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Lamar ready for second straight Big XII foe Nov. 14, 2007 Complete Release in PDF Format AUSTIN, Texas - The Lamar University women's basketball team continues their three game road swing Thursday night, taking on the No. 22 University of Texas at the Erwin Center at 7 p.m. The Lady Cardinals enter Thursday's game with a 1-1 record, on the heels of a 91-54 loss at Oklahoma State on Monday night. In their season opener on Saturday, Lamar posted an 86-52 win over LSU-Shreveport. Through the first two games of the season the Lady Cards are being led by sophomore Brittney Williams and freshman Tamara Abalde who are each averaging 13.5 points per game. Abalde has also been active on the boards, averaging nine rebounds per game. Junior Nikki Williams has been solid for the Lady Cardinals, averaging 13 points per game while picking up five steals on the year. Senior Aida Bakhos, who has turned in double digit rebound efforts in both games this year, leads the way for Lamar on the glass with 10.5 rebounds per game, while averaging 7.5 points per game. Junior Agnija Reke leads the way for the LU offense with eight assists, while Jasmine Stewart has five steals on the year. Texas enters the game with a 1-0 record after running past Missouri State 92-55 in head coach Gail Goestenkors UT coaching debut. All five Longhorn starters finished with double digits in the scoring column against the Lady Bears, led by Brittainey Raven's 22 points and four steals. Carla Cortijo also had a big night for the Horns, scoring 17 points and passing out seven assists. The Lady Cards and Texas have met on nine previous occasions, with the Longhorns holding a 6-3 advantage in the win column. The last time the two teams met was in the 2001-02 season, an 80-47 win for UT. After Thursday's game the Lady Cardinals will close out their three-game road stretch with a Saturday afternoon showdown against Texas Southern in Houston. Lamar will face the Lady Tigers at 5:30 at the H&PE Arena.

Good find there Smith.

Definitely a cup-cake team but the team played hard. Go win, now looking to Ole Miss.

Lamar wins 103-64!

Senior Matthew Barrow scored a team-high 16 points in Saturday's win over UCO. Lamar Pulls Away From Central Oklahoma, 89-76 The Cardinals open the regular season Tuesday with a 7 p.m. game against LeTourneau University. Nov. 10, 2007 BEAUMONT - Senior Matthew Barrow scored 16 points to lead Lamar University to an 89-76 win over Central Oklahoma Saturday night in exhibition men's basketball action at the Montagne Center. Lamar, who went 2-0 in exhibition games including a 92-75 win over Incarnate Word on Nov. 3, opens the regular season Tuesday when LeTourneau University visits the Montagne Center for a 7 p.m. game. The Cardinals will be opening their 57th season as a four-year institution. With the game tied at 49-49, Kenny Dawkins hit a pair of free throws to give the Cardinals the lead for good at 51-49 with 13:53 remaining in the game. That ignited a 14-4 run that was capped by a pair of free throws by Currye Todd at 11:47. After the Bronchos trimmed the lead to nine, 69-60, the Cardinals went on a 7-0 run to extend their lead to 16 points, 76-60. Todd capped the run with a three-pointer at 7:54. Lamar led by as much as 19 points, 83-64, when Barrow made 3 of 4 free throws at 4:59 following a technical foul on UCO's Brian Walker. The Cardinals scored the game's first four points on consecutive baskets by Dawkins and sprinted out to a 17-5 lead to open the game. A Darren Hopkins layup at 8:48 gave Lamar an 11-point lead at 27-16. UCO started to chip away and closed to within four, 31-17, on a free throw by Michael Sosanya at 4:25 that capped an 11-4 run. Layups by Keith Marks and John Neal closed the gap to one, 36-35, at 1:27. Neal made 1 of 2 free throws with 27 seconds left in the half to make the score 39-38, which is how the score remained at intermission. Barrow was 5 of 10 from the field and 5 of 6 at the free throw line in scoring his team-high 16 points. Hopkins added 15 points, five rebounds and four assists. Dawkins chipped in 14 points, four rebounds and three assists. Lamar Sanders grabbed 11 rebounds to go along with nine points and four assists. Lamar shot 46 percent (29-of-63) from the field, 29.4 percent (5-of-17) from 3-point range and 68.4 percent (26-of-38) from the free throw line. The Cardinals outrebounded the Bronchos 47 to 33. Lamar forced 21 turnovers, but committed 25. Sam Belt led UCO with 18 points on 6 of 19 shooting from the field, including 4 of 12 from 3-point range. Sosanya recorded a double-double with 15 points and 12 rebounds. UCO shot 41.7 percent (25-of-60) from the field, 27.6 percent (8-of-29) from 3-point range and 60 percent (18-of-30) from the free throw line. The Bronchos out scored Lamar 22 to 16 in points off turnovers.

Thought Moton verbally committed?

Sounds like a real winner there. I bet BT let him resign instead of firing him.........

She was on campus today. Don't let your tongue hit the ground when you guys finally see her. I think Tidwell only recruits beautiful ladies!

Now add a concrete verbal commitment from a 6-1 PG who is ranked in the Top 10 in Europe.

I'll ask one, who has the most SLC men's basketball conference championships?

We'll be there supporting the men and women's teams.

I really expect us to be in the hunt at the end of the season for the SLC regular season and conference tournament titles.

Guy Morriss at Baylor is probably going to get axed at the end of the season but he was very good at Kentucky.

I am a student at Lamar. I live near the campus and I've heard a lot of talk about football returning to the school. My brother who is a freshman and I will support this issue anyway we can. Talking to others, being more involved with the SGA and definitely voting for football to return. I'll probably get my masters at Lamar so I'll still be around campus and will attend as many games as possible. You will see the campus grow with new students after this thing passes!

Yep, just made it back. Got the ladies with us. I just wanted to help you out there old man.;D Gotta run, don't want to keep them waiting. 8)

The answer to the prior question is also a former UH Head Coach. Coach Pat Foster and the conference was the SLC. Thanks for the hint per PM above.

Matt Sundblad

Hope he makes it!

This sounds like a young man with his head on straight.

Is it James Gulley?

The girlfriend and myself will be there getting to know some of the coaches, players, and supporters of our great university! Go Cardinals!!

Abovetherim, I hear there will be a Carnival starting around 5:00 the day of this event. I haven't seen any posters around campus but I'm sure they will have them up next week. Good news and this sounds like a blast. I'll be bringing my girlfriend and she is even excited about the event. As soon as she heard about it she stated, "I want to go!".

Looks like our coaching staff has a pipe line into Angelina College. Hope this is a true commitment with him being a local player and all.

I would think a school the size of Lamar would be happy with the recognition just being in the Top 100 in any sport. I'm not a big baseball guy but with all the colleges and universities in the country I think it's a pretty good ranking. Probably not good if you are talking about LSU, UT, or one of the big-time athletic programs. How many schools in our conference were ranked ahead of us?

I ran cross country in high school but these guys are incredible. I'm not sure the average Joe knows how good Lamar is in cross country. UNLV that is awesome you found this information. Being a junior at Lamar, I've met some of the past and current guys on the team and they are not just good athletes but good people too. With all the negatives shown in the newspapers and TV regarding athletes its refreshing to see good guys doing well.