“You gotta hug old ugly every once in a while. Defense always keeps you in a game, no matter how bad you are shoot. I told them I don’t believe they would have won a game like this last year.”
“Defense works. We defended well tonight, but took bad shots especially shooting off one pass. Our offense was Arkansas State’s best offense.”
KalisLoyd’s 24 points led a balanced scoring attack as the Lamar University women’s basketball team opened its season with an 82-62 non-conference win over Our Lady of the Lake at the Montagne Center on Friday night.
Three talented high school seniors, two point guards and a wing player, have signed National Letters of Intent to play basketball at Lamar University for the 2012-13 season, announced head coach Pat Knight on Friday.
A crowd of 1,955 watched the Lamar Cardinals destroy Division III Louisiana College, 101-39, in their final exhibition game inside the Montagne Center on Monday night.
Four Cards scored in double-figures, three with 18 points, while every player that suited up for Lamar got their name in the scorer’s book.
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