Bears 7-14/1-6; last in East; 2-8 on road
Lamar 11-11/3-4; 3rd in West; 10-2 at home
This will be a road challenge for Bears....Lamar is 10-2 at home with some good wins included. Both teams played McNeese at home and Lamar eked out a win while the Bears got whipped in maybe the worst game of the year. UCA played better on road at SELA than did Cardinals and Bears nearly got TSU in San Marcos while Lamar lost by 5 at home.
Although Lamar outscores UCA they also give up more and both teams on average lose by 3. Neither team is a great shooting team but Lamar has a narrow edge. UCA has a slight advantage in shooting defense and commits fewer TOs. Lamar has the rebounding edge.
Lamar has balanced scoring led by Anthony Miles at 14 and Justin Nabors at 14 with 10 rebounds and shooting over 51% from field.
Winning on the road is usually about solid defense, winning TO margin, staying pretty close on rebounds and hitting FTs. Bears need to do all of this but it is possible with hard and smart play. Need to hold Miles and Nabors under 10 each and make others step up. UCA needs good outing from Sheppard, Rueter and Poellnitz plus some solid inside play from Dos Carlos.
Stats and scores follow.
Go Bears!!
Common Foes:
UCA lost to TAMCC at home 64-59: Lamar lost on road by 81-64
UCA lost at Texas State by 76-74: Lamar lost at home by 97-92
UCA lost to McNeese at home by 68-53; Lamar won at home by 79-78
UCA lost at SELA by 60-53; Lamar lost at SELA by 78-56
Stats:
Scoring:
7th Lamar at 70
12th at 63
Scoring defense:
4th UCA at 66
8th Lamar at 73
FT%
8th Lamar at 67%
10th UCA at 63%
FG%
8th Lamar at 43%
12th UCA at 41%
FG defense
6th UCA at 43%
9th Lamar at 44%
3s%
11th Lamar at 28%
12th UCA at 27%
3s defense
6th UCA at 34%
7th Lamar at 35%
Rebounds
1st Lamar at 40
11th UCA at 35
TOs
4th UCA at 13
9th Lamar at 16
SCORING G Pts Pts/G
Miles, Anthony 22 315 14.3
Nabors, Justin 22 303 13.8
Harris, Kendrick 22 267 12.1
Harper, Charlie 22 205 9.3
Custer, Coy 22 118 5.4
Nwevo, Lawrence 22 113 5.1
FIELD GOAL PERCENT Made Att FG Pct
Carter, Justin 2 3 .667
Nabors, Justin 114 223 .511
Custer, Coy 37 77 .481
Nwevo, Lawrence 50 105 .476
Miles, Anthony 99 215 .460
Harper, Charlie 86 191 .450
3-POINT FG PERCENT Made Att 3FG Pct
Custer, Coy 7 17 .412
Miles, Anthony 25 63 .397
FREE THROW PERCENT Made Att FT Pct
Minor, Donley 20 22 .909
Mathis, Reggie 23 28 .821
Miles, Anthony 92 123 .748
Nabors, Justin 73 102 .716
Lamar Cardinals
Nov 13 - W vs. Huston-Tillotson, 80-57
Nov 16 - W vs. TX-Pan American, 77-72
Nov 19 - L at Middle Tennessee, 66-74
Nov 21 - L at Texas Tech, 54-77
Nov 23 - L at Ohio, 46-71
Nov 25 - L at Marshall, 74-87
Nov 28 - W vs. NC A&T, 74-73
Dec 2 - L at Denver, 55-62
Dec 6 - L at Hawaii, 78-96
Dec 9 - W vs. Louisiana Coll, 79-64
Dec 19 - L vs. UL-Lafayette, 60-68
Dec 23 - W vs. Rice, 77-61
Dec 30 - W vs. St Gregorys, 76-53
Jan 2 - W vs. Tulane, 70-67
Jan 4 - W vs. Arkansas State, 87-68
Jan 9 - L at SE Louisiana, 56-78
Jan 13 - W vs. Texas-Arlington, 71-68
Jan 16 - W vs. McNeese State, 79-78
Jan 20 - L at TX A&M-CC, 64-81
Jan 23 - L vs. Texas State, 92-97
Jan 27 - L at Sam Houston St, 63-90
Jan 30 - W at TX-San Antonio, 64-57
_________________ Go Bears and SugarBears
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