Four straight losses in February before we complete the sweep of Texas State, 60-48. 12 points, 5 assists, 1 block, 2 steals for
John Hallett on way to Player of the Game honors, while
Ryan Farley puts up 13 points, 7 rebounds and 2 steals. 10 points and a steal for
William Kelly off the bench.
Loss and then our best game of the year, a 76-66 firm beat of Texas-San Antonio.
David Gravitt ignites for 18 points, 6 rebounds, a block and 3 steals, while
Ryan Farley camps on the charity stripe for 15 points and 4 steals. Unfortunately, we hit 20 defeats for the year in our last game of the month. And
James Horner is out for 40 days. Not that it matters.
We're guaranteed to finish last in the conference, but even one more victory will match our Southland record from last season. And it does in our second last to game, a narrow 57-55 escape over Texas-Arlington.
Ryan Farley with 17 points and a steal as Player of the Game, though
Al Delk picks up 11 points, 11 boards, 2 blocks, and a steal. Our year ends with a 3 point loss to McNeese State.
Sam Houston State validated my perception of being the top in the conference, but they're upset by Texas-Arlington 55-73 in the tournament final.
Texas-Arlington is a 15 seed against 2 seed Dayton, while the Bearkats are a 9 seed against 8 seed College of Charleston in the NIT. The Bearkats destroy the Cougars 73-52, but are in turn dropped by 30 against Utah the next round. Texas-Arlington of course drops in the first round.
Two more recruit commitments come in.
PF Donovan Metcalfe - 6'10, 215 - Prairie HS - Cedar Rapids, IA - 1*
#1181 recruit, averaged 17.6 points, 11.1 rebounds, 2.4 steals, and a block, shooting 63.2% from the floor. Has the most natural scoring inside instinct of any player on the roster it appears, with strong offensive rebounding. Very raw overall, and may be best suited to SF.
SG Merle Jorge - 6'5, 180 - Alleghany HS - Sparta, NC - 1*
5.4 steals a game! Unfortunately, that appears to be the #1392 recruit's only skill, but his upside may have him developing into a combo guard further on down the line.
NCAA Final Four
3 seed Wisconsin
2 seed Mississippi State
3 seed Arizona
2 seed Georgetown
The defending champion Badgers and the Hoyas are here for their third straight Final Four, and you have to wonder if Georgetown will ever break through, or if they'll be the college basketball Buffalo Bills.
NIT Championship
5 seed Florida vs 3 seed Nebraska
In a P5 matchup, the Gators chomp the Cornhuskers 69-58.
NCAA Championship
3 seed Wisconsin vs 2 seed Georgetown
Great story matchup - the two teams who have been the most consistently dominant the last few years finally meet in the title game. And it's the Hoyas finally exorcising those demons, winning 74-66.
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2013 SOUTHLAND AWARDS
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Player of the Year:
SR PG Richard Comfort Texas-Arlington 13.5 PPG, 4.1 RPG, 5.2 APG 1.0 SPG, 0.1 BPG
Freshman of the Year:
FR C David Schrader Nicholls State 10.1 PPG, 5.9 RPG, 0.7 APG 0.4 SPG, 0.4 BPG
Coach of the Year:
Edward Martine Sam Houston State 22 - 13 (14 - 2)
All-league 1st Team:
C SR Chris Huff Stephen F. Austin 7.2 PPG, 7.4 RPG, 1.1 APG, 0.6 SPG, 2.0 BPG
PF SR Maynard Veilleux Southeastern Louisiana 5.8 PPG, 7.4 RPG, 1.7 APG, 0.5 SPG, 3.6 BPG
SF JR Teddy Lowery Southeastern Louisiana 11.8 PPG, 5.0 RPG, 2.2 APG, 1.3 SPG, 0.2 BPG
SG SR Brian Rodriguez Southeastern Louisiana 14.7 PPG, 4.3 RPG, 3.3 APG, 1.2 SPG, 0.1 BPG
PG SR Richard Comfort Texas-Arlington 13.5 PPG, 4.1 RPG, 5.2 APG, 1.0 SPG, 0.1 BPG
All-league 2nd Team:
C JR Robert Wright Southeastern Louisiana 8.4 PPG, 9.6 RPG, 1.1 APG, 0.3 SPG, 0.5 BPG
PF SO Neville Mount Nicholls State 8.1 PPG, 8.8 RPG, 1.4 APG, 0.4 SPG, 0.3 BPG
SF SO Daniel Davis Sam Houston State 12.8 PPG, 6.9 RPG, 1.7 APG, 1.5 SPG, 0.1 BPG
SG SO Jonathon Candler Texas-Arlington 11.5 PPG, 2.9 RPG, 1.1 APG, 1.3 SPG, 0.1 BPG
PG SO Genaro Yoon Texas State 12.0 PPG, 3.8 RPG, 3.1 APG, 1.0 SPG, 0.1 BPG
All-freshman Team:
C FR David Schrader Nicholls State 10.1 PPG, 5.9 RPG, 0.7 APG, 0.4 SPG, 0.4 BPG
PF FR Jose Plaza Central Arkansas 6.0 PPG, 6.1 RPG, 1.2 APG, 0.1 SPG, 0.2 BPG
SF FR Jorge Nemeth Texas A&M-CC 12.5 PPG, 4.2 RPG, 2.0 APG, 0.7 SPG, 0.1 BPG
SG FR Jeffrey Groves Texas State 6.3 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 1.6 APG, 0.6 SPG, 0.1 BPG
PG FR Augustus Soileau Stephen F. Austin 10.9 PPG, 1.6 RPG, 3.2 APG, 0.9 SPG, 0.1 BPG
David Schrader was the guy Nicholls State stole from me. Still pissed off about that.
