2016–17 Lamar Cardinals basketball team

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2016–17 Lamar Cardinals men's basketball

Conference	Southland Conference
2016–17 record	4–2 (0–0 Southland)
Head coach	Tic Price (3rd year)
Assistant coach	Bobby Kummer (3rd year)
Assistant coach	Brian Burton (3rd year)
Assistant coach	Justin Bailey (1st year)
Home arena	Montagne Center (Capacity 10,080)

2016–17 Southland Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Texas A&M–CC	0	–	0	–	5	–	0	1.000
Lamar	0	–	0	–	4	–	2	.667
Southeastern Louisiana	0	–	0	–	5	–	3	.625
Nicholls State	0	–	0	–	4	–	3	.571
Sam Houston State	0	–	0	–	4	–	3	.571
Abilene Christian*	0	–	0	–	3	–	3	.500
Stephen F. Austin	0	–	0	–	2	–	2	.500
Incarnate Word*	0	–	0	–	2	–	3	.400
Houston Baptist	0	–	0	–	2	–	4	.333
McNeese State	0	–	0	–	2	–	4	.333
Northwestern State	0	–	0	–	2	–	4	.333
New Orleans	0	–	0	–	1	–	3	.250
Central Arkansas	0	–	0	–	1	–	5	.167
* Ineligible for postseason during transition to Division I

† 2017 Southland Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016–17 Lamar Cardinals basketball team represents Lamar University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cardinals are led by third-year head coach Tic Price. The team will play their home games at the Montagne Center in Beaumont, Texas as members of the Southland Conference.

Previous season

The Cardinals finished the 2015–16 season 11–19. 3–15 in Southland play to finish in last place. As a result, they failed to qualify for the Southland Tournament.

Media

All 2016–17 Lamar Cardinals home games, except those otherwise contracted for, will be broadcast online live on ESPN3.^[1] Games will be broadcast over the radio by KLVI AM 560 radio with audio streaming over iheart radio.^[2]

Preseason

Departures

Lamar head coach, Tic Price, announced on March 17, 2016 that sophomore point guard Kevin Booze, freshman forward Boaz Williams, and junior center Christian Kennedy were leaving the team.^[3] Assistant coach Anthony Anderson resigned in April, 2016.^[4]

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Departures
Kevin Booze	0	Guard	5'11"	185	Sophomore	Irving, TX	Left team.
LeMon Gregory	4	Forward	6'9"	251	Senior	Greenville, KY	Completed eligibility
Christian Kennedy	14	Center	6'11"	202	Junior	Warner Robins, GA	Left team.
Boaz Williams	21	Forward	6'6"	197	Freshman	Houston, TX	Left team.
Dontavious Sears	23	Forward	6'3"	184	Senior	Memphis, TN / Eastern Oklahoma State College	Graduated
Quan Jones	24	Guard	6'3"	168	Senior	Little Rock, AR / Connors State College	Completed eligibility

Additions

On June 2, 2016, Lamar University announced hiring Justin Bailey as assistant coach. Bailey had been an assistant at Arkansas–Fort Smith for four years and was a graduate assistant at Arizona State.^[5]

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
Additions
Torey Noel	1	Guard	5'10"	190	Junior	Oklahoma City, OK
Cameron McGee	4	Guard	6'2"		Freshman	Dallas, TX
Tyrin Atwood	15	Forward	6'6"		Freshman	Beaumont, TX
Colton Wiesbrod	21	Forward	6'5"		Junior	Nederland, TX
Christian Albright	30	Post	6'8"		Junior	Dallas, TX
Joey Frenchwood	32	Guard	6'1"	180	Junior	Newark, CA

Roster

2016–17 Lamar Cardinals men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Home town
3.5 !F		Harrison, JamesJames Harrison	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Houston, TX
3.5 !F	2	Chapman, DorianDorian Chapman	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	208 lb (94 kg)	2.0 !So	Port Arthur, TX
1.5 !G	3	Garth, NickNick Garth	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	191 lb (87 kg)	2.0 !So	Houston, TX
1.5 !G	4	McGee, CameronCameron McGee	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Dallas, TX
1.5 !G	5	Davis, LincolnLincoln Davis	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Pittsburgh, PA / South Plains College
1.5 !G	10	Noel, ToreyTorey Noel	70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Oklahoma City, OK/Northern Oklahoma College
3.5 !F	11	Nzeakor, JoshJosh Nzeakor	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	211 lb (96 kg)	2.0 !So	Mesquite, TX
1.5 !G	12	Bosha, ZjoriZjori Bosha	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	177 lb (80 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Nome, TX
5.0 !C	13	Hubby, TerranceTerrance Hubby	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	198 lb (90 kg)	2.0 !So	Arlington, TX
2.5 !G/F	15	Atwood, TyrinTyrin Atwood	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	203 lb (92 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Beaumont, TX
2.5 !G/F	20	Owens, MarcusMarcus Owens	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	199 lb (90 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Fort Lauderdale, FL
3.5 !F	22	Weisbrod, ColtonColton Weisbrod	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Nederland, TX/Lamar State College Port Arthur
5.0 !C	30	Albright, ChristianChristian Albright	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Dallas, TX/Lamar State College Port Arthur
1.5 !G	32	Frenchwood, JoeyJoey Frenchwood	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	184 lb (83 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Newark, CA/Hill College

