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1 MBKB SID: Brian Henry Office Phone: (409) Cell: (573) LAMAR SCHEDULE/RESULTS Date Opponent Result/Time N 13 LeTourneau University W, N 16 at Mississippi L, N 19 Wyoming L, N 24 Oral Roberts L, N 28 at New Orleans L, D 1 at Northern Illinois L, D 4 St. Gregory s W, D 8 Louisiana College W, D 12 at #25 BYU L, D 22 Rice W, D 29 Lyon College W, J 1 at Texas Tech L, J 8 Utah Valley State W, J 12 * UTSA W, J 17 * at Stephen F. Austin L, J 19 * Sam Houston State W, ot J 24 * at Central Arkansas W, ot J 26 * at Northwestern State W, F 2 * McNeese State 7 p.m. F 7 * at Nicholls State 6:30 p.m. F 9 * Southeastern Louisiana 7 p.m. F 14 * Texas-Arlington 7 p.m. F 16 * at Texas State 4 p.m. F 21 * Central Arkansas 7 p.m. F 23 * Northwestern State 7 p.m. F 27 * at A&M-Corpus Christi 7 p.m. M 1 * at McNeese State 6:30 p.m. M 6 * Nicholls State 7 p.m. M 8 * at Southeastern Louisiana 7 p.m. M Southland Tournament (Katy, Texas) * Southland Conference game Times are Central Lamar (11-8, 5-1) at Nicholls State (6-16, 1-6) Thursday, Feb. 7 * 7:00 p.m. CT Thibodaux, La. * Stopher Gym (3,800) Radio: KLVI 560 AM with Dave Hofferth * TV: None Lamar Travels To Thibodaux Looking To Keep Streaks Alive Riding a season-best four-game winning streak, Lamar travels to Nicholls State for a Southland battle at Stopher Gym. The Cardinals bring the four-game streak with them, but also have won two-straight road contests. The game is the only league contest on the schedule for Thursday.. Lamar-Nicholls State Series History This will be the 22nd meeting between Lamar and Nicholls State with the Cardinals holding an 18-3 alltime series advantage. Lamar is 12-0 in games played in Beaumont, 5-3 in Thibodaux and 1-0 on a neutral court. The teams split their two meetings a year ago, with each holding serve at home. Lamar won the early meeting, 89-82, on Feb. 1 in Beaumont, before Nicholls State made 15 first-half 3-pointers to jump out to a halftime lead and hold on for a LAMAR CARDINALS Record: 11-8, 5-1 (H: 9-2 A: 2-6 N: 0-0) Streak: Won 4 Last game: Defeated McNeese State, on Saturday in Beaumont Head Coach: Steve Roccaforte (Lamar, 1989) Record: (2nd season) at Lamar: same vs. Nicholls: 1-1 TEAM INFO victory. Lamar has won eight of the last 10 meetings. Since returning to the SLC, Lamar is 11-3 vs. Nicholls State. Scouting Nicholls State Nicholls State enters the game having dropped its last six games (after upsetting SFA in ot in the season-opener), including a tough double-overtime game with UCA on Saturday. The Colonels played the sixth-toughest non-conference schedule in the country with contests against Florida State, Tulane, Cal, LSU, New Orleans, Alabama, then-no. 1 North Carolina, Minnesota and UNLV. Junior Ryan Bathie leads a balanced scoring attack with 13.0 ppg (16.1 in SLC play), 3.7 rpg and 2.3 apg. Junior Anatoly Bose and freshman Dominic Friend are each pulling down 4.2 rpg, while junior Justin Payne is handing-out a team-best 2.3 apg. As a team, Nicholls State averages 65 ppg on 40.9 NICHOLLS STATE COLONELS Record: 6-16, 1-6 (H: 3-2 A: 1-13 N: 2-1) Streak: Lost 6 Last game: Lost to Central Arkansas, in 2ot on Saturday in Thibodaux Head Coach: J.P. Piper (SE Louisiana, 1991) Record: (4th season) at Nicholls: same vs. Lamar: 1-4 PROJECTED STARTERS LAMAR No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl.-Exp. Hometown PPG RPG Notes 33 Lamar Sanders F Sr.-1L Hickory Flat, Miss Leads LU in FG% (.643), blks (20) and steals (33) 44 Tristan Worrell C Jr.-JC Houston, Texas Made sixth start of the season against McNeese State 14 Kenny Dawkins G Jr.-JC Holly Springs, Miss a Leads team in 3FG ( per gm) and minutes (33.3) 21 Darren Hopkins G Sr.-1L Baltimore, Md ppg in his last four games, including three starts 23 Matthew Barrow G Sr.-2L Baton Rouge, La FG in last 8 gms; 30 this year ranks 2nd on team NICHOLLS STATE No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl.-Exp. Hometown PPG RPG Notes 11 Dominic Friend F Fr.-RS Dallas, Texas pts, 11 rebs at Texas State (1/19) 21 Ryan Bathie F Jr.-2L Melbourne, Australia ppg in SLC action ranks sixth in the league 5 Justin Payne G Jr.-2L Opelousas, La a Ranks 17th in the SLC in assists 20 Adonis Gray G Sr.-3L Thibodaux, La offensive rebs leads the team 31 Anatoly Bose G Fr.-HS Sydney, Australia ppg in SLC games ranks seventh in the league

2 percent shooting while allowing 73 ppg overall and 75.4 in SLC games. They rank third in the league in conference games in steals (9.71 per game) and turnover margin (+3.29). Hopkins Turning Up The Heat Senior G Darren Hopkins has turned up his production since league play began six games ago. After 13 non-conference games he was averaging 7.9 points on 32 percent shooting (just 28 percent from outside) and 3.5 rebounds, but in the last six games his numbers have escalated to 13.7 ppg on 45 percent shooting (42 percent from outside) and 6.0 boards Balanced Scoring Has Been The Key Through six conference games, Lamar has five players averaging double figures in scoring with the first and fifth scoring options separated by just 2.5 points per game. In fact, six different players have led the team in scoring over the course of the first six games. Best shooters in the league? Lamar Sanders ranks second in FG Pct at 64.3 pct, Currye Todd is first in 3-Point FG Pct at 48.3 pct and Kenny Dawkins is first in FT Pct. at 88.3 pct. No school has had two players lead the league in FG and FT shooting in the same season, let alone all three categories. Hopkins Named SLC Player of the Week - Jan. 28 Senior G Darren Hopkins was named the Southland Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week after