I arrived yesterday from Las Vegas a little poorer in the pocket, but much happier about the Kentucky Wildcats. Not only that, just so I didn't leave empty-handed, the gods of Sin City thoughtfully gave me a bad cold to take home with me. How nice.
But it's game time, and we have to take a look at our opponent for the night, the Lamar Cardinals. I don't have time to do a full-blown statistical comparison tonight, but we will be looking at a few key stats. First of all, the basics:
- Name: Lamar University
- Enrollment: 14000
- Colors/Mascot: Red and White/Cardina
- Conference: Southland
Coach: Steve Roccaforte
- Record last year: 19-11, lost in the Southland Conf. tournament to Texas-Arlington in round 1
- Last NCAA appearance: 2000. Deepest recent run: second round, 1983
- Record this season: 5-0
Player Statistics
| Player | GP/GS | MPG | PPG | FG% | 3PTFG% | FT% | RPG | APG | TOPG | A/T | SPG | BPG |
| K. Dawkins | 5/4 | 34.4 | 17.0 | 42.6% | 34.5% | 92.0% | 3.4 | 4.4 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 0.2 |
| B. McThay | 5/4 | 31.0 | 16.6 | 55.1% | 44.0% | 66.7% | 3.8 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 0.0 |
| T. Worrell | 5/4 | 29.2 | 10.6 | 52.9% | 0.0% | 81.0% | 5.8 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| J. Brown | 4/4 | 28.5 | 16.0 | 56.8% | 42.9% | 61.1% | 9.8 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.0 |
| A. Hall | 5/4 | 20.2 | 4.2 | 33.3% | 0.0% | 83.3% | 3.2 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 1.4 |
| S. Williams | 5/0 | 15.6 | 2.4 | 45.5% | 0.0% | 50.0% | 2.6 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 0.0 |
| A. Miles | 5/2 | 14.0 | 6.8 | 46.7% | 23.1% | 60.0% | 4.6 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| C. Custer | 5/1 | 11.2 | 5.2 | 50.0% | 50.0% | 87.5% | 2.0 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
| Player | GP/GS | MPG | PPG | FG% | 3PTFG% | FT% | RPG | APG | TOPG | A/T | SPG | BPG |
| J. Meeks | 6/6 | 35.3 | 25.5 | 44.2% | 37.8% | 88.0% | 4.8 | 1.3 | 5.2 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 0.2 |
| P. Patterson | 6/6 | 30.8 | 15.5 | 70.9% | 0.0% | 71.4% | 9.0 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| R. Harris | 6/5 | 27.7 | 9.3 | 63.6% | 0.0% | 63.6% | 3.2 | 0.8 | 3.2 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 0.3 |
| P. Stevenson | 6/6 | 26.0 | 6.0 | 42.9% | 0.0% | 78.3% | 5.3 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 2.3 |
| M. Porter | 6/6 | 21.0 | 3.7 | 38.9% | 36.4% | 80.0% | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| D. Miller | 6/1 | 20.8 | 5.2 | 38.5% | 12.5% | 71.4% | 3.3 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| D. Liggins | 6/0 | 18.2 | 3.8 | 45.0% | 37.5% | 33.3% | 2.3 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
| J. Harrellson | 6/0 | 14.2 | 5.0 | 47.8% | 0.0% | 72.7% | 4.7 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.6 |
