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Sam Houston Bearkats @ Lamar Cardinals
Present Data: Sam Houston 1-2, Lamar 1-0
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The Sam Houston Bearkats’ highway journey will proceed as they head out to face the Lamar Cardinals at 5:00 p.m. ET on Sunday at Montagne Heart. Each of those groups shall be in search of a pick-me-up after appreciable defeats of their earlier video games.
The specialists figured Sam Houston can be stumbling into the contest after a troublesome loss to Baylor, and, properly: they nailed that decision. Sam Houston took a critical blow in opposition to Baylor on Tuesday, falling 104-67. The Bearkats have not had a lot luck with the Bears lately, because the group’s come up brief the final two instances they’ve met.
The loss does not inform the entire story although, as a number of gamers had good video games. Probably the most energetic was Lamar Wilkerson, who earned 19 factors.
In the meantime, it will take a while for Lamar to get well from the 97-71 bruising that Texas A&M dished out on Monday. The Cardinals had been in a troublesome place after the primary half, with the rating already sitting at 50-29.
Like Sam Houston, Lamar misplaced regardless of seeing outcomes from a number of gamers. Alexis Marmolejos led the cost by scoring 23 factors plus two steals. The group additionally obtained some assist courtesy of Ja’Sean Jackson, who went 5 for 8 en route to fifteen factors plus three steals.
Regardless that they misplaced, Lamar smashed the offensive glass and completed the sport with 14 offensive rebounds. That sturdy efficiency was nothing new for the group: they’ve now pulled down at the very least 11 offensive rebounds in 5 consecutive video games relationship again to final season.
Sam Houston now has a dropping document at 1-2. As for Lamar, their loss dropped their document all the way down to 1-0.
Some high-performance offense is probably going on the agenda as the 2 groups are a number of the highest scoring groups within the league. Sam Houston hasn’t had any drawback operating up the rating this season, having averaged 77.7 factors per sport. Nevertheless, it is not like Lamar struggles in that division as they have been averaging 92. With each groups so simply in a position to put up factors, the one query left is who can run the rating up larger.
Sam Houston took their win in opposition to Lamar of their earlier matchup again in December of 2023 by a conclusive 90-70. In that matchup, Sam Houston amassed a halftime lead of 55-29, a powerful feat they’re going to look to repeat on Sunday.
Odds
Sam Houston is a strong 6.5-point favourite in opposition to Lamar, in line with the most recent faculty basketball odds.
The oddsmakers had a superb really feel for the road for this one, as the sport opened with the Bearkats as a 6-point favourite.
The over/below is 152.5 factors.
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Collection Historical past
Sam Houston has received 7 out of their final 10 video games in opposition to Lamar.
- Dec 03, 2023 – Sam Houston 90 vs. Lamar 70
- Jan 13, 2022 – Sam Houston 73 vs. Lamar 56
- Dec 30, 2021 – Sam Houston 75 vs. Lamar 64
- Mar 11, 2021 – Lamar 70 vs. Sam Houston 69
- Feb 22, 2021 – Sam Houston 77 vs. Lamar 71
- Jan 13, 2021 – Sam Houston 96 vs. Lamar 71
- Feb 19, 2020 – Lamar 77 vs. Sam Houston 65
- Jan 15, 2020 – Sam Houston 80 vs. Lamar 75
- Feb 16, 2019 – Lamar 75 vs. Sam Houston 72
- Jan 26, 2019 – Sam Houston 69 vs. Lamar 59