leading the Cardinals to a 4-1 start in league play. It is the second-career honor for Hopkins, as he first won the honor on Feb. 26, Hopkins is also the second Cardinal to win the honor this season, as Lamar Sanders was selected on Jan. 14. Hopkins had his two highest-scoring games of the year last week, as he averaged 17.5 points and 5.5 rebounds while shooting.619 (13-of-21) from the floor helping Lamar sweep road games at UCA and Northwestern State. In the team's overtime win at Central Arkansas, he netted a team and season-high 20 points (on 7-of-11), which snapped the Cardinals' eight-game road losing streak. He was perfect in the second-half alone, scoring 10 points on 3-of-3, 2-of- 2 from outside and 2-of-2 from the FT line; adding 4 points, 2 rebounds and an assist in overtime. D-Hop came back two days later and finished with 15 points on 6-of-10 shooting against the Demons, adding a team-best seven rebounds. He dished out three assists in each game, tying his season-best, while his three steals also tied his career high. Lamar s Recent SLC POW : Darren Hopkins Jan. 28 Lamar Sanders Jan. 14 Akron Alabama Alabama State Bethune-Cookman Bradley Bucknell Cal-State Northridge Central Connecticut Charlotte Citadel Eastern Michigan Grambling Holy Cross Lamar Maryland Miami (Ohio) Montana Keith Dambrot `82 Mark Gottfried `87 Lewis Jackson `84 Cliff Reed `91 Jim Les `86 Pat Flannery `80 Bobby Braswell `84 Howie Dickman `70 Bobby Lutz `80 Ed Conroy `89 Charles Ramsey `92 Larry Wright `75 Ralph Willard `67 Steve Roccaforte `89 Gary Williams `68 Charlie Coles `65 Wayne Tinkle ` : Lamar Sanders Mar. 5 Darren Hopkins Feb. 26 James Davis Nov : Alan Daniels Jan. 17 Alan Daniels Dec. 19 Alan Daniels Dec : Raymond Anthony Feb. 7 Alan Daniels Jan. 3 Alan Daniels Dec. 20 Seven-Game Skid Ends Against NW State... Lamar s win over Northwestern State snapped a seven-game losing streak to the Demons. The last win over a NW State squad came on Feb. 3, 2005 in Natchitoches. The 91 points scored by LU were the fifth-highest in series history.... And 8-Game Road Skid Stopped At UCA Lamar s win at Central Arkansas was its first road victory of the year (1-6) and snapped an eightgame road losing streak that dated back to last season. The Cardinals last win in an opponent s arena came at UCA last season. LU has won all three meetings with UCA since the Bears joined the SLC a year ago. Lamar Plays Second-Consecutive OT Game For just the third time in school history, Lamar played consecutive overtime games (SHSU and at UCA). In January of 1997, Grey Giovanini s squad actually played three-straight overtime games - going and actually had another two games after the last one for a stretch of four OT battles in five games. Pat Foster s bunch played free basketball in the second and third games of their season. More Overtime Notes Lamar is now all-time in overtime games and 2-0 this season. The last time a Cardinal squad won two OT games in the same season came during the campaign. Furthermore, it is just the fourth time to win two conference OT games ( , 94-95, 96-97). Offensive Rebounding Pleasing To Coach Roc Head coach Steve Roccaforte has always wanted his players to play hard for 40 minutes. He is starting to get that response on the glass. In the last four games, Lamar is averaging 41.5 rpg and has attacked the offensive glass to the tune of 14, 20, 20 and 19 which has resulted in an average of 16.5 secondchance points per game. The Cardinals rank third in the SLC in offensive rebounds at Lamar In The NCAA Rankings Lamar enters the Nicholls State contest ranked in the top 60 in the NCAA in three categories: scoring offense-14th, assists per game-23rd and steals per game-25th. Additionally, Kenny Dawkins ranks 16th DIVISION I COACHES AT THEIR ALMA MATER (32) Morehead State Donnie Tyndall `93 North Carolina Roy Williams`72 N. C. State Sidney Lowe `83 Oklahoma State Sean Sutton `92 Oregon Ernie Kent `77 Pacific Bob Thomason `71 Penn State Ed DeChellis `82 Princeton Sydney Johnson `97 Purdue Matt Painter `94 Rice Willis Wilson `82 Sacred Heart Dave Bike `69 Southern Illinois Chris Lowery `95 Syracuse Jim Boeheim `66 Toledo Stan Joplin `79 West Virginia Bob Huggins `77 Western Kentucky Darrin Horn `95 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE STANDINGS East Division SLC ALL Lamar Northwestern State SE Louisiana Central Arkansas McNeese State Nicholls State West Division Stephen F. Austin Sam Houston State Texas-Arlington Texas State TAMU-Corpus Christi UTSA Recent Results F 2 at A&M-Corpus Christi 73, UTSA 61 at Texas State 96, Sam Houston State 93 (ot) Central Arkansas 98, Nicholls State 96 (2ot) Stephen F. Austin 71, at UT Arlington 49 at Lamar 89, McNeese State 67 Northwestern State 60, at Southeastern La. 55 F 5 at UT Arlington 71, Texas Pan American 68 Upcoming Schedule F 6 McNeese State at Southeastern La. 7 p.m. Stephen F. Austin at TAMUCC 7 p.m. Sam Houston State at UTSA 7 p.m. F 7 Lamar at Nicholls State 6:30 p.m. F 9 Nicholls St. at McNeese St. 3 p.m. Texas State at UT Arlington 4 p.m. Northwestern St. at Central Arkansas 6 p.m. UTSA at Stephen F. Austin 6 p.m. TAMUCC at Sam Houston State 7 p.m. Southeastern La. at Lamar 7 p.m. Lamar Players Among The SLC Leaders All Games SLC Only Scoring Kenny Dawkins t Lamar Sanders Darren Hopkins --- t Matthew Barrow --- t Rebounding Lamar Sanders Justin Nabors Darren Hopkins Off. Rebs Justin Nabors Lamar Sanders FG Pct. Lamar Sanders Justin Nabors Kenny Dawkins Darren Hopkins FT Pct. Kenny Dawkins Jay Brown --- t FG Pct. Brandon McThay (2) ** t Currye Todd Kenny Dawkins Darren Hopkins FG Made Kenny Dawkins Matthew Barrow Currye Todd t Darren Hopkins Assists Kenny Dawkins A/TO Ratio Kenny Dawkins Blocks Lamar Sanders Jay Brown Steals Lamar Sanders t t Kenny Dawkins t Matthew Barrow t t Minutes Kenny Dawkins Lamar Sanders * Needs 2 more made 3FG to qualify

