Tony Romero earns a promotion to 6th man big, while
Abraham Johnson gets demoted far down the depth chart. If the man can't even shoot, he's dead to me, because he's complete ass on defense.
A win over equally awful North Florida puts us at .500 heading into conference play (
William Kelly PotG, which should have gone to
Gabriel Shanker's double-double IMO).
When just about everyone else has an elite player and you don't, you're screwed in conference play. Drop our first two, then get a massive 65-60 upset over
Sam Houston State, who is still pissed we stole
Ryan Farley from them. Their star player goes off for 36, but 19 points from
Chris Lehman and 11 points, 12 rebounds, and 3 blocks from
Todd Carruth save the day and get us on the Southland board.
A 3 game losing streak follows, until we're able to squash fellow bottom-feeder
Texas State 60-39 to end the month in our first conference road win.
Gregory Heady's 11 points, 6 rebounds, and a block are PotG-worthy numbers.
We also finally land our second recruit!
PG John Haslett - 6'0, 185 lbs - Winder-Barrow HS - Winder, GA - 2*
If the scouting is accurate at all, between him and
Ryan Farley, our 3 point shooting and perimeter defense are going to be hugely improved next season. Can't pass worth a damn right now, but his handling is already on par with our starters, and he's got upside in both. He can both steal *and* block to some degree if scouting is accurate. All in all, he looks like a solid all-around player who can potentially challenge for the starting SG spot next year, but even if not, will definitely be in the mix for a combo guard 6th man role. Actually, if I could redshirt him, that'd be even better, to get his passing up and be ready to take over the starting PG spot once his floor general skills are improved.
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EAST CW CL Pct W L Pct RPI Prestige
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Southeastern Louisiana 4 2 .667 10 9 .526 225 29
Stephen F. Austin 4 3 .571 9 11 .450 271 41
Northwestern State 3 4 .429 9 10 .474 292 28
Central Arkansas 2 4 .333 4 15 .211 246 7
McNeese State 2 4 .333 7 12 .368 229 25
Nicholls State 1 5 .167 4 15 .211 336 16
WEST CW CL Pct W L Pct RPI Prestige
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Sam Houston State 7 1 .875 12 7 .632 158 53
Texas A&M-CC 6 1 .857 10 10 .500 214 34
Texas-San Antonio 4 3 .571 8 12 .400 119 32
Texas-Arlington 4 3 .571 11 9 .550 184 33
Lamar 2 4 .333 8 11 .421 346 29
Texas State 1 6 .143 3 17 .150 309 17
Very pleased to see we gave
Sam Houston State their only conference loss of the year so far.
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LAMAR TEAM INFO
Current Performance
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Team Prestige: 29 Record Vs 1-50: 0-0 Poll Rank: NR
Season Record: 8-11 Record Vs 51-100: 0-0 RPI Rank: #346
Conference Record: 2-4 Record Vs 101-200: 1-2
Home Record: 6-7 Record Vs 200+: 7-9
Team Stats CR NR Opp. Stats CR NR Margin CR NR
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Points 58.6 7 223 Points 61.8 3 137 Points -3.2 6 199
O.Reb 12.1 2 72 O.Reb 11.6 6 271 O.Reb 0.4 5 161
D.Reb 24.7 2 88 D.Reb 24.1 9 243 D.Reb 0.6 4 143
Rebounds 36.7 1 78 Rebounds 35.7 8 269 Rebounds 1.1 4 156
Assists 10.7 7 228 Assists 11.1 1 48 Assists -0.4 3 168
Steals 4.4 6 229 Steals 5.1 8 146 Steals -0.7 6 210
Blocks 2.9 2 149 Blocks 2.1 2 26 Blocks 0.8 2 97
Turnovers 13.3 7 163 Turnovers 12.3 6 239 Turnovers 1.1 7 216
Fouls 17.6 2 91 Fouls 20.5 2 26 Fouls -2.9 2 32
FG% .406 9 265 FG% .405 2 62 FG% .001 4 162
FT% .649 11 270 FT% .663 4 105 FT% -.014 7 222
3P% .160 12 347 3P% .318 7 144 3P% -.158 12 341
PPS 1.12 12 299 PPS 1.14 1 58 PPS -.019 5 185
Adj. FG% .417 12 324 Adj. FG% .449 2 49 Adj. FG% -.032 8 235
Given my 100 Defense, it's no surprise our best showings are in the defensive categories. But we're absolutely awful at having anyone who can shoot the ball, and we're especially bad from 3 point range. That's where the incoming recruits are going to be a huge boon to this team if there's accuracy there (no pun intended).