2019–20 Lamar Cardinals basketball team
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Conference | Southland Conference |
2019–20 record | 17–15 (10–10 Southland) |
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Home arena | Montagne Center (Capacity: 10,080) |
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Stephen F. Austin | 19 | – | 1 | .950 | 28 | – | 3 | .903 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Abilene Christian | 15 | – | 5 | .750 | 20 | – | 11 | .645 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nicholls | 15 | – | 5 | .750 | 21 | – | 10 | .677 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sam Houston State | 11 | – | 9 | .550 | 18 | – | 13 | .581 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern State | 11 | – | 9 | .550 | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lamar | 10 | – | 10 | .500 | 17 | – | 15 | .531 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
McNeese State | 10 | – | 10 | .500 | 15 | – | 17 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas A&M–CC | 10 | – | 10 | .500 | 14 | – | 18 | .438 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Central Arkansas | 9 | – | 11 | .450 | 10 | – | 21 | .323 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Incarnate Word | 6 | – | 14 | .300 | 9 | – | 22 | .290 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Orleans | 5 | – | 15 | .250 | 9 | – | 21 | .300 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southeastern Louisiana | 5 | – | 15 | .250 | 8 | – | 23 | .258 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Houston Baptist | 4 | – | 16 | .200 | 4 | – | 25 | .138 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Note: The 2020 SLC Tournament was canceled after the first round due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2019–20 Lamar Cardinals basketball team represented Lamar University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cardinals were led by sixth-year head coach Tic Price and played their home games at the Montagne Center in Beaumont, Texas as members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 17–15, 10–10 in Southland play to finish in a three-way tie for sixth place. They defeated McNeese State in the first round of the Southland Tournament and were set to face Nicholls in the second round before the tournament was cancelled amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Previous season[]
The Cardinals finished conference play with as 12–6 record in a three-way tie with New Orleans and Southeastern Louisiana for third place. The team qualified for the 2019 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament as the fifth seeded team. They won the first-round game against eighth seed Houston Baptist by a score of 81–79. The season ended when the Cardinals were eliminated in the second round by fourth seed New Orleans with a score of 72–76.
Roster[]
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TV and radio media[]
All Lamar games will be broadcast on KLVI, also known as News Talk 560.
Live video of all home games (except those picked up by Southland Conference TV agreements) will be streamed on ESPN3.[2]
Schedule and results[]
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
November 5, 2019* 11:00 am, ESPN3 |
Champion Christian | W 86–40 | 1–0 |
21 – Buster | 7 – Tied, 3 | 9 – Buster | Montagne Center (3,856) Beaumont, TX | ||||
Nov 8, 2019* 7:00 pm |
Arlington Baptist | W 106–61 | 2–0 |
25 – Atwood | 11 – Nickerson | 6 – Holmes | Montagne Center (1,660) Beaumont, TX | ||||
Nov 12, 2019* 6:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Duquesne | L 56–66 | 2–1 |
15 – Atwood | 8 – Atwood | 4 – Tied, 2 | Kerr Fitness Center (859) McCandless, PA | ||||
Nov 15, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Mount St. Mary's BBN Showcase |
W 76–61 | 3–1 |
20 – Buster | 7 – Sullivan | 5 – Holmes | Montagne Center (1,590) Beaumont, TX | ||||
Nov 21, 2019* 8:00 pm, WAC DN |
at Utah Valley BBN Showcase |
W 74–68 | 4–1 |
17 – Sullivan | 14 – Sullivan | 2 – Tied, 2 | UCCU Center (1,928) Orem, UT | ||||
Nov 24, 2019* 5:00 pm, SECN |
at No. 9 Kentucky BBN Showcase |
L 56–81 | 4–2 |
19 – Buster | 13 – Sullivan | 4 ��� Holmes | Rupp Arena (20,048) Lexington, KY | ||||
Nov 26, 2019* 7:00 pm, CUSA.TV |
at UAB BBN Showcase |
L 48–57 | 4–3 |
16 – Atwood | 12 – Atwood | 4 – Holmes | Bartow Arena (2,187) Birmingham, AL | ||||
Nov 30, 2019* 7:30 pm |
at Texas Southern | L 73–76 | 4–4 |
23 – Buster | 12 – Sullivan | 6 – Holmes | Health and Physical Education Arena (1,949) Houston, TX | ||||
December 7, 2019* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Rice | W 73–60 | 5–4 |
22 – Atwood | 9 – Nickerson | 5 – Holmes | Montagne Center (1,807) Beaumont, TX | ||||
Dec 11, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Southern University (New Orleans) | W 73–56 | 6–4 |
24 – Sullivan | 16 – Sullivan | 7 – Holmes | Montagne Center (1,513) Beaumont, TX | ||||
