March 10, 2016
Southland Quarterfinals
(8) Texas-Arlington (8-21) vs. (1) Sam Houston State (26-4)
We beat them by 11 on the road in early February and by 30 at home just a few days ago. They have nobody that averages double figure scoring, so I expect my bench players to get a lot of minutes this game. And as expected, I was able to get everybody in the game, as we won easily, 56-33. I was impressed with the guys that don't get a lot of playing time, I realize it was against subpar competition, but we actually extended the lead in the last 4 minutes of the game. Here's a look at the box score:
Code:
Sam Houston State 56, Texas-Arlington 33
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Texas-Arlington (8-22, 7-9):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Andrew Gault C 29 0-3 0-0 0 6 3 3 0
Gavin Ledbetter PF 27 1-2 1-2 1 5 1 3 3
Cyrus Owen SF 29 5-12 1-2 0 2 0 0 11
Gus Shilling SG 29 1-6 0-0 1 4 2 2 2
Gerald McGinn PG 23 1-5 1-2 1 1 0 1 3
Erwin McArdle SG 23 3-10 0-1 0 0 1 3 7
Domingo Hastings PF 13 1-5 0-0 2 4 0 0 2
Scott Fisher SF 11 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 0
Dwain Lewis C 11 1-1 1-2 1 3 0 1 3
Ronald Tharp PG 6 1-1 0-0 0 0 1 0 2
Turnovers: 12 (A.Gault 1, G.Ledbetter 3, C.Owen 2,
G.Shilling 2, G.McGinn 3, D.Hastings 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (G.Ledbetter 1, D.Hastings 1)
Steals: 3 (G.Ledbetter 2, G.Shilling 1)
3P FGs: 1-6 (C.Owen 0-2, G.Shilling 0-1, G.McGinn 0-1,
E.McArdle 1-1, D.Hastings 0-1)
Sam Houston State (27-4, 15-1):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Paul Erickson C 25 3-3 1-2 5 8 0 2 7
George Travers PF 23 0-3 0-2 2 7 0 1 0
Richard Cousin SF 21 3-7 2-2 0 4 0 2 9
Scott Wolcott SG 18 3-8 5-7 0 1 2 1 12
Wilson Forbes PG 24 2-7 0-0 0 3 3 2 6
Adolphe Houzet SF 19 2-5 2-2 1 4 2 1 6
Kevin Penland SG 15 0-1 0-0 0 6 2 0 0
Tony Atkins PG 14 2-6 0-0 1 2 0 2 4
Lonnie Tingley C 12 0-1 0-0 0 2 0 1 0
George Hazard PF 4 1-1 0-0 1 1 1 0 2
Cody Headley PF 9 2-3 0-0 2 4 0 0 5
Jason Wicker SG 7 1-2 2-2 0 1 1 1 5
Thomas Ewald PF 10 0-3 0-0 1 1 1 0 0
Turnovers: 9 (W.Forbes 2, A.Houzet 2, K.Penland 1,
T.Atkins 2, L.Tingley 2)
Blocked Shots: 1 (T.Atkins 1)
Steals: 2 (R.Cousin 1, T.Atkins 1)
3P FGs: 6-21 (R.Cousin 1-4, S.Wolcott 1-3, W.Forbes
2-6, A.Houzet 0-1, K.Penland 0-1, T.Atkins 0-3,
C.Headley 1-1, J.Wicker 1-1, T.Ewald 0-1)
Player of Game: C Paul Erickson (SMHOU)
Other Southland Tournament Scores:
(4) Lamar- 63, (5) Texas-San Antonio- 59
(7) Stephen F. Austin- 76, (2) Nicholls St.- 46 (WOW!)
(3) Texas A&M-CC- 74, (6) SE Louisiana- 58
March 11, 2016
Southland Semifinals
(4) Lamar (15-15) vs. (1) Sam Houston State (27-4)
We beat Lamar by 11 at home in late January, and by 19 at their place in late February. Brad Branum is about the only player they have worth mentioning, so if we stop him, we should roll along. Unfortunately, we didn't. We only led by 3 at halftime and both Scott Wolcott and Wilson Forbes had 3 fouls, so they would really half to be careful in the second half. They weren't, as both picked up their 4th foul early in the half. In fact, Lamar was in the bonus before the first media timeout. It was all I could do not to get thrown out of the game, but as a team we kept our composure and ended up with nobody fouling out, and fought through struggles to earn, and I mean earn, a 67-57 victory!
Code:
Sam Houston State 67, Lamar 57
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Lamar (15-16, 9-7):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Larry Houston C 25 1-2 1-2 0 5 2 5 3
Coleman Mullins PF 36 1-4 2-4 1 3 1 2 4
Roger Hathcock SF 37 5-12 1-2 1 1 1 3 13
Brad Branum SG 36 6-18 9-11 2 10 0 2 24
Jose Logan PG 33 1-5 0-2 1 4 4 2 2
Clyde Simmons PG 9 2-4 2-2 0 0 0 0 6
Billy Crespo SG 4 1-1 1-2 0 1 0 1 3
Robert Gallant C 11 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 4 0
John Montero PF 6 1-2 0-0 0 1 0 1 2
Lacy Campbell PG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Pellegrini C 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Turnovers: 12 (L.Houston 1, C.Mullins 2, B.Branum 5,
J.Logan 3, J.Montero 1)
Blocked Shots: 1 (C.Mullins 1)
Steals: 3 (L.Houston 1, R.Gallant 2)
3P FGs: 5-19 (R.Hathcock 2-5, B.Branum 3-13, J.Logan
0-1)
Sam Houston State (28-4, 15-1):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Paul Erickson C 27 3-6 4-8 0 5 0 1 10
George Travers PF 31 2-5 3-4 2 7 0 2 7
Richard Cousin SF 25 3-9 2-2 1 3 3 3 8
Scott Wolcott SG 14 1-3 2-2 0 2 1 4 5
Wilson Forbes PG 24 5-7 0-0 1 9 7 4 12
Adolphe Houzet SF 15 1-3 2-3 1 2 0 1 5
Kevin Penland SG 14 4-4 2-2 1 1 0 2 11
Tony Atkins PG 11 0-1 1-3 1 2 1 2 1
Lonnie Tingley C 13 2-3 0-0 0 2 1 0 4
George Hazard PF 10 1-4 0-0 0 1 1 0 2
Cody Headley PF 3 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0
Jason Wicker PG 4 0-2 0-0 1 1 0 0 0
Thomas Ewald SG 7 1-2 0-0 0 2 0 1 2
Turnovers: 13 (G.Travers 1, R.Cousin 2, W.Forbes 2,
A.Houzet 5, K.Penland 1, T.Atkins 1, L.Tingley 1)
Blocked Shots: 4 (P.Erickson 2, G.Travers 1, G.Hazard 1)
Steals: 5 (W.Forbes 3, A.Houzet 1, K.Penland 1)
3P FGs: 5-14 (R.Cousin 0-4, S.Wolcott 1-2, W.Forbes
2-2, A.Houzet 1-3, K.Penland 1-1, T.Atkins 0-1,
J.Wicker 0-1)
Player of Game: PG Wilson Forbes (SMHOU)
We will face Texas A&M-CC in the Southland Championship, as they defeated Stephen F. Austin 58-54