3 LAMAR QUICK FACTS Location Beaumont, Texas Founded Enrollment ,379 Colors Red and White Arena Montagne Center (10,080) Conference Southland President Dr. James M. Simmons Athletic Director Billy Tubbs Head Coach Steve Roccaforte Assistant Coaches Brandon Aldrich, Kermit Holmes, Don Skelton Secretary Sharon Marrs Basketball Office (409) Website: MEDIA POLICIES AND SERVICES Brian Henry, Assistant AD/MBKB SID Office Phone (409) Cell Phone (573) Office Fax (409) Press Row Phone (409) Ticket Office (409) Sports Information Office The Lamar Sports Information Office is located in Room 138 of the Montagne Center on floor level. Broadcast Information Every game will be broadcast on KLVI 560 AM. Dave Hofferth is back for his 30th season of handling play-by-play for Cardinals basketball. All games will also be available on the internet via the College Sports Pass at Interviews All interviews with student-athletes must be arranged through the Lamar Sports Information Office. Lamar s normal practice time is 3-6 p.m. in the Montagne Center and coaches and players are available prior to practice. For any special requests, please contact Brian Henry. Postgame Policy Steve Roccaforte and requested players will be brought to the interview room located in the Hall of Honor Lounge of the Cardinal Club Room following the 10-minute cooling off period. On the road, Roccaforte and requested players will be available outside the Lamar locker room. The Lamar locker room will be CLOSED to the media. Steve Roccaforte Coaches Show The Steve Roccaforte call-in coaches show will be broadcast on KLVI-560 AM on Monday s during the season from 7-8 p.m. There will also be a Steve Roccaforte Coaches Show on KFDM-TV (Ch. 6) on Sunday s from 11:05-11:35 p.m. The show will run for 10 consecutive weeks beginning in January. in free throw percentage at 88.3 pct and 91st in assists per game at 4.5. Sanders.643 FG Pct Ranks Eighth In The Nation... Sort Of Senior F Lamar Sanders ranks second in the Southland in FG pct with a.643 clip (he also is shooting.688 in 6 SLC games) and ranks eighth in the NCAA... sort of. His 92 field goals made average out to 4.8 per game, which is just shy of the 5.0 per game required by the NCAA. So, for him to appear in Thursday s leaders he needs to make at least eight shots on Thursday. The Magic Number is Lamar is 10-4 this season when scoring at least 70 points and 8-2 when holding its opponents under 70. The Cardinals are now in two seasons under coach Steve Roccaforte when reaching the 70-point plateau. Big Red s 92.6% FT Effort vs. SHSU Second-Highest In The Southland This Season In the span of 48 hours, Lamar went from converting 60 percent (second lowest all year) of its free throw attempts last Thursday at SFA to making a seasonhigh 92.6 percent on 25-of-27 in the overtime win over Sam Houston State. Aside from 3-for-3 and 7-for-7 efforts by McNeese State and Northwestern State, that figure is the second-highest in the SLC this year behind SELA s 92.9 (13-of-14) effort against Millsaps on Nov. 29. Close Ones The Cardinals have lost eight games this season but four have been especially agonizing for the LU faithful. In losses to Wyoming (75-71), Oral Roberts (65-57) and at Northern Illinois (65-63), Lamar was unable to maintain second-half leads in each contest. LU led Wyoming by 12 with 18:03 left and by 5 with 5:36 left; five days later against ORU the Cards had an 11-point lead in the first half and led with 7:41 to play before being surrendering 11-consecutive points over the next 3:41; and after taking a 13- point lead on NIU with 16:54 remaining, LU was outscored the rest of the way as the Huskies second-chance tip-in at the buzzer proved to be the difference. The Cardinals nearly pulled off a big upset last Tuesday at Texas Tech when the game was tied at 77 with 1:20 to play. But following a pair of Tech free throws with 22.5 seconds to play, Brandon McThay s 3-point attempt rimmed out as time expired. Forcing Turnovers The Cardinals defense has done a very good job in forcing turnovers this season. Lamar has forced 358 turnovers while committing 291 miscues. LU is first Broadcaster Years Max Falkenstein, Kansas 60 Bob Brooks, Iowa 58 Jim Zabel, Iowa 56 Morry Mannies, Ball State 51 Jack Cristil, Mississippi State 50 Ray Christiansen, Minnesota 45 Cawood Ledford, Kentucky 39 Ray Goss, Duquense 39 Bill Hillgrove, Pittsburgh 39 John Decamp, Purdue 38 Mike Roberts, New Mexico 38 Wes Strader, Western Kentucky 36 Woody Durham, North Carolina 36 Bob Curtis, Idaho 35 DIVISION I RADIO BROADCASTERS in the SLC with a 3.7 turnover margin. The Cardinals have forced their opponents into at least 20 turnovers 10 times this season, including three of the last four. UTSA, Rice, Lyon College, Louisiana College and LeTourneau all committed more turnovers than field goals made. Another 14-Point Comeback Win Lamar now has a pair of 14-point come-from-behind victories to its credit this season. On Saturday the Cardinals trailed Sam Houston State by 14 late in the first half and rallied to win in overtime The same thing happened three games earlier in LU s final non-conference contest against Utah Valley State. Both occurrances marked the largest margin overcome to win a game under second-year coach Steve Roccaforte.Since the season, they are tied for the sixth-largest deficit a Lamar team has come back from and won the game. Largest Come-From-Behind Wins (since ) Time Deficit Score Remaining 19 Texas-Arlington (1/31/04) :35 in 1st 