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Cards take on the other Cards this evening. Lamar is in sole possession of second place and holds the tiebreaker over SFA but must keep winning. UIW is sitting at 10-6 and fourth place. The need the win to potentially, get a day one bye in the conference tournament. Tipoff is at 6:30 PM.

Cards get two wins in mid-week games versus North Dakota State to open the home season.

Lamar shoots exceptionally well in the second half and win the game by ten points 75-65. Holifield led all scorers with 22 points.

At the end of the first half the Cards are down by six 35-29. Lamar started out with a quick three-pointer to take the opening lead, but then between turnovers and missed shots NWST went on an eleven-point run to go up eight points before Lamar scored again. Lamar got down by as much as eleven points before finally starting to get stops and scoring themselves to come all the way back and get out to a five point lead. Then the Cards' got sloppy again and went down by eight before closing out the half down by six. Lamar doing good on the offensive boards, but too many turnovers (11) and too many times giving up baskets in the paint.

Cards bounce back with a 13-3 win on Sunday to head home with a 2-1 opening weekend record.

Ladies finish the weekend with a second win over Missouri St getting three wins and two losses for the weekend and a 6-3 overall record through the first two weeks of softball.

Lamar also lost to Tulsa in the early morning game Saturday.

Lamar winds up winning by ten 65-55. Lamar returns to action Monday at Northwestern State with a 6:30 PM start time.

Cards up 55-43 with 7:03 left in the game. Cards are on top but definitely not playing a real solid game. Way too many turnovers for the competition they are playing against. Lamar should be up by at least twenty but continue to make silly turnovers.

Cards up by nine at the half 35-26. Could easily be a much bigger lead but each time Lamar is in a position to blow the game open it seems they have one or two bad possessions to keep ETA&M within range. Cards have almost doubled up on rebounds with 25 first half rebounds for Lamar including 12 offensive rebounds.

7:51 left in the first half and the Cards are up 21-15. This has been a game of runs so far ETAM had a seven-point run followed by a thirteen-point run for Lamar.

Cards playing in Commerce this afternoon. Slow start for both teams with the game tied at three, four and a half minutes into the game.

Ladies can't get anything going against Tennessee, using five pitchers and giving up three runs in the first, two in the third and eight in the fifth. Lamar got a total of four hits against two Tennessee pitchers. Cards will end their week Sunday with a second game against Missouri State.

Saturday February 15th at ET A&M. Cards win 71-57 in an early start time game. Cards have strong first and third quarters, second quarter was tight with ET outscoring the Cards by one. ET also outscored the Cards in the final quarter, but Lamar pulled most of it's starters during the quarter. Davis played like you would expect ending the game with eighteen points and thirteen rebounds. Cards next action will be Thursday at UIW.

Cards get their fifth win versus Missouri State in the second game of the weekend with two runs in the bottom of the seventh to take a 3-2 victory.

Lamar continued their good play finishing the game with a 58-46 win. A question is if there is something wrong with the Davis. She picked up her third foul about mid-way in the third quarter and then didn't return until late in the fourth quarter.

Ladies are at Northwestern St on Thursday evening. Started out slow falling behind by twelve 20-8 at the end of the first quarter. Davis got in foul trouble and sat much of the first half. NWST was up by ten at the half 29-19. Lamar has come out with new energy in the third quarter and with 5:34 left in the quarter have tied the game at 31. Davis has picked up her third foul, but two of NWST's top players have picked up their third fouls also.

Cards get their fourth win with a 12-1 victory over Nicholls to start the second week of the season Thursday evening.

Lamar wins 67-56 to maintain a tie for second place with SLU but would currently be seeded third for the tournament. Jackson lead Lamar in scoring with 15 and Hamilton wound up just short of a double-double with nine points and ten rebounds. Next game will be Saturday at Commerce.

3:53 left and the Cards are currently up by eight. 52-44. Every time the Cards seem to be pulling away the Cards either make a sloppy play that gives the Islander's a chance to get the game down to just a possession or two or the Islander's hit a big three.

Cards are up by five at the half 31-26. Lamar has made five of eight three-point attempts. Cards are a little on the sloppy side with seven turnovers.

Cards taking on the Islanders, trying for the regular season sweep. With 11:18 left in the first half the Cards are up by seven 17-10.

Cards have a good opening weekend winning three games before falling to UT. Even in the UT game Lamar managed to get out to a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second and held the lead through the third inning before Texas got a home run in the top of the fourth to tie the game. Texas added two in the fifth, three in the sixth and seven in the seventh to fall behind 13-1. Lamar manages to score six runs in the bottom of the seventh against the third and fourth pitchers of the game for Texas but still fall 13-7. Overall, a successful weekend for the Cards.

Lamar got up by as much as eleven points before RGV claws back to tie the game at 68 with 1.5 seconds left. Jackson throws the ball the length of the floor trying to get it to Hamilton, but the ball bounces off of the back board into Holifield's hands and he was able to make a short jumper for the win. 70-68

Lamar up by five at the half 38-33. Lamar shooting just a little better than RGV but overall a near equal game. No foul trouble for either team.