Dec 14, 2019* 2:00 pm, FSSW |
at TCU | W 79–50 | 6–5 |
14 – Tied, 2 | 14 – Sullivan | 5 – Buster | Schollmaier Arena (6,313) Fort Worth, TX | ||||
Southland Conference regular season | |||||||||||
December 18, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Southeastern Louisiana | W 79–73 OT | 7–5 (1–0) |
34 – Atwood | 13 – Muoka | 6 – Jefferson | Montagne Center (1,412) Beaumont, TX | ||||
Dec 21, 2019 3:00 pm |
at Northwestern State | L 61–67 | 7–6 (1–1) |
12 – Tied, 2 | 9 – Sullivan | 3 – Buster | Prather Coliseum (951) Natchitoches, LA | ||||
January 2, 2020 7:00 pm |
at New Orleans | W 74–67 | 8–6 (2–1) |
23 – Buster | 12 – Sullivan | 2 – Buster | Lakefront Arena (518) New Orleans, LA | ||||
Jan 4, 2020 2:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Abilene Christian | L 62–74 | 8–7 (2–2) |
21 – Atwood | 7 – Sullivan | 3 – Sullivan | Montagne Center (1,936) Beaumont, TX | ||||
Jan 8, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Nicholls | L 52–61 | 8–8 (2–3) |
13 – Jefferson | 11 – Atwood | 7 – Jefferson | Montagne Center (1,811) Beaumont, TX | ||||
Jan 11, 2020 7:00 pm |
at Houston Baptist | W 102–92 | 9–8 (3–3) |
21 – Atwood | 10 – Sullivan | 7 – Holmes | Sharp Gymnasium (684) Houston, TX | ||||
Jan 15, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Sam Houston State | L 75–80 OT | 9–9 (3–4) |
19 – Holmes | 12 – Atwood | 7 – Holmes | Montagne Center (1,952) Beaumont, TX | ||||
Jan 18, 2020 3:30 pm |
at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | L 58–64 | 9–10 (3–5) |
15 – Kopp | 6 – Sullivan | 3 – Holmes | American Bank Center (1,711) Corpus Christi, TX | ||||
Jan 22, 2020 7:00 pm |
at Incarnate Word | W 89–77 | 10–10 (4–5) |
23 – Atwood | 11 – Atwood | 5 – Holmes | McDermott Center (310) San Antonio, TX | ||||
Jan 25, 2020 4:30 pm, ESPN+ |
Stephen F. Austin | L 62–70 | 10–11 (4–6) |
17 – Buster | 6 – Muoka | 4 – Holmes | Montagne Center (4,254) Beaumont, TX | ||||
February 1, 2020 3:00 pm |
at McNeese State | W 96–91 | 11–11 (5–6) |
39 – Buster | 7 – Atwood | 10 – Holmes | H&HP Complex (4,134) Lake Charles, LA | ||||
Feb 5, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Central Arkansas | W 74–67 | 12–11 (6–6) |
14 – Kopp | 10 – Atwood | 9 – Holmes | Montagne Center (1,944) Beaumont, TX | ||||
Feb 8, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Abilene Christian | L 49–84 | 12–12 (6–7) |
19 – Holmes | 8 – Muoka | 2 – Tied | Moody Coliseum (1,489) Abilene, TX | ||||
Feb 12, 2020 7:00 pm |
at Nicholls | L 65–69 | 12–13 (6–8) |
24 – Sullivan | 9 – Atwood | 3 – Tied | Stopher Gymnasium (807) Thibodaux, LA | ||||
Feb 15, 2020 2:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Houston Baptist | W 79–69 | 13–13 (7–8) |
22 – Sullivan | 9 – Atwood | 6 – Holmes | Montagne Center (1,664) Beaumont, TX | ||||
Feb 19, 2020 6:30 pm, ESPN+ |
at Sam Houston State | W 77–65 | 14–13 (8–8) |
20 – Atwood | 6 – Sullivan | 6 – Holmes | Bernard Johnson Coliseum (896) Huntsville, TX | ||||
Feb 22, 2020 4:30 pm, ESPN+ |
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | W 79–62 | 15–13 (9–8) |
22 – Atwood | 10 – Sullivan | 6 – Holmes | Montagne Center (2,841) Beaumont, TX | ||||
Feb 26, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Incarnate Word | W 86–66 | 16–13 (10–8) |
26 – Atwood | 9 – Sullivan | 8 – Holmes | Montagne Center (1,755) Beaumont, TX | ||||
Feb 29, 2020 4:30 pm, ESPN3 |
at Stephen F. Austin | L 76–95 | 16–14 (10–9) |
17 – Atwood | 12 – Atwood | 3 – Kopp | William R. Johnson Coliseum (4,184) Nacogdoches, TX | ||||
March 7, 2020 4:30 pm, ESPN+ |
McNeese State | L 66–70 | 16–15 (10–10) |
23 – Atwood | 10 – Atwood | 8 – Holmes | Montagne Center (3,847) Beaumont, TX | ||||
Southland Tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 11, 2020 7:30 pm, ESPN+ |
(6) | vs. (7) McNeese State First round |
W 80–59 | 17–15 |
20 – Atwood | 10 – Sullivan | 6 – Holmes | Leonard E. Merrell Center Katy, TX | |||
Mar 12, 2020 7:30 pm, ESPN+ |
(6) | vs. (3) Nicholls Second round |
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[6] | Leonard E. Merrell Center Katy, TX | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time. |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "2018-19 Men's Basketball Roster". Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
- ^ "LU teams up with ESPN3 to show home games". Lamar University Athletics. January 4, 2016. Archived from the original on August 20, 2018. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
- ^ "Lamar Cardinals Schedule - 2019-20". ESPN. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
- ^ Matt Faye (September 3, 2019). "LU Basketball teams release 2019-20 schedule". Hearst Newspapers II, LLC. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
- ^ "2018-19 Men's Basketball Schedule". Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
- ^ "Southland cancels tournaments, suspends spring sports through March 30".
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