Head coach

Tic Price (Virginia Tech)

Assistant coach(es)

Bobby Kummer (Charlotte)
Brian Burton (UT Dallas)
Justin Bailey (University of Arkansas – Fort Smith)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2016-11-12

Schedule and results

Date Time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (Attendance) City, State
Non-conference regular season
November 11, 2016* 7:00 p.m., ESPN3	Howard Payne	W 90–47	1–0	20 – J. Nzeakor	8 – C. Weisbrod	7 – T. Noel	Montagne Center (1,905) Beaumont, TX
November 16* 8:00 p.m.	at Oregon State	W 63–60	1–0	16 – Weisbrod	12 – Weisbrod	6 – Frenchwood	Gill Coliseum (4,182) Corvallis, OR
November 19* 1:00 p.m.	at Fresno State	L 64–83	2–1	10 – Tied	8 – Owens	3 – 3 tied	Save Mart Center (5,269) Fresno, CA
November 22* 7:00 p.m., ESPN3	UTSA	W 78–58	3–1	24 – Garth	8 – Tied	5 – Noel	Montagne Center (1,865) Beaumont, TX
November 25* 4:00 p.m.	at Prairie View A&M	W 91–83	4–1	25 – Weisbrod	13 – Weisbrod	10 – Noel	William Nicks Building (183) Prairie View, TX
November 29* 8:05 p.m.	at Idaho State	L 60–77	4–2	14 – Weisbrod	17 – Weisbrod	3 – Tied	Reed Gym (1,534) Pocatello, ID
December 2* 9:00 p.m.	at San Francisco			–	–	–	War Memorial Gymnasium San Francisco, CA
December 6* 8:00 p.m., FSN/WCIU	at DePaul			–	–	–	Allstate Arena Chicago, IL
December 10* 2:00 p.m., ESPN3	Austin College			–	–	–	Montagne Center Beaumont, TX
December 16* 7:00 p.m.	at UTRGV			–	–	–	UTRGV Fieldhouse Edinburg, TX
December 19* 7:00 p.m.	Liberty			–	–	–	Montagne Center Beaumont, TX
December 21* 7:00 p.m.	Arlington Baptist			–	–	–	Montagne Center Beaumont, TX
December 29* 7:30 p.m.	Huston-Tillotson			–	–	–	Montagne Center Beaumont, TX
Southland Conference regular season
January 2, 2017 8:00 p.m.	at Central Arkansas			–	–	–	Farris Center Conway, AR
January 5 7:30 p.m., ESPN3	New Orleans			–	–	–	Montagne Center Beaumont, TX
January 7 4:30 p.m., ESPN3	Southeastern Louisiana			–	–	–	Montagne Center Beaumont, TX
January 11 7:00 p.m., ESPN3	Incarnate Word			–	–	–	Montagne Center Beaumont, TX
January 14 4:00 p.m.	at Abilene Christian			–	–	–	Moody Coliseum Abilene, TX
January 19 6:30 p.m.	at Sam Houston State			–	–	–	Bernard Johnson Coliseum Huntsville, TX
January 21 TBA	at Nicholls			–	–	–	Stopher Gym Thibodaux, LA
January 25 8:00 p.m., ESPN3	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi			–	–	–	Montagne Center Beaumont, TX
January 28 4:30 p.m., ESPN3	Northwestern State			–	–	–	Montagne Center Beaumont, TX
February 4 4:30 p.m., ESPN3	McNeese State			–	–	–	Montagne Center Beaumont, TX
February 9 7:30 p.m., ESPN3	Sam Houston State			–	–	–	Montagne Center Beaumont, TX
February 11 7:00 p.m.	at Houston Baptist			–	–	–	Sharp Gymnasium Houston, TX
February 16 TBA, ESPN3	at Stephen F. Austin			–	–	–	William R. Johnson Coliseum Nacogdoches, TX
February 18 7:00 p.m.	at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi			–	–	–	American Bank Center Corpus Christi, TX
February 22 8:00 p.m.	at Northwestern State			–	–	–	Prather Coliseum Natchitoches, LA
February 25 4:30 p.m., ESPN3	Houston Baptist			–	–	–	Montagne Center Beaumont, TX
March 2 7:00 p.m., ESPN3	Nicholls			–	–	–	Montagne Center Beaumont, TX
March 4 3:00 p.m.	at McNeese State			–	–	–	Burton Coliseum Lake Charles, LA
Southland Tournament
March 8–11	vs.			–	–	–	Merrell Center Katy, TX
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

References

↑ "LU teams up with ESPN3 to show home games". lamarcardinals.com. January 4, 2016. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
↑ "Lamar Men's Radio". iHeartMedia. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
↑ Danny Shapiro (March 17, 2016). "Beaumont Enterprise". Hearst Newspapers II, LLC. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
↑ James Dixon (April 19, 2016). "Anderson Steps Down". Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
↑ James Dixon (June 2, 2016). "Justin Bailey Added to LU Hoops Staff". Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved June 5, 2016.

Lamar Cardinals basketball

Venues	McDonald Gym (1958–1981) Beaumont Civic Center (1981–1984) Montagne Center (1984–present)

Rivalries	McNeese State

Culture & lore	History Big Red Cardinal "Cardinals Fight!"

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

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