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The Lady Cardinals of Lamar come into the Farris Center as the 1st place team in the SLC with a 17-4 (7-0) [RPI 122] record to take on the 3rd place (1st in the SLC East) Sugarbears who have a 15-5 (5-2) [RPI 261] record. Tipoff is at 7:00 pm Wednesday!

This is a HUGE game for the Sugarbears! Lamar is obviously, undefeated on the road in SLC play, but 2 those wins have been very close(@UTA 67-63, @McNeese 68-65, @TX State 82-59). The only direct comparable is @McNeese...we beat them 76-58. Take it for what it's worth...but this is going to be one heck of a game on Wednesday!

keep in mind, McNeese is also Lamar's main/blood rival, and in rivalry games everything is different.

Lamar is on a 7 game winning steak. They bring in possibly the other 2 candidates for SLC Player and/or FR of the Year with Jeanna Plumlee (a JR, former starter at Univ. of Oklahoma) and Kalis Loyd (a FR from Sweden) Those would be my main 'threats' to Megan off the top of my head, if there is even such a thing. In fact, I'm sure I just butchered the point I was trying to make, but you get the point.

We come in the 2nd hottest team in the league (won 5 in a row), and with the 2nd best overall record in the league (15-5), behind...Lamar. Their 4 losses have been all road losses at Minnesota, Baylor, Texas Tech, and Texas A&M, with Baylor and Texas A&M in the top 25 last week.

I'm careful to put the tag 'HUGE' on this game, but it is a big game, I guess. But it's still just 1 of 9 left on the schedule, and we still have 5 left within our Eastern Division. But it would be a very big win if it came down to it, if we are fortunate enough to do so. Talking to a couple of people they thought the game with Lamar might be/would be a good measuring stick to see how far we've come since the TAMCC and SFA games, I tend to think so, too.

I really, really hope we have a very good, and VOCAL crowd out for the girls on Wednesday night! (and even Saturday afternoon as well) They are playing their tails off and deserve the support!

We are going to have one Wednesday night. Oh and consider it done as far having a good vocal crowd (I myself will be there proud and loud). I am so proud of this team. They are doing so well. I am looking forward to this week.

Lamar (17-4/7-0), SLC/West leader, 7 game win streak
UCA (15-5/5-2)), SLC/East leader, 5 game win streak

Lamar would be favored based on record and schedule but stats are close. UCA has an edge in rebounding, FT%, 3s defense and home court. Lamar has advantage in FG% and TOs. If SBs can keep their heads, play smothering defense and get to FT stripe a lot, this could be nip and tuck.

Stats:

Team Scoring:

2nd UCA 76
3rd Lamar 75

Scoring Defense:
1st UCA 62
3rd Lamar 63

FT%
1st UCA 73%
3rd Lamar 69%

FG%
1st Lamar 42%
3rd UCA 40%

FG defense %
1st Lamar 36.6%
2nd UCA 37%

3s %
2nd Lamar 34.5%
6th UCA 30%

3s defense %
1st UCA 27.5%
5th Lamar 30%

Rebounding
2nd UCA 46
5th Lamar 42

Rebounding defense
2nd UCA 38
8th Lamar 41

Blocks
1st Lamar 4.4
2nd UCA 4.1

Assists
1st Lamar 16
6th UCA 13

Steals
4th Lamar 11
8th UCA 9

Turnovers
2nd Lamar 16.5
3rd UCA 17.8

Opponents TO
6th Lamar 19.5
9th UCA 17.9

SCORING G Pts Pts/G
Plumley, Jenna 21 295 14.0
Loyd, Kalis 21 283 13.5
Hill, Darika 19 196 10.3
Williams, Brittney 19 171 9.0
Smith, Trashanna 21 169 8.0
Green, Ang 19 153 8.1
Crawford, Ashley 21 132 6.3

FIELD GOAL PERCENT Made Att FG Pct
Henderson, Jasmin 32 67 .478
Smith, Trashanna 60 131 .458
Crawford, Ashley 48 105 .457
Heithoff, Danielle 21 47 .447
Loyd, Kalis 108 247 .437
Williams, Brittney 73 169 .432

3-POINT FG PERCENT Made Att 3FG Pct
Henderson, Jasmin 19 40 .475
Plumley, Jenna 67 178 .376
Loyd, Kalis 13 38 .342
Crawford, Ashley 14 42 .333
Hill, Darika 20 65 .308

FREE THROW PERCENT Made Att FT Pct
Henderson, Jasmin 25 31 .806
Green, Ang 27 34 .794
Plumley, Jenna 44 58 .759
Heithoff, Danielle 20 27 .741
Smith, Trashanna 47 67 .701
Loyd, Kalis 54 83 .651

REBOUNDS G Reb Reb/G
Smith, Trashanna 21 184 8.8
Loyd, Kalis 21 132 6.3
Hill, Darika 19 121 6.4
Williams, Brittney 19 79 4.2
Plumley, Jenna 21 67 3.2


November
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15 - L at Minnesota, 45-84
19 - W at Grambling, 62-60
21 - W vs. Alcorn State, 94-62
24 - W vs. Tenn-Martin, 84-54
27 - W at UL-Lafayette, 66-58
28 - W vs. Idaho, 68-56
29 - L at Baylor, 65-87

December
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2 - W vs. Huston-Tillotson, 111-52
5 - W at UL-Monroe, 88-56
8 - L at Texas Tech, 56-70
18 - W at Alcorn State, 77-61
20 - W vs. Rice, 82-66

January
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2 - W vs. LSU-Shreveport, 88-41
4 - L at Texas A&M, 57-90
9 - W vs. SE Louisiana, 85-58
13 - W at TX-Arlington, 67-63
16 - W at McNeese State, 68-65
20 - W vs. TX A&M-CC, 69-63
23 - W at Texas State, 82-59
27 - W vs. Sam Houston St, 86-68
30 - W vs. TX-San Antonio, 69-60

gonna be a tough team for MH to continue her double-double streak against.

I'll bet she would trade that for a win....

yes she would!



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SUGAR BEARS HOST LAMAR IN CLASH OF DIVISION LEADERS
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL • Feb 2, 2010

With the Lamar Lady Cardinals – the Southland’s most dominant team to date with a 17-4 overall record and unblemished league mark of 7-0 – coming into the Farris Center Wednesday night, there’s a possibility that the East Division co-leading Sugar Bears won’t be celebrating after the game.

There will, however, undoubtedly be a celebration beforehand.

Freshman forward Megan Herbert will be honored prior to tipoff for achieving her 20th consecutive double-double last weekend in a win at Northwestern State, moving her past women’s basketball legends Cheryl Miller and Anne Donovan for the second-longest streak ever in NCAA Division I. Herbert will also have her high school jersey retired at Shiloh Christian on Friday...

12:47 left in 1st

UCA 18
Lamar 17

Good looking crowd on hand!

11:55

UCA 21
Lamar 17

28-17!!

11:07 left in 1st!

Josh,

Is your streaming working? Mine keeps freezing up. I would be at the game but I have waaay too much homework...

Yeah, mine is working fine.

7:21 left

UCA 39
Lamar 30

Mine keeps freezing also...Keep going SugarBears...

I put it in the stand alone window for media player and it works great! Try that.

will try that...listening to Bears game at sdame time.....

SugarBears outrebounding Lamar by 18-6.....