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2013 Southland Conference Standings
EAST CW CL Pct W L Pct RPI Prestige
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Stephen F. Austin 12 4 .750 18 12 .600 238 35
Southeastern Louisiana 9 7 .563 16 14 .533 198 33
Central Arkansas 8 8 .500 11 20 .355 246 15
Northwestern State 7 9 .438 14 16 .467 253 24
Nicholls State 6 10 .375 11 18 .379 227 13
McNeese State 6 10 .375 9 20 .310 265 22
WEST CW CL Pct W L Pct RPI Prestige
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Sam Houston State 14 2 .875 22 13 .629 157 46
Texas-Arlington 11 5 .688 19 14 .576 196 32
Texas A&M-CC 7 9 .438 12 18 .400 299 30
Texas State 6 10 .375 8 22 .267 283 14
Texas-San Antonio 6 10 .375 8 21 .276 302 30
Lamar 4 12 .250 7 22 .241 334 20
Yeah.
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LAMAR TEAM INFO
Current Performance
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Team Prestige: 20 Record Vs 1-50: 0-1 Poll Rank: NR
Season Record: 7-22 Record Vs 51-100: 0-2 RPI Rank: #334
Conference Record: 4-12 Record Vs 101-200: 2-7
Home Record: 4-16 Record Vs 200+: 5-12
Team Stats CR NR Opp. Stats CR NR Margin CR NR
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Points 49.4 12 347 Points 58.3 1 6 Points -8.9 11 326
O.Reb 8.8 12 309 O.Reb 8.6 1 11 O.Reb 0.2 4 146
D.Reb 21.1 12 343 D.Reb 21.6 1 10 D.Reb -0.4 5 207
Rebounds 29.9 12 340 Rebounds 30.1 1 4 Rebounds -0.2 4 176
Assists 8.1 12 347 Assists 11.2 1 22 Assists -3.1 11 338
Steals 5.7 3 136 Steals 6.7 12 333 Steals -1.1 10 260
Blocks 2.8 3 139 Blocks 1.9 1 10 Blocks 0.9 2 68
Turnovers 16.1 12 343 Turnovers 12.4 11 272 Turnovers 3.7 12 338
Fouls 17.0 1 23 Fouls 19.0 6 184 Fouls -2.0 1 35
FG% .384 12 344 FG% .448 10 285 FG% -.064 11 340
FT% .684 5 119 FT% .661 2 105 FT% .023 3 89
3P% .249 12 338 3P% .354 12 301 3P% -.106 12 341
PPS 1.15 10 315 PPS 1.25 9 197 PPS -.097 10 294
Adj. FG% .423 12 344 Adj. FG% .498 10 265 Adj. FG% -.074 11 342
Still trying to figure out how to get those shooting numbers up.
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LAMAR Averages
Player Pos GP GS Min Pts Orb Reb Ast Stl Blk To Fls +/-
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David Gravitt PG 29 29 32.9 7.1 0.8 3.1 1.2 1.3 0.2 2.5 2.1 -7.9
Ryan Farley SF 29 29 29.4 10.8 1.6 4.9 1.2 0.9 0.2 3.3 3.1 -5.4
Abel Perrott PF 29 29 28.9 6.0 1.4 4.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 1.4 2.7 -6.3
Al Delk C 29 29 27.9 4.3 1.7 6.5 1.2 0.5 1.1 1.9 2.6 -4.7
John Hallett SG 29 29 27.3 8.2 0.8 2.2 1.2 1.0 0.1 2.2 1.4 -6.4
James Horner C 26 0 17.8 3.8 1.2 3.1 0.6 0.3 0.3 1.2 1.7 -4.6
Wesley Kern SF 29 0 13.3 3.3 0.3 2.0 1.0 0.4 0.2 1.5 1.5 -2.2
William Kelly SG 29 0 9.7 3.6 0.6 1.2 0.8 0.4 0.1 1.0 0.7 -0.6
Chris Wright PF 29 0 7.2 1.0 0.3 1.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.6 0.8 -2.3
Daren Taylor SF 25 0 5.1 0.9 0.2 1.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 -2.8
Benton Dixon SF 2 0 5.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 -2.5
Chris Lehman PG 22 0 3.9 0.7 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.2 -1.5
Larry Mebane PG 9 0 1.9 0.6 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.2 -1.7
Mark Akers SG 3 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7
Trash roster is trash.
No goodbye for the seniors. I'm all about recapping my own guys' careers, bad though they may be.