16 at Arkansas State (12/14/05) :44 in 1st 16 at Louisiana-Monroe (3/2/05) :15 15 at Texas-San Antonio (2/23/05) :28 15 Louisiana-Monroe (1/29/05) :16 in 1st 14 Sam Houston State (1/17/08) :37 in 1st 14 Utah Valley (1/8/08) :33 left 14 at Nicholls State (2/7/02) :13 in 1st 13 Texas-Pan American (12//21/02) :52 in 1st 12 Texas A&M-CC (2/22/07) :36 10 Sam Houston State (1/10/04) :55 in 1st ** Italicized games happened under Steve Roccaforte In A Giving Mood As Feb. 14 Approaches Lamar has assisted on 56.6 of its baskets this season - a figure that is slightly down from a year ago, but when you look at the Cardinals assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.07 (which ranks second in the SLC), you will see that that figure is slightly ahead of last year s total. Cards Turning Into A Second-Half Team While head coach Steve Roccaforte has preached to his players that they need to play 40 minutes every game, it might be comforting to the second-year coach to know that his halftime adjustments and encouraging words are having a positive effect on his troops. In the last five games, Lamar has shot 39 percent from the floor and 31 percent from outside in the first half, compared to 53 percent and 39 percent from those locations in the second half. The Cardinals are also averaging 9.6 more points (45.8 to 36.2) in the second 20-minute period than the first. Broadcaster Years Don Fischer, Indiana 35 Paul J. Schneider, Boise State 34 Bill Woodward, Fresno State 34 Jim Jeannotte, New Hampshire 34 Norm Fletcher, Northwestern State 32 Rich Chvotkin, Georgetown 32 Dave Nitz, Louisiana Tech 32 Dan Gustin, Nevada 32 John Ward, Tennessee 31 Bob Harris, Duke 31 Larry Clisby, Purdue 30 Dave Hofferth, Lamar 30 Dick Groat, Pittsburgh 29 Bold denotes currently active

4 Triple Double-Double Sets School Record When Darren Hopkins, Justin Nabors and Lamar Sanders each posted a double-double in the win over Lyon College (12/29), the trio combined to make school history when the trio became the first group of Lamar players to post three double-doubles in the same game. Sharing The Rock - 75% of the Time In the win over Lyon College (12/29), Lamar assisted on 28 of its 40 baskets for a 70 percent rate - a season high. That is until Tuesday when the Cardinals dished out 21 assists on 28 buckets for a new seasonhigh of 75 percent. Other top assists-to-field goals made ratios included: 62.5% (15a to 24 fg) vs. Wyoming and 60.9 (14a to 23 fg) vs. Rice. Lamar With Three In SLC Top 15 In 3-Pointers Lamar is the only school in the SLC with three players ranking in the top 15 in 3-point field goal percentage. Currye Todd ranks first at 48.3%, Brandon McThay is second at 47.1 percent and Kenny Dawkins is rated 10th at 38.1%. As a team, the Cardinals are third at 35.9% and third in 3-pointers made per game at More On The 3-Ball Since Steve Roccaforte took over at Lamar last season, the Cardinals have made 416 total 3-pointers for an average of 8.2 per game. In those 51 games, LU has made at least 10 treys 16 times, including five this year. The season-high 16 made against Louisiana College on Dec. 8 are tied for the third-most in school history, 13th-most in the NCAA in and the second-most in the SLC this season. Only once in the past two seasons have the Cardinals failed to make less than four in a game (vs. NSU in the 2007 SLC Tournament). Double-Double Trouble Three Cardinals have combined for eight doubledoubles this season. Justin Nabors is tied for fifth in the SLC with four and Lamar Sanders is tied for seventh with three on the year. Sanders led the team with 12 double-doubles last season. Darren Hopkins has posted one in Player PtsRebs Opponent (Date) Justin Nabors vs. LeTourneau (11/13/07) Justin Nabors at New Orleans (11/28/07) Justin Nabors vs. Lyon College (12/29/07) Justin Nabors vs McNeese State (2/2/08) Lamar Sanders at Northern Ill. (12/1/07) Lamar Sanders vs. Lyon College (12/29/07) Lamar Sanders at UCA (1/24/08) Darren Hopkins vs. Lyon College (12/29/07) Home Sweet Home Lamar will play 16 games in the Montagne Center this season. The Cardinals played 14 home games last season, posting an 11-3 record, which ranked as the fifth-best home winning percentage (.786) in the Montagne Center. Since the Montagne Center opened ( ), Lamar has won 68.6% of its games in the 10,080-seat arena. Overall, Lamar has won 73.7% of its home games since the season, the Cardinals first year competing as a fouryear institution. Lamar is 9-2 at home this season and 20-5 (.800) under coach Roccaforte. Checking the RPI and Sagarin Ratings In the latest NCAA RPI Rankings, Lamar is listed at 176 (up six spots from last week), while Nicholls State is 217. In the Sagarin Ratings, Lamar is ranked 174 and NSU is 255. Stephen F. Austin is the highest ranked SLC team at 77, followed by Sam Houston at 96 and UTA at 156. The SLC is rated 23rd among 31 conferences and the Pac-10 is the top-rated conference. Cardinals In Conference Openers Lamar improved to all-time in conference openers with a 22-4 mark in openers at home. The Cardinals are as a Southland Conference member and 11-3 in Beaumont. Since rejoining the SLC in , the Cardinals are 5-5 with a 3-1 mark in the Montagne Center. Non-Conference Numbers Under Roccaforte With the Southland season upon us we can report that Lamar is in non-conference games under head coach Steve Roccaforte, with a 6-7 mark in Lamar s Record in Home Away Neutral Leading at halftime Trailing at halftime Tied at halftime In overtime Outrebounding opponent Being outrebounded by opponent Rebounding same as opponent Shooting better than opponent Shooting worse than opponent Shooting 50% or better Shooting under 40% Opponent