2014–15 Lamar Cardinals basketball team

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2014–15 Lamar Cardinals men's basketball
ConferenceSouthland Conference
Record15–15 (9–9 Southland)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Anthony Anderson (1st season)
  • Bobby Kummer (1st season)
  • Brian Burton (1st season)
Home arenaMontagne Center
(Capacity 10,080)
Seasons
2014–15 Southland Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Stephen F. Austin † 17 – 1   .944 29 – 5   .853
Sam Houston State 15 – 3   .833 26 – 9   .743
Texas A&M–CC 13 – 5   .722 20 – 14   .588
Northwestern State 13 – 5   .722 19 – 13   .594
Incarnate Word** 10 – 8   .556 18 – 11   .621
Lamar* 9 – 9   .500 15 – 15   .500
McNeese State 8 – 10   .444 15 – 16   .484
Houston Baptist* 7 – 11   .389 12 – 16   .429
Nicholls State 7 – 11   .389 10 – 19   .345
New Orleans 6 – 12   .333 11 – 18   .379
Southeastern Louisiana 6 – 12   .333 9 – 23   .281
Abilene Christian** 4 – 14   .222 10 – 21   .323
Central Arkansas* 2 – 16   .111 2 – 27   .069
* ineligible for postseason due to APR penalties
** ineligible for postseason due to Div. I transition
† 2015 Southland tournament winner

The 2014–15 Lamar Cardinals basketball team represented Lamar University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cardinals, led by first year head coach Tic Price, played their home games at the Montagne Center and were members of the Southland Conference.

After former head coach, Pat Knight, was fired on February 16, 2014, the Cardinals finished the season with a record of 1–4 under interim head coach, Tic Price. Price was named head coach on March 18, 2014.[1] The 2014–2015 was coach Price's first season as the Cardinals' head coach.

The Cardinals were picked to finish tenth (10th) in the conference in both the Coaches' Poll and the Sports Information Director polls.[2]

The Cardinals finished the season 15–15, 9–9 in Southland play to finish in sixth place. Due to APR penalties, they were not eligible for postseason play, including the Southland tournament. Compared to total wins (all Division I) for the previous two seasons of three and four respectively, the fifteen wins (eleven wins over NCAA Division I competition) represented a marked improvement.

Two Cardinals were recognized by the Southland Conference at the conclusion of the regular season. Tyran de Lattibeaudiere received several Southland Conference honors. He was named Southland Conference Newcomer of the Year. In addition, he was named to both the conference All-Defense team and the All-Southland Conference, 2nd team. Anthony Holiday was named to the All-Southland Conference, 3rd team.[3]

Media

All Lamar Cardinals home games except those otherwise contracted for will be broadcast online live by Big Red Sports Network (BRSN).

Off season

On April 16, Tic Price named his coaching staff. Anthony Anderson, Robert Kummer, and Antonio Madlock were named assistant coaches.[4] On May 16, Coach Madlock resigned to take a similar position at Mississippi.[5] Price completed his staff on June 27 naming Matt Pace as Director of Basketball Operations. Brian Burton was named assistant coach filling the vacancy left by Antonio Madlock's departure in May.[6]

In May, Lamar was informed that the men's basketball team would not be eligible for postseason play for failure to achieve NCAA APR standards. The team also has reduced practice from six days per week down to five per week and will be allowed only 16 hours of practice time a week instead of the normal 20 hours per week.[7] The Lamar men's basketball program was one of nine programs that did not meet the APR standards.[8]

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
Departures
Keilan Blanks 1 Guard 5'9" 160 Sophomore Spring Hill, TN Left team.
Rhon Mitchell 10 Forward 6'5" 180 Sophomore Inglewood, CA Left team.
Nimrod Hilliard 11 Guard 6'0" 154 Junior Madison, WI Left team.
Octavius Green 24 Forward 6'6" 194 Junior Gainesville, FL Left team.
Amos Wilson 34 Forward 6'5" 195 Senior Allen, TX Graduated.

