2016–17 Lamar Cardinals basketball team

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2016–17 Lamar Cardinals men's basketball

Conference	Southland Conference
2016–17 record	0–0 (0–0 Southland)
Head coach	Tic Price (3rd year)
Assistant coach	Anthony Anderson (3rd year)
Assistant coach	Bobby Kummer (3rd year)
Assistant coach	Brian Burton (3rd 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
Abilene Christian*	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Central Arkansas	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Houston Baptist	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Incarnate Word*	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Lamar	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
McNeese State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
New Orleans	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Nicholls State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Northwestern State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Sam Houston State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Southeastern Louisiana	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Stephen F. Austin	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Texas A&M–CC	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
* Ineligible for postseason during transition to Division I

† 2017 Southland Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

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

Previous season and preseason

The Cardinals finished the 2015–16 season with an 11–19 overall and a 3–15 conference record.

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.^[1]

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Departures
Kevin Booze	0	Guard	5'11"	185	Sophomore	Irving, TX	Left team.
Boaz Williams	21	Forward	6'6"	197	Freshman	Houston, TX	Left team.
Christian Kennedy	14	Center	6'11"	202	Junior	Warner Robins, GA	Left team.

Roster

2016–17 Lamar Cardinals men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Home town
3.5 !F	2	Chapman, DorianDorian Chapman	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	224 lb (102 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Port Arthur, TX
1.5 !G	3	Garth, NickNick Garth	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Houston, TX
5.0 !C	4	Gregory, LeMonLeMon Gregory	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	251 lb (114 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Greenville, KY / Angelina College
1.5 !G	5	Davis, LincolnLincoln Davis	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	173 lb (78 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Pittsburgh, PA / South Plains College
3.5 !F	11	Nzeakor, JoshJosh Nzeakor	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	207 lb (94 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Mesquite, TX
1.5 !G	12	Bosha, ZjoriZjori Bosha	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	173 lb (78 kg)	2.0 !So	Nome, TX
5.0 !C	15	Hubby, TerranceTerrance Hubby	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	191 lb (87 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Arlington, TX
2.5 !G/F	20	Owens, MarcusMarcus Owens	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	193 lb (88 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Fort Lauderdale, FL
1.5 !G	22	Mattingly, PrestonPreston Mattingly	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	204 lb (93 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Evansville, IN
3.5 !F	23	Sears, DontaviousDontavious Sears	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	184 lb (83 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Memphis, TN / Eastern Oklahoma State College
1.5 !G	24	Jones, QuanQuan Jones	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	168 lb (76 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Little Rock, AR / Connors State College

Head coach

Tic Price (Virginia Tech)

Assistant coach(es)

Anthony Anderson (McNeese State)
Bobby Kummer (Charlotte)
Brian Burton (UT Dallas)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2016-03-17

Media

All 2016–17 Lamar Cardinals home games except those otherwise contracted for will be broadcast online live on ESPN3.^[2] Games will be broadcast over the radio by KLVI AM 560 radio with audio streaming over iheart radio.^[3]

Schedule and Results

Season Results: ^[4]^[5]

Date Time, TV	Result	Record	High points
Out of Conference
*	–	–
Conference Games
	–	– ( – )	–
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

References

↑ Danny Shapiro (March 17, 2016). "Beaumont Enterprise". Hearst Newspapers II, LLC. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
↑ "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.
↑ "2016–17 Men's Basketball Cumulative Statistics". Lamar University Department of Athletics.
↑ "Lamar Cardinals". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 17, 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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