shooting 50% or better Opponent shooting under 40% Committing fewer turnovers than opponent..9-6 Committing more turnovers than opponent..1-1 Committing same turnovers as opponent Forcing 20 or more turnovers Turning it over 20 or more times Making more free throws than opponent Making fewer free throws than opponent Making same free throws as opponent More assists than opponent Fewer assists than opponent Same assists as opponent In games decided by 10 points or less In games decided by 5 points or less When scoring 100 or more points When allowing 100 or more points When scoring points When allowing more points When scoring points When allowing points When scoring less than 80 points When allowing less than 80 points LAMAR S EARLY SIGNEE INFORMATION Lamar University signed three players during the early signing period, including local product Brandon Moton who prepped at Central High School, to national letters-of-intent to continue their education and play men s basketball for the Cardinals, announced Head Coach Steve Roccaforte. In addition to Moton, Charlie Harper of San Antonio Madison High School and Skyler Williams of Chipola College will be joining the Cardinals for the season next fall. A 6-4, 200 pound guard, Moton was a threetime first-team all-district performer at Central, where he was coached by former Lamar player Calvin Rice. He was a Top 50 players in the state of Texas as a senior and was a James Gamble Award nominee and a McDonald s All-America nominee. Moton, who is a sophomore at Angelina College this year, averaged 9.4 ppg, 1.6 rpg and 1.3 apg as a freshman last season. He shot 43 percent from the field, 41 percent from three-point range and 70 percent from the free throw line. He led Angelina with 55 3-pointers made. A 6-4, 185-pound guard, Harper has helped Madison win to straight district championships and advance to the Class 5A semifinals last season. He averaged 8.0 ppg last season and was an honorable mention all-district performer. Madison is ranked among the Top 20 Class 5A teams in the state. Harper, who is a three-year varsity letterwinner, is ranked as the 48th best prospect in the state by Texas Roundball and 72nd by Texas Hoops. He played for the San Antonio AAU team last summer where he averaged 17.5 ppg and 10.0 rpg. He helped lead the team to the 2007 Las Vegas Main Event championship. Williams, a 6-2, 190-pound guard, averaged 4.8 ppg, 2.5 rpg and 1.1 spg as a freshman last season at Chipola College, which was ranked No. 1 in the NJCAA Top 25 poll much of the year and advanced to the NJCAA National Championship game. He shot 43 percent from the field, 38 percent from 3-point range and 65 percent from the free throw line. Williams is redshirting this season which will give him three years of eligibility at Lamar. A native of Dublin, Ga., Williams prepped at East Laurens High School where he was also one of the top quarterbacks in the state. Chipola College, who has had six players sign early to play next year at four-year institutions, is off to a 14-0 start this season and is ranked as the No. 1 team in the country. Individual Leaders Leading team in scoring: Sanders-8, Dawkins- 7, Nabors-3, Todd-2, Barrow-1, Hopkins-1, McThay-1 Leading team in rebounding: Sanders-13, Nabors-7, Hopkins-3, Barrow-1, Brown-1, Dawkins-1, Nwevo-1 Scoring in double-figures: Dawkins-13, Sanders-12, Hopkins-10, Barrow-9, Nabors-9, Todd-6, McThay-4, Nwevo-3, Brown-3 Scoring 20 or more pts: Dawkins-4, Nabors-2, Hopkins-1 With 10 or more rebounds: Nabors-4, Sanders-3, Hopkins-1 Double-Double in points and rebounds: Nabors-4, Sanders-3, Hopkins-1 Record by Starting Lineup Sanders, Worrell, Dawkins, Hopkins, Barrow Sanders, Nabors, Nwevo, McThay, Dawkins Sanders, Nabors, Nwevo, Dawkins, Barrow Sanders, Brown, Dawkins, Hopkins, Barrow Sanders, Nabors, Dawkins, Hopkins, Todd Sanders, Nabors, Worrell, Dawkins, Hopkins...0-3

5 For Openers Lamar has a (.719) all-time record in season openers, including a 29-3 mark at home, 9-9 on the road and 3-4 on a neutral court. The Cardinals opened the season with a home win over LeTourneau. Lamar has won nine of its last 12 season openers, including 10 straight at home. Mississippi Connection Lamar s roster features four players from the state of Mississippi - Kenny Dawkins (Holly Springs), Justin Nabors (Holly Springs), Lamar Sanders (Hickory Flat) and Currye Todd (Byhalia). Dawkins and Nabors helped Holly Springs HS to back-to-back state championships in 2004 and Sanders and Todd were teammates for two years and Northwest Mississippi CC, where they were coached by current Lamar assistant Don Skelton. Nabors joined Sanders and Todd at Northwest Mississippi for his freshman year (Sanders and Todd were sophomores). Reunited Junior Kenny Dawkins and Justin Nabors were high school teammates, helping Holly Springs (Miss.) win back-to-back state titles in 2004 and After high school, Nabors stayed close to home and played two years at Northwest Mississippi CC, playing his first year under head coach Don Skelton, who is now an assistant on the Cardinals staff. He was an NJCAA honorable mention All-American last season as a sophomore. Dawkins played two years at Arizona Western College where he earned NJCAA All- American second-team honors last season as a sophomore. Lamar Part of Southland s TV Package Lamar will play two games on Fox Sports Net - Southwest as part of the Southland Conference s package with the network. The Cardinals game Feb. 16 at Texas State and the Feb. 28 game at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi will be televised on FSN- Southwest. Lamar has been a regular on the network with at least one game in each of the last five