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 Post subject: SLC Play Starts
PostPosted: Mon Jan 03, 2011 2:34 pm 
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January 8, 2011 in the Farris Center at 2:00 pm vs the Lamar Cardinals on SLC-TV.
Lamar currently has a record of 5-7 with one more game against Louisiana College before they face us. We enter the game with a record of 4-9 against a tougher schedule (UCA's SOS 213 vs Lamar's 306).

We have a couple opponents in common, so for the heck of it let's compare scores.

Lyon 67
UCA 81

Lyon 57
Lamar 115
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SMU 76
UCA 72

SMU 102
Lamar 70

So that doesn't really tell us anything, but hopefully this will be a good game and we can get a W to start off SLC play!


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 Post subject: Re: SLC Play Starts
PostPosted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 12:25 pm 
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Looks like Lamar has a player who really woke up yesterday...
ATB: Meet Lamar’s Mike James, the New Human Microwave

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The Lede. There were quite a few good games on the tube tonight, mostly in the Big East and Big Ten, but ultimately all of the better teams won. But the big story on this early January evening came from Beaumont, Texas, as a player with the most common of names pulled off a supremely uncommon occurrence — a 50-point game. And he did it while coming off the bench.


Meet Mike James, the Newest Human Microwave (B. Wright)
Your Watercooler Moment. The Unlikeliest 50-point Night of All-Time? Tonight someone named Mike James, a reserve guard for Lamar whose season and career high coming into tonight’s game with something called Louisiana College was 16 points, put on a Superman cape, ripped open a can of spinach and ate his Wheaties when he raised up off the bench on this particular evening. Twenty-eight minutes later, the 6’1 junior college transfer from Eastern Arizona had nailed eleven threes en route to a 52-point explosion that seems to have come out of nowhere, as he entered the game averaging a mere 10.7 PPG in about fifteen minutes of action. Perhaps just as impressive as his ability to score was his ability to shoot, as James managed to throw up 35 field goal attempts in those 28 minutes, an average of 1.25 per minute (we assume the four fouls were necessitated to rest his shooting arm). James’ ridiculous performance is the best bench scoring output nationally in fourteen years (UT-San Antonio’s Roderick Hall had 52 off the pine in 1997), but for insiders familiar with his game (not us), such rapid-fire cannoning isn’t all that unusual. The player who calls himself “the real MJ” via his Twitter account certainly has a scorer’s attitude, having led his juco league in scoring with a 25.9 PPG average last year and receiving interest from a number of schools including Santa Clara, Nebraska and Detroit. He surfaced at Lamar because he reportedly liked the warm weather in Texas, perhaps knowing that the milder climate would keep his hand hot for those moments when he had the green light off the bench. Tonight appeared to be that night. Something tells us we’re going to be hearing from this new “MJ” again. (for a glimpse of his athleticism, check out this clip on his YouTube page)



Hopefully that was a one-time occurrence! :shock:


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 Post subject: Re: SLC Play Starts
PostPosted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 4:38 pm 
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99-75 Lamar.


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 Post subject: Re: SLC Play Starts
PostPosted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 7:38 pm 
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Don't be disappointed with this team. The hustle I saw today, the eagerness and speed in which they played was a GREAT thing to see. I saw shots falling, hustle and communication. What was missing was that rebounding by a big man to keep Lamar off the boards. Other than that, I was pretty happy with the effort. Not necessarily the outcome, but it was a fun game to watch.


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 Post subject: Re: SLC Play Starts
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Most certainly needed a big inside guy to get some boards. The only thing that disappointed me was the fact that we played so well @ OU and then came home to Lamar and got beat pretty handily. They are a roller coaster of a team, but agreed that they are more entertaining to watch.


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 Post subject: Re: SLC Play Starts
PostPosted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 10:09 pm 
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Lamar was better in every phase of the game on the court and - in terms of adjusting through the course of the game - on the bench. Without Imad and Pouncey's leadership and hustle it would have even nastier. But there is always a next game, there are beatable teams in the Southland and the guys deserve for the ball to bounce their way. Go Bears.


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