Class of 2014 signees

Name Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown High School/Junior College
2014 Signees
Zjori Bosha Guard 6'5" 185 Freshman Sour Lake, TX Hardin-Jefferson HS
Zachary Hollis Forward/Center 6'9" 220 Sophomore Palmdale, CA Knight HS/Antelope Valley College
Quan Jones Guard 6'3" 170 Junior Little Rock, AR Hall HS/Connors State College
Dontavious Sears Forward 6'5" 185 Junior Memphis, TN Manassas HS/Eastern Oklahoma State College
LeMon Gregory Center 6'10" 255 Junior Greenville, KY Muhlenberg County HS/Angelina College

Roster

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2014–15 Lamar Cardinals men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 1 Anthony Holliday 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Sr Norwalk HS/Cerritos College Los Angeles, CA
PG 2 Kevin Booze 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr MacArthur HS Irving, TX
G 3 Benquan Petty 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jr DeSoto HS/Cedar Valley College DeSoto, TX
G 4 Matt Hancock 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Scotch College Melbourne, Australia
F 5 Tryan de Lattibeaudiere 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 203 lb (92 kg) Sr Tivoli Gardens HS/Vincennese (Ind.) Kingston, Jamaica
G 10 Donnell Minton 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 148 lb (67 kg) Jr Northwest HS Indianapolis, IN
G 12 Zjori Bosha 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Hardin-Jefferson HS Sour Lake, TX
F/C 15 Zachary Hollis 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jr Knight HS/Antelope Valley College Palmdale, CA
G/F 20 Marcus Owens 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Deerfield Beach HS Fort Lauderdale, FL
F 21 Donovan Ross 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 207 lb (94 kg) Sr Ridgeland HS/SW Mississippi CC Ridgeland, MS
G 22 Preston Mattingly 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Evansville Central HS Evansville, IN
F 23 Dontavious Sears 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Manassas HS/Eastern Oklahoma State College Memphis, TN
G 24 Quan Jones 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Jr Hall HS/Connors State College Little Rock, AR
C 42 LeMon Gregory 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 255 lb (116 kg) Jr Muhlenberg County HS/Angelina College Greenville, KY
F 50 Sebastian Norman 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Sr Celsius School Uppsala, Sweden
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Anthony Anderson
  • Bobby Kummer
  • Brian Burton
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: 09/12/2014

Schedule and Results

[9] Season Results: [10]