years. Sanders, Hopkins Named to Preseason All- Southland Conference Teams Seniors Lamar Sanders (Hickory Flat, Miss./Northwest Mississippi CC) and Darren Hopkins (Baltimore, Md./Panola JC) were both named to preseason All-Southland Conference teams. Sanders, who was a second-team all-slc selection and SLC newcomer of the year last season, was named to the preseason all-slc first-team. He averaged 12.2 ppg and 9.8 rpg, which led the SLC and ranked 12th in the NCAA. He shot 59.3% from the field and led the team with 103 assists. Hopkins, who was an honorable mention all-slc selection last season, was named to the preseason all-slc secondteam. He is the team s leading returning scorer at 13.4 ppg and averaged 3.6 rpg. He shot a team-best 43.5% (67-154) from 3-point range, tied for second with 27 steals and was third in assists with 89. Returning Fire Power Lamar returns four starters and six letterwinners from last year s squad. Those returning players accounted for 66 percent of the scoring and 59 percent of the rebounding. Senior Lamar Sanders led the team in rebounding last season at 9.8 rpg and senior Darren Hopkins is the team s leading returning scorer at 13.4 ppg. Preseason Predictions The Southland Conference split into two divisions for the first time in league history last season and the alignments will remain the same for the season. Lamar will compete in the East Division with Central Arkansas, McNeese State, Nicholls State, Northwestern State and Southeastern Louisiana. The West Division has Sam Houston State, Stephen F. Austin, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Texas- Arlington, Texas-San Antonio and Texas State. Lamar was picked as the team to beat in the East Division in the preseason coaches poll grabbing six first-place votes and 61 points. Defending East winner Northwestern State claimed five first-place votes and was second with 59 points, followed by McNeese State (1) with 48 points, SLU (32), Central Arkansas (25) and Nicholls State (21). Sam Houston State garnered eight first-place votes and was the LAMAR-NICHOLLS STATE SERIES HISTORY Date W/L Score Location 12/28/59 W Monroe 12/14/60 W Beaumont 2/5/64 W Beaumont 1/4/65 W Beaumont 12/7/96 W Thibodaux 12/13/97 W Beaumont 12/28/98 W Thibodaux 2/18/99 W-ot Beaumont 1/22/00 W Beaumont 1/20/01 W Beaumont 2/19/01 L Thibodaux 1/17/02 W Beaumont 2/7/02 W Thibodaux 1/2/03 W Beaumont 2/6/03 W Thibodaux 2/19/04 L Thibodaux Date W/L Score Location 1/25/05 W Beaumont 1/26/06 W Thibodaux 3/1/06 W Beaumont 2/1/07 W Beaumont 3/1/07 L Thibodaux Overall Record: Lamar leads 18-3 Lamar Record In Beaumont: 12-0 Lamar Record In Thibodaux: 5-3 Lamar Record in Neutral Sites: 1-0 Lamar Record Under Roccaforte: 1-1 Longest Lamar Winning Streak: 10 ( ) Longest Nicholls Winning Streak: 1 (3 times) Largest Lamar Margin of Victory: 34 (1964) Largest McNeese Margin of Victory: 15 (2007) Games decided by 3 pts or less: Lamar leads 2-0 STATISTICAL MATCHUP Lamar Stat Nicholls State 81.4 Scoring Average Scoring Defense Scoring Margin _ FG% _ _ FG% Defense PT FG% _ _ 3-PT FG% Defense _ _ FT% _ Rebound Average _ _ Opponent Rebound Average _ Rebound Margin _ Assist Average Turnover Margin _ Steals Average _ _ Blocks Average _ 2.0 Preseason SLC Coaches Poll EAST DIVISION 1. Lamar (6) Northwestern State (5) McNeese State (1) Southeastern Louisiana Central Arkansas Nicholls State 21 WEST DIVISION 1. Sam Houston State (8) Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (1) Texas-Arlington (2) Stephen F. Austin (1) Texas-San Antonio Texas State 18 Preseason All-Southland Conference FIRST TEAM Chris Daniels C Sr. TAMU-CC Ryan Bright F Sr. SHSU Jermaine Griffin F Sr. UTA Lamar Sanders F Sr. Lamar Jarvis Bradley F Sr. McN SECOND TEAM Josh Alexander G Jr. SFA Durrell Nevels F Sr. UCA Trey Gilder F Sr. NWLA Darren Hopkins G Sr. Lamar Colby Bargeman G Sr. NWLA CAREER STATS VS. NICHOLLS STATE Player GS-GP Min-Avg. FG-A Pct. 3FG-A Pct. FT-A Pct. O-D-R Avg. A T B S Pts Avg. Barrow Custer Hopkins Sanders Todd

6 overwhelming pick in the West Division with 63 points. Defending SLC regular-season and tournament champion TAMU-CC received one first-place vote and was second with 50 points. UTA grabbed two first-place votes and was third with 47 points, followed by SFA (1) with 40 points, UTSA (27) and Texas State (18). Each team will play the other members of its division twice, and the members of the other division once, three at home and three away, for a 16-game league schedule. The SLC Tournament format will include eight teams with the top two teams from each division automatically making the tournament, followed by the next four best conference records. The O Reilly Auto Parts SLC Tournament will be March at the Merrell Center in Katy. The championship game is schedule for Sunday, March 16 at 1 p.m. on ESPN2 with the winner getting the league s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament Schedule Second-year coach Steve Roccaforte has put together another challenging schedule for the Cardinals in Roccaforte s philosophy is to play games that will test his team early, which includes playing games against teams for the SEC, Conference USA, MAC and Mountain West conferences. Lamar opens the season Nov. 13 when LeTourneau University visits the Montagne Center. The Cardinals travel to Ole Miss (Nov. 16) before returning home for games against Wyoming (Nov. 19) and Oral Roberts (Nov. 24). Lamar hits the road for two straight at New Orleans (Nov. 28) and Northern Illinois (Dec. 1). The Cardinals return home for four of its next five games starting with St. Gregory s (Dec. 4) and Louisiana College (Dec. 8). After a trip to BYU (Dec. 12), Lamar closes out 