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Deutsch2024–25 Lamar Cardinals basketball team
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| Conference | Southland Conference |
| Record | 1–2 (0–0 Southland) |
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| Home arena | Neches Federal Credit Union Arena at the Montagne Center (Capacity: 10,080) |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Incarnate Word | 0 | – | 0 | – | 3 | – | 1 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UT Rio Grande Valley | 0 | – | 0 | – | 3 | – | 3 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston Christian | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 2 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| McNeese | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 2 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southeastern Louisiana | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 2 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stephen F. Austin | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 2 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 3 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nicholls | 0 | – | 0 | – | 2 | – | 4 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lamar | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 2 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 3 | .250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Texas A&M* | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 4 | .200 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Orleans | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | – | 4 | .200 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| * ineligible for the 2025 NCAA tournament due to transition period | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2025 Southland tournament winner As of November 20, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2024–25 Lamar Cardinals basketball team represents Lamar University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cardinals are led by fourth-year head coach Alvin Brooks and play their home games at the Neches Federal Credit Union Arena at the Montagne Center in Beaumont, Texas.
Previous season
[edit]The Cardinals finished the season 19–14 overall and 12–6 in Southland Conference play for a fourth-place conference finish. As the fourth-seeded team, the Cardinals were 1–1 in the SLC tournament defeating eighth-seeded New Orleans 71–57[1] and losing to top-seeded McNeese 57–76 in the semifinal round.[2]
Preseason polls
[edit]Southland Conference Poll
[edit]The Southland Conference released its preseason poll on October 16, 2024. Receiving 143 votes overall, the Cardinals were picked to finish fifth in the conference.[3][4]
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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| 1 | McNeese | 242 (21) |
| 2 | Stephen F. Austin | 208 |
| 3 | Nicholls | 205 (3) |
| 4 | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 191 |
| 5 | Lamar | 143 |
| 6 | Southeastern | 121 |
| 7 | Incarnate Word | 117 |
| 8 | UT Rio Grande Valley | 112 |
| 9 | Northwestern State | 90 |
| 10 | Texas A&M–Commerce | 54 |
| 10 | New Orleans | 54 |
| 12 | Houston Christian | 48 |
Preseason All Conference
[edit]No Cardinals were selected as members of a preseason all-conference team.[3]
Roster
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Schedule and results
[edit]| Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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| October 29, 2024* 7:00 p.m., – | LSU–Alexandria | L 80–83 | – | – | – | – | Neches Arena Beaumont, TX | ||||
| Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
| November 4, 2024* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Paul Quinn College | W 113–42 | 1–0 | 20 – Andrew Holifield | 10 – Errol White | 9 – Ja’Sean Jackson | Neches Arena- (1,436) Beaumont, TX | ||||
| November 11, 2024* 7:00 p.m., SECN | No. 23 Texas A&M | L 71–97 | 1–1 | 23 – Alexis Marmolejos | 10 – Andrew Holifield | 3 – Janko Bulajic | Reed Arena (7,195) College Station, TX | ||||
| November 17, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Sam Houston | L 72–85 | 1–2 | 15 – A. Holifield | 7 – E. White | 5 – C. Pennebaker | Neches Arena (1,848) Beaumont, TX | ||||
| November 22, 2024* 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Akron Akron Classic | James A. Rhodes Arena Akron, OH | |||||||||
| November 23, 2024* 7:30 p.m. | vs. Alabama State Akron Classic | James A. Rhodes Arena Akron, OH | |||||||||
| November 24, 2024 11:00 a.m. | vs. Omaha Mavericks Akron Classic | James A. Rhodes Arena Akron, OH | |||||||||
| November 30, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Our Lady of the Lake (San Antonio) | Neches Arena Beaumont, TX | |||||||||
