

Cards are at SLU this evening. SLU up 11-8 at the first media timeout.

Second half was a battle royal, with McNeese getting an 82-70 win. Lamar did a good job of taking care of the ball committing a total of ten turnovers for the game. McNeese ended the game with one more total rebound, but Lamar had five more offensive rebounds. Ultimate difference in the game was field goal shooting percentage as McNeese shot about 48% and Lamar managed only 33%. Lamar definitely competed and if the Cards can continue to play the way they did tonight Lamar should be in real good position come the end of the season.

Cards down by five at the half 39-34. Cards were playing even with McNeese until an about six-minute period from about the eleven-minute mark to the five-minute point where they committed four turnovers. McNeese's defense stepped their game up and field goal percentage both over the last twelve minutes of the half.

Good start for Lamar up 11-10 at the first media timeout.

Cards are in Lake Chuck to take on McNeese in the first men's basketball match up for this basketball season. The last two years the Cards have played McNeese tough but have come up short. It will take an excellent performance to get a win this evening, but Lamar may have enough pieces to pull it off if they come out really focused and ready to play from the opening tipoff. The emergence of Wilhite and Lowe in the scoring area can take some of the pressure off the bigger players. The one piece I think Lamar is still missing is the six five to six seven player that can drive to the basket and go up with the strength to score at the goal while absorbing fouls.

Cards win 69-62 on a strong second half effort. Lamar pulls even on the conference record at two and two. Lamar will return to action at McNeese on Friday January 2nd with a six PM start time.

Lamar defense goes on a tear holding ETAM scoreless for eight minutes and erasing the ETAM lead and open a six-point lead of their own 52-46 Lamar on top.

Lamar slowly climbing back in the second half, now down by seven 46-39 and shooting a free throw coming out of the under twelve-minute media timeout.

After getting out to a ten-point lead near the middle of the half the Cards shooting goes cold and the turnovers go up allowing ETAM to comeback and take a nine-point lead into halftime. 34-25.

Cards off to a little bit of a sloppy start with two turnovers and one foul in the first five minutes of the game but still up 7-4 as neither team is shooting above 33%.

Following a good win on Monday the men finish the 2025 portion of the season at East Texas A&M with an eleven AM game and a chance to even their conference record.

Lamar wins 76-61. Cards were a little sloppy on offense in the second half committing eight turnovers and committing too many fouls also. Lee came out strong from a shooting standpoint to wind up as the leading scorer for the game with 19. Lamar had four players in double figures. East led all players with twelve rebounds.

Lamar not shooting as well in the second half and a little sloppy with ball security have seen the lead fall to 63-48 with under eight minutes to play.

Cards up by nineteen 44-25 at the half. Lamar shooting 63% from the field including four of nine from three-point range. Cards are winning the rebounding and turnover stats. The only negative is the Cards have four players with two fouls each. A couple of unlikely leaders for scoring in this game. Lowe is leading with 13 first half points and Wilhite has eight. The three usual leading scorers have a combined six points.

Cards are off to their best start since Montana St. Shooting a high percentage and playing good defense. Cards up 20-15 with under 12 in the first half.

Men's basketball returns to action this evening at 6:30 taking on Northwestern State in Natchitoches. This is the first of the remaining twenty conference games and is all about seating for the conference tournament. Will Lamar come back looking like the team that opened the year or the one that closed out the non-conference portion with losses.

I hope for a new focus and continued progress in all sports.

Among other things, is a power forward that can shoot the mid-range shot and drive the ball to the basket like a big running back in football that can go through the defender and score or get a foul on the defender and make the free throws. What I want is kind of like Errol White but can really shoot.