2007 with games against Rice (Dec. 22) and Lyon College (Dec. 29). The Cardinals ring in the new year with a New Year s Day game at Texas Tech. Lamar closes out its non-conference schedule at home against Utah Valley State (Jan. 8). The Cardinals will play the other five East Division members twice and the six members of the West Division once, three home and three away, for a 16- game schedule. Lamar will play UTSA, Sam Houston State and Texas-Arlington at home and Stephen F. Austin, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and Texas State on the road. The SLC Tournament format will still include eight teams with the top two teams from each division automatically making the tournament, followed by the next four best conference records. The O Reilly Auto Parts SLC Tournament will be March at the Merrell Center in Katy. The championship game is schedule for Sunday, March 11 at 1 p.m. on ESPN2 with the winner getting the league s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. MISCELLANEOUS SCORING STATS (Lamar/Opponent) Starters Bench Points In Points Off 2nd Chance Fast Break Opponent Result Scoring Scoring The Paint Turnovers Points Points LeTourneau W, / / / / / 11 9 / 4 at Ole Miss L, / / / / / 12 2 / 4 Wyoming L, / / / / 18 4 / 6 8 / 8 Oral Roberts L, / 33 9 / / / 22 9 / 8 7 / 10 at New Orleans L, / / / / / 19 2 / 2 at Northern Illinois L, / / / / 23 8 / 10 3 / 8 St. Gregory s W, / / / / 7 20 / / 2 Louisiana College W, / / / / / 5 8 / 0 at BYU L, / / / / 11 4 / 19 6 / 10 Rice W, / / / / / 6 12 / 6 Lyon College W, / / / / / 7 15 / 2 at Texas Tech L, / / / / 24 8 / 2 8 / 9 Utah Valley State W, / / / / / 8 4 / 8 UTSA W, / / 5 36 / / 14 9 / 8 10 / 2 at Stephen F. Austin L, / / / / 19 9 / 4 4 / 8 Sam Houston State W, ot 63 / / / / 22 9 / / 10 at Central Arkansas W, ot 60 / / / / / / 19 at Northwestern State W, / / / / / 5 23 / 6 McNeese State W, / / / / 8 22 / 13 4 / 4 at Nicholls State Southeastern Louisiana Texas-Arlington at Texas State Central Arkansas Northwestern State at A&M-Corpus Christi at McNeese State Nicholls State at Southeastern Louisiana Totals 893 / / / / / / 112 Averages 52.5 / / / / / / 6.6

7 Steve Roccaforte Head Coach, Second Season Embarking on his second year at the helm, Steve Roccaforte had Lamar University within a game of playing for the Southland Conference Tournament championship in his first year as head coach. Roccaforte guided the Cardinals to a overall record and an 8-8 mark in SLC play last year. Lamar finished tied for third in the SLC East Division. As the No. 7-seed in the SLC Tournament, Lamar upset No. 2-seed Sam Houston State in the opening round before falling to No. 3-seed Northwestern State in the semifinals. Among the Cardinals 15 victories was a thrilling overtime win over Brigham Young, who won over 20 games and was an at-large NCAA Tournament selection. Lamar ranked 12th in the NCAA in assists at 17.3 per game, 31st in threepointers made per game (8.3) and 52nd in three-point percentage (.379). Individually, Lamar Sanders led the SLC and ranked 12th in the NCAA in rebounding at 9.8 rpg. The Cardinals set a new single-season school record for three-point attempts (702) and posted the second-best mark in three-pointers made (266). Roccaforte s first recruiting class as the head coach paid immediate dividends as forward Lamar Sanders was named SLC newcomer of the year and earned second-team all-slc honors. Center James Davis was a third-team all- SLC performer and guard Darren Hopkins was an honorable mention selection. With the addition of another top-notch recruiting class, which includes an NJCAA second-team All-American and an honorable mention All-American, the future looks very bright for the Cardinals under Roccaforte s leadership. University president Dr. James Simmons and athletics director Billy Tubbs could not have found another person on the planet with as much enthusiasm, passion and desire to be the men s basketball coach at Lamar University than Steve Roccaforte, who was hired March 21, Roccaforte grew up in Port Arthur, was a prep basketball and baseball player at Thomas Jefferson High School and was a Lamar basketball fan for as long as he can remember. He attended every Cardinals game he could and was often a ball boy. I ve always stated that Lamar is the one place I wanted to be the head coach when I ve been asked that question as an assistant coach over the years, said Roccaforte. I grew up here, went to school here and this is home. I feel I know a lot of people here and I m very comfortable with the situation. There is a lot of support already in place from the community and administration. I ve always viewed this as a premier job with lots of potential. I watched all those good Lamar teams of the 1970s and 1980s, and I will do my best to get this program back to that level of success. Having worked along side some of the best college coaches in Billy Tubbs, John Calipari and Perry Clark, Roccaforte brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to job Lamar Cardinals Roster Roccaforte was listed as one of the top four assistant coaches ready to take over their own program according to Dan Wetzel of CBS Sportsline.com and was voted the seventh best assistant coach in the country by Basketball Times for the season. As reported by recruiting analyst Dave Telep, Roccaforte is one of the 25 hardest working coaches in the nation as well as one of the top 15 recruiters in the country. Clark Francis of HoopScoop listed Roccaforte as the top mid-major assistant coach in the country in Roccaforte is also no stranger to postseason play, having served on the staff of seven teams that extended their seasons. He has been to a