LamarStatesports Posted January 13, 2009 Report Posted January 13, 2009 The Lamar State College-Port Arthur men’s basketball team continues the quest for their first conference win Wednesday, when they host Region XIV rival Lee College at 7 p.m. in the Carl Parker Center. The Seahawks are 6-8 overall and 0-5 in Region XIV play after Saturday’s collapse that turned from a 20-point lead to an 11-point, 78-67, home non-conference loss to Panola College. Lamar State totally controlled the early part of the game and was up by 20 late in the first half, but gave up six easy points to allow Panola to cut the margin to 14 at halftime. The second half was a horror show for Seahawk fans as they watched Panola slowly chip away at the lead until they captured the lead, 62-61, with 4:29 left in the game. Panola pulled away for good in the closing minute with free throws after Seahawk forward Adrian Fontenot drew a technical foul for an away-from-the ball altercation with one of the Ponies. Lamar State head coach Jerre Cole immediately pulled the freshman to the bench, but did so without checking in a replacement, resulting in a second technical foul. Sophomore forward George Williamson led the Seahawks with 17 points and eight rebounds. Williamson, who is averaging 11.7 points per game, has scored in double figures in 11 of 14 games. Freshman guard D.J. Stearns chipped in 11, while Jemel Douriso and Jacoby Joseph both had nine points Cole said his team learned some important lessons about focus and intensity in their last two games. “We are far from a beaten team. But we have to get back to work in an effort to solve the second half collapses that plagued us in the past few games,†Cole said. “Yesterday’s practice was outstanding, and I believe we are about to put a complete performance on the floor.†Lee (9-8, 1-4) is coming off back-to-back conference losses to Blinn College and Jacksonville College. “The game against Lee College should be a very good game,†Cole said. “We both are teams in need of conference wins.†Lamar State travels Saturday to Lufkin for a 4 p.m. conference matchup with Navarro College.
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