| December 5, 2024 12:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | American Bank Center Corpus Christi, TX | |||||||||
| December 7, 2024 4:30 p.m., ESPN+ | at UT Rio Grande Valley | UTRGV Fieldhouse Edinburg, TX | |||||||||
| December 14, 2024* 12:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Louisiana | Cajundome Lafayette, LA | |||||||||
| December 17, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Southern Miss | Reed Green Coliseum Hattiesburg, MS | |||||||||
| December 21, 2024* 12:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Texas Tech | United Supermarkets Arena Lubbock, TX | |||||||||
| December 30, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Texas A&M University–San Antonio | Neches Arena Beaumont, TX | |||||||||
| January 4, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Houston Christian | Neches Arena Beaumont, TX | |||||||||
| January 6, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Incarnate Word | Neches Arena Beaumont, TX | |||||||||
| January 11, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Stephen F. Austin | Neches Arena Beaumont, TX | |||||||||
| January 13, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | New Orleans | Neches Arena Beaumont, TX | |||||||||
| January 18, 2025 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at McNeese Battle of the Border (rivalry) | The Legacy Center Lake Charles, LA | |||||||||
| January 20, 2025 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | at Nicholls | Stopher Gymnasium Thibodaux | |||||||||
| January 25, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | East Texas A&M | Neches Arena Beaumont, TX | |||||||||
| January 27, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Northwestern State | Neches Arena Beaumont, TX | |||||||||
| February 1, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Stephen F. Austin | William R. Johnson Coliseum Nacogdoches, TX | |||||||||
| February 3, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Southeastern Louisiana | Pride Roofing University Center Hammond, LA | |||||||||
| February 8, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | UT Rio Grande Valley | Neches Arena Beaumont, TX | |||||||||
| February 10, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | Neches Arena Beaumont, TX | |||||||||
| February 15, 2025 2:15 p.m., ESPN+ | at East Texas A&M | The Field House Commerce, TX | |||||||||
| February 17, 2025 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | at Northwestern State | Prather Coliseum Natchitoches, LA | |||||||||
| February 22, 2025 3:30 p.m., ESPN+ | Houston Christian | Sharp Gymnasium Houston, TX | |||||||||
| February 24, 2025 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | Incarnate Word | McDermott Convocation Center San Antonio, TX | |||||||||
| March 1 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | McNeese Battle of the Border (rivalry) | Neches Arena Beaumont, TX | |||||||||
| March 3, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Nicholls | Neches Arena Beaumont, TX | |||||||||
| Southland tournament | |||||||||||
| March 9–13, 2024 TBA, ESPN+ | vs. TBA | The Legacy Center Lake Charles, LA | |||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ Goss, Anthony (March 11, 2024). "No. 4 Lamar bottles up No. 8 New Orleans, advances to semifinals at 2024 Jersey Mike's Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament presented by Explore Louisiana". Southland Conference. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
- ^ Goss, Anthony (March 12, 2024). "Wells pours in 27 points, No. 1 McNeese handles No. 4 Lamar in semifinal round of 2024 Jersey Mike's Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament presented by Explore Louisiana". Southland Conference. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
- ^ a b "Southland Conference Announces 2024 Men's Basketball Preseason Poll and All-Conference Team". Southland Conference. October 16, 2024. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
- ^ Anthony Goss (October 17, 2024). "Southland announces 2024 Men's Basketball Preseason Poll, All-Conference team". Crescent City Sports Enterprises, LLC. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
- ^ "Lamar Cardinals Roster 2024-25". ESPN Enterprises, Inc. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
- ^ "2024-25 Men's Basketball Schedule". Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
- ^ "Lamar Cardinals Schedule 2024-25". ESPN Enterprises, Inc. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
- ^ "Lamar Cardinals". CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
- ^ "2025 Lamar Cardinals Schedule". Nolan Analytics, LLC. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
- ^ "Lamar Cardinals". Fox Media LLC and Fox Sports Interactive Media, LLC. Retrieved November 13, 2024.