pair of NCAA Tournaments, one each with Tulane and Memphis, and five NITs with Tulane, Wyoming and Memphis. Tulane advanced to the NIT Final Four at Madison Square Garden in New York in Memphis made a pair of trips to MSG including winning the NIT championship in Known as a relentless recruiter, Roccaforte put together Top 25 recruiting classes at Tulane, Memphis and Lamar. In fact, Memphis had the top rated recruiting class in Lamar s class in 2004, the first full recruiting class with Roccaforte on staff, was rated among the Top 10 in the country by HoopScoop Online. Roccaforte, who served on Billy Tubbs staff for three seasons ( ) as the recruiting coordinator, put together a stellar recruiting class for this season that included a pair of NJCAA All-Americans. The recruiting class also included the addition of five players that weigh over 230 pounds, which was a need area following the departure of the Cardinals top four inside players. Roccaforte spent three years as an assistant coach at the University of Memphis before coming home to Lamar. He helped the Tigers advance to the NIT final four in 2001, won the NIT championship in 2002 and advanced to the NCAA Tournament in 2003 for the first time in seven years. The Tigers had Top 10 recruiting classes in all three years of his tenure, including the No. 1 rated class in 2001, and he recruited two McDonald s All-Americans. Prior to Memphis, Roccaforte spent two seasons as an assistant coach on the Wyoming staff ( ). The Cowboys were during his tenure which included a trip to the NIT, where they advanced to the second round. He helped put together the top-rated recruiting class in the Mountain West Conference in his first season. Before heading to Wyoming, Roccaforte worked at Tulane where he coordinated the Green Wave s recruiting activities. During his four years at Tulane, the Green Wave consistently ranked among the Top 25 recruiting classes in the nation and included an All-American and seven all-conference USA selections. The final recruiting class that he helped sign was ranked eighth nationally. Roccaforte was part of a Tulane staff which coached the Green Wave to three consecutive 20-win seasons during his tenure ( ). The Green Wave advanced to the NCAA Tournament Second Round in 1995, the NIT Final Four in 1996 and a second NIT appearance in Prior to coaching stints at Tulane and Wyoming, Roccaforte was an assistant coach at Centenary College for five seasons ( ). Centenary won its first TAAC regular-season championship during his tenure. Roccaforte has come full circle after beginning as a student assistant coach for three seasons at Lamar ( ). No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl./Exp. Hometown/High School (Previous School) 3 Shane Mahoney G So.-1L Redondo Beach, Calif./Stoneridge Prep 12 Brandon McThay G Jr.-TR Deerfield Beach, Fla./Fork Union Military Prep (Kilgore College) 14 Kenny Dawkins G Jr.-TR Holly Springs, Miss./Holly Springs HS (Arizona Western College) 15 Ashton Hall F So.-TR Kountze, Texas/Kountze HS (Angelina College) 21 Darren Hopkins G Sr.-1L Baltimore, Md./Towson Catholic HS (Panola JC) 23 Matthew Barrow G Sr.-2L Baton Rouge, La./Southern Lab HS 24 Justin Nabors F Jr.-TR Holly Springs, Miss./Holly Springs HS (Northwest Mississippi CC) 31 Currye Todd G/F Sr.-1L Byhalia, Miss./H.W. Byers HS (Northwest Mississippi CC) 33 Lamar Sanders F Sr.-1L Hickory Flat, Miss./Hickory Flat HS (Northwest Mississippi CC) 40 Jay Brown F Jr.-TR Griffin, GA/Griffin HS (L.A. City College) 44 Tristan Worrell F Jr.-TR Houston, Texas/Fort Bend Bush HS (Angelina College) 52 Coy Custer C Fr.-RS League City, Texas/Clear Creek HS 55 Lawrence Nwevo F/C Jr.-2L Lagos, Nigeria/Towson Catholic (Md.) HS HEAD COACH: Steve Roccaforte ASSISTANT COACHES: Brandon Aldrich, Kermit Holmes, Don Skelton ATHLETIC TRAINER: Josh Yonker VIDEO COORDINATOR: Clint Burges TEAM MANAGER: Mike Ortiz Pronounciation Guide Lawrence Nwevo Lawrence Nuh-way-vo Steve Roccaforte (Head Coach) Steve Rock-a-fort

8 Lamar Cardinals Basketball Lamar University Combined Team Statistics All games RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES... (11-8) (9-2) (2-6) (0-0) CONFERENCE... (5-1) (3-0) (2-1) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE... (6-7) (6-2) (0-5) (0-0) ---TOTAL PTS REBOUNDS---- ## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg Dawkins, Kenny Sanders, Lamar Nabors, Justin Hopkins, Darren Barrow, Matthew Todd, Currye Brown, Jay McThay, Brandon Nwevo, Lawrence Worrell, Tristan Custer, Coy Hall, Ashton TEAM Total Opponents TEAM STATISTICS LU OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND SCORING /13/07 LETOURNEAU UNIVERSITY W Points per game /16/07 at Ole Miss L Scoring margin /19/07 WYOMING L FIELD GOALS-ATT /24/07 ORAL ROBERTS L Field goal pct /28/07 at New Orleans L POINT FG-ATT /01/07 at Northern Illinois L point FG pct /04/07 ST. GREGORY'S W pt FG made per game /08/07 LOUISIANA COLLEGE W FREE THROWS-ATT /12/07 at Brigham Young L Free throw pct /22/07 RICE W REBOUNDS /29/07 LYON COLLEGE W Rebounds per game /01/08 at Texas Tech L Rebounding margin /08/08 UTAH VALLEY STATE W ASSISTS *01/12/08 UTSA W Assists per game *01/17/08 at Stephen F. Austin L TURNOVERS *01/19/08 SAM HOUSTON STATE W OT Turnovers per game *01/24/08 at Central Arkansas W OT Turnover margin *01/26/08 at Northwestern State W Assist/turnover ratio *02/02/08 MCNEESE STATE W STEALS Steals per game * = Southland Conference game BLOCKS Blocks per game WINNING STREAK Home win streak ATTENDANCE Home games-avg/game Neutral site-avg/game SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT Total Lamar University Opponents Lamar Cardinals Season Stats - All Games