Date
time, TV 		Opponent Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Out of Conference
11/14/2014*
8:30 pm, ESPN3 		at No. 22 SMU
Hoosier Classic 		L 54–93  0–1
  12 – Holliday   9 – de Lattibeaudiere   2 – Three players  Moody Coliseum (6,971)
University Park, TX
11/16/2014*
2:00 pm, BRSN 		LSU–Alexandria
Hoosier Classic 		W 78–75  1–1
  26 – de Lattibeaudiere   10 – de Lattibeaudiere   5 – Petty  Montagne Center (3,313)
Beaumont, TX
11/19/2014*
7:00 pm 		at Texas State L 55–65  1–2
  14 – de Lattibeaudiere   5 – de Lattibeaudiere   3 – de Lattibeaudiere  Strahan Coliseum (1,634)
San Marcos, TX
11/22/2014*
7:00 pm, BTN 		at Indiana
Hoosier Classic 		L 72–85  1–3
  18 – de Lattibeaudiere   8 – de Lattibeaudiere   5 – Holliday  Assembly Hall (12,203)
Bloomington, IN
11/25/2014*
7:05 pm 		at Arkansas State W 63–58  2–3
  12 – de Lattibeaudiere   7 – de Lattibeaudiere   5 – de Lattibeaudiere  Convocation Center (1,534)
Jonesboro, AR
11/28/2014*
3:00 pm 		at Texas Southern
Hoosier Classic 		L 59–71  2–4
  16 – de Lattibeaudiere   5 – de Lattibeaudiere   4 – Jones  Health and Physical Education Arena (N/A)
Houston, TX
12/02/2014*
7:00 pm, Cyclones.tv 		at No. 20 Iowa State L 59–96  2–5
  13 – Gregory   8 – Ross   4 – Jones  Hilton Coliseum (13,907)
Ames, IA
12/13/2014*
7:00 pm 		at Texas–Pan American L 60–66  2–6
  17 – Ross   10 – Ross   5 – Jones  UTPA Fieldhouse (921)
Edinburg, TX
12/15/2014*
7:00 pm, BRSN 		Champion Baptist W 128–54  3–6
  30 – de Lattibeaudiere   7 – de Lattibeaudiere   11 – Holliday  Montagne Center (1,673)
Beaumont, TX
12/19/2014*
7:00 pm, BRSN 		Milligan W 80–53  4–6
  21 – Ross   14 – de Lattibeaudiere   3 – Ross, Holliday  Montagne Center (1,843)
Beaumont, TX
12/22/2014*
7:00 pm, BRSN 		Rice W 79–72 OT 5–6
  17 – Booze   12 – de Lattibeaudiere   5 – Holliday  Montagne Center (1,740)
Beaumont, TX
12/30/2014*
7:00 pm, BRSN 		Huston–Tillotson W 85–59  6–6
  24 – de Lattibeaudiere   13 – Owens   4 – Booze  Montagne Center (1,621)
Beaumont, TX
Conference Games
01/03/2015
6:00 pm, BRSN 		Nicholls State W 75–62  7–6
(1–0) 		 23 – Holliday   10 – Owens   5 – Booze  Montagne Center (1,877)
Beaumont, TX
01/05/2015
7:00 pm 		at New Orleans L 67–72  7–7
(1–1) 		 17 – de Lattibeaudiere   7 – de Lattibeaudiere, Owens   2 – Holliday, Booze  Lakefront Arena (581)
New Orleans, LA
01/10/2015
6:00 pm, BRSN 		Central Arkansas W 84–65  8–7
(2–1) 		 19 – Bosha   5 – de Lattibeaudiere, Gregory   5 – Holliday  Montagne Center (1,908)
Beaumont, TX
01/12/2015
7:00 pm 		at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi W 66–64  9–7
(3–1) 		 25 – Holliday   8 – Gregory   8 – Holliday  American Bank Center (824)
Corpus Christi, TX
01/17/2015
3:00 pm 		at Northwestern State L 84–96  9–8
(3–2) 		 25 – Holliday   11 – Gregory   5 – Booze  Prather Coliseum (1,823)
Natchitoches, LA
01/19/2015
7:00 pm, BRSN 		Southeastern Louisiana W 57–50  10–8
(4–2) 		 14 – de Lattibeaudiere   10 – de Lattibeaudiere   5 – Holliday  Montagne Center (1,776)
Beaumont, TX
01/24/2015
7:30 pm 		at Houston Baptist L 77–79  10–9
(4–3) 		 30 – Holliday   6 – Gregory, de Lattibeaudiere   4 – Booze  Sharp Gymnasium (979)
Houston, TX
01/26/2015
7:00 pm, BRSN 		Stephen F. Austin L 65–82  10–10
(4–4) 		 25 – Holliday   6 – Gregory   3 – Booze  Montagne Center (2,412)
Beaumont, TX
01/31/2015
6:00 pm, BRSN 		Abilene Christian W 84–74  11–10
(5–4) 		 29 – Holliday   10 – Ross   8 – Booze  Montagne Center (2,623)
Beaumont, TX
02/02/2015
6:30 pm, RTSW 		at Sam Houston State L 50–79  11–11
(5–5) 		 14 – Holliday   8 – Owens   4 – Holliday  Bernard Johnson Coliseum (1,081)
Huntsville, TX
02/07/2015
4:00 pm, ESPN3 		at Incarnate Word L 72–78  11–12
(5–6) 		 15 – Holliday; de Lattibeaudiere   9 – de Lattibeaudiere   5 – Booze  McDermott Convocation Center (1,710)
San Antonio, TX
02/09/2015
7:00 pm 		vs. Abilene Christian W 80–61  12–12
(6–6) 		 35 – Booze   6 – Jones; de Lattibeaudiere   4 – Holliday; Booze  Curtis Culwell Center (902)
Garland, TX
02/16/2015
7:00 pm, BRSN 		Houston Baptist W 72–64  13–12
(7–6) 		 20 – Owens   14 – de Lattibeaudiere   4 – Holliday  Montagne Center (1,664)
Beaumont, TX
02/21/2015
6:00 pm, BRSN 		McNeese State W 58–53  14–12
(8–6) 		 18 – Owens   10 – de Lattibeaudiere   5 – Booze  Montagne Center (3,543)
Beaumont, TX
02/23/2015
7:00 pm 		at Stephen F. Austin L 74–103  14–13
(8–7) 		 22 – de Lattibeaudiere   10 – de Lattibeaudiere   3 – Booze  William R. Johnson Coliseum (2,744)
Nacogdoches, TX
02/28/2015
6:00 pm, BRSN 		Incarnate Word W 79–66  15–13
(9–7) 		 22 – Ross   9 – de Lattibeaudiere; Ross   6 – Holliday  Montagne Center (2,005)
Beaumont, TX
03/02/2015
7:00 pm, RTSW 		at McNeese State L 69–70  15–14
(9–8) 		 26 – Holliday   11 – de Lattibeaudiere   5 – de Lattibeaudiere  Burton Coliseum (1,201)
Lake Charles, LA
03/05/2015
7:30 pm, BRSN 		Sam Houston State L 61–67  15–15
(9–9) 		 20 – Holliday   7 – de Lattibeaudiere   6 – Booze  Montagne Center (2,418)
Beaumont, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

See also

References

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  2. ^ "2014–15 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 12. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
  3. ^ "DE LATTIBEAUDIERE NAMED SOUTHLAND NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR". Lamar University Department of Athletics. March 9, 2015. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
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