The 2013–14 Lamar Lady Cardinals basketball team represented Lamar University during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Cardinals, led by first year head coach Robin Harmony,[4] played their home games at the Montagne Center and are members of the Southland Conference. The Lady Cardinals finished the season tied for the Southland Conference regular season championship with Stephen F. Austin. The Lady Cardinals were the Number One seed in the conference tournament because of the conference tie-breaker. After falling to Northwestern Louisiana in the Conference tournament final game, the Lady Cardinals received and invitation to the WNIT. The Lady Cardinals played the Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles in Hattiesburg, MS.
| 2013–14 Lamar Lady Cardinals basketball | |
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Southland Conference regular season co-champions | |
WNIT First Round vs. Southern Mississippi, L 60–75 | |
| Conference | Southland Conference |
| Record | 18–13 (13–5 Southland) |
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| Assistant coaches | |
| Home arena | Montagne Center (Capacity: 10,080) |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lamar | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 18 | – | 13 | .581 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stephen F. Austin | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 23 | – | 13 | .639 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Central Arkansas | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 18 | – | 12 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern State† | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 21 | – | 13 | .618 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nicholls State | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 17 | – | 14 | .548 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M-CC | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 18 | – | 12 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abilene Christian* | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 18 | – | 12 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| McNeese State | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 19 | – | 14 | .576 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oral Roberts | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 9 | – | 20 | .310 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston Baptist | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 12 | – | 17 | .414 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sam Houston State | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 13 | – | 16 | .448 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southeastern Louisiana | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 8 | – | 22 | .267 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Incarnate Word* | 2 | – | 12 | .143 | 8 | – | 19 | .296 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Orleans** | 0 | – | 18 | .000 | 0 | – | 29 | .000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2014 Southland tournament winner As of March 22, 2014 *ineligible for postseason play due to Div. I transition **ineligible for postseason play due to APR penalties Rankings from AP poll[2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gia Ayers and Dominique Edwards were named to Southland Conference All-Conference teams. Ayers was named to the First team. Edwards was named as a member of the Second Team.[5]
Two Lady Cardinal basketball players were named to the Southland Conference All-Academic team. Dominique Edwards was named to the First Team while JaMeisha Edwards was named to the conference Second Team.[6]
Roster
edit| Number | Name | Position | Height | Year | Hometown |
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| 1 | Gia Ayers | Guard | 5–7 | Senior | Bryan, Texas |
| 3 | Chantelle Brockett | Center | 6–1 | Junior | Geelong, Victoria, Australia |
| 4 | Joann Lira | Guard | 5–4 | Freshman | Houston, Texas |
| 10 | Bethany Cox | Forward | 5–11 | Freshman | Glenpool, Oklahoma |
| 15 | Caroline Adesulu | Forward | 6–1 | Junior | Arlington, Texas |
| 20 | JaMeisha Edwards | Guard | 5–5 | Sophomore | Crockett, Texas |
| 21 | Kensha'dra Smith | Guard | 5–7 | Freshman | West Palm Beach, Florida |
| 22 | Francesca Bellatin | Guard/Forward | 6–0 | Senior | Lima, Peru |
| 23 | Micarah Malone | Forward | 5–10 | Freshman | Houston, Texas |
| 24 | Alice Robinson | Forward | 5–10 | Senior | Bossier City, Louisiana |
| 25 | Dominique Edwards | Forward | 5–11 | Junior | Grand Prairie, Texas |
| 32 | Shauna Long | Guard | 5–4 | Junior | Fort Yates, North Dakota |
| 33 | Kiandra Bowers | Post | 5–11 | Freshman | West Palm Beach, Florida |
Schedule
edit| Date time, TV |
Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | |||||||
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| Regular Season | |||||||||||
| 11/08/2013* 11:00 am |
at Oklahoma State | L 56–83 | 0–1 |
Gallagher-Iba Arena (2,923) Stillwater, OK | |||||||
| 11/11/2013* 7:00 pm |
Our Lady of the Lake | W 94–60 | 1–0 |
Montagne Center (332) Beaumont, TX | |||||||
| 11/14/2013* 7:00 pm |
at UTSA | W 63–59 | 2–1 |
Convocation Center (524) San Antonio, TX | |||||||
| 11/17/2013* 2:00 pm |
Tulsa | L 67–68 | 2–2 |
Montagne Center (683) Beaumont, TX | |||||||
| 11/20/2013* 7:00 pm |
at Louisiana–Lafayette | W 68–60 | 3–2 |
Cajundome (364) Lafayette, LA | |||||||
| 11/25/2013* 6:00 pm |
at SMU | L 79–82 | 3–3 |
Curtis Culwell Center (345) Garland, TX | |||||||
| 11/29/2013* 2:00 pm |
vs. Milwaukee Aggie Hotel Encanto Thanksgiving Classic |
W 75–63 | 4–3 |
Pan American Center (350) Las Cruces, NM | |||||||
| 11/30/2013* 12:00 pm |
Northern Illinois Aggie Hotel Encanto Thanksgiving Classic |
L 52–79 | 4–4 |
Pan American Center (N/A) Las Cruces, NM | |||||||
| 12/15/2013* 12:05 pm |
Missouri State | L 60–87 | 4–5 |
JQH Arena (2,624) Springfield, MO | |||||||
| 12/18/2013* 6:00 pm |
Texas State | W 68–55 | 5–5 |
Montagne Center (738) Beaumont, TX | |||||||
| 12/29/2013* 2:00 pm |
Rice | L 64–67 | 5–6 |
Montagne Center (608) Beaumont, TX | |||||||
| 01/02/2014 6:00 pm |
at Stephen F. Austin | L 43–64 | 5–7 (0–1) |
William R. Johnson Coliseum (528) Nacogdoches, TX | |||||||
| 01/04/2014 1:00 pm |
at Northwestern State | W 84–79 | 6–7 (1–1) |
Prather Coliseum (731) Natchitoches, LA | |||||||
| 01/09/2014 5:30 pm |
Nicholls State | W 82–68 | 7–7 (2–1) |
Montagne Center (752) Beaumont, TX | |||||||
| 01/11/2014 4:00 pm |
McNeese State Battle of the Border |
W 72–58 | 8–7 (3–1) |
Montagne Center (872) Beaumont, TX | |||||||
| 01/16/2014 5:30 pm, ESPN3 |
at New Orleans | W 80–53 | 9–7 (4–1) |
Lakefront Arena (438) New Orleans, LA | |||||||
| 01/18/2014 2:00 pm |
at Southeastern Louisiana | L 62–67 | 9–8 (4–2) |
University Center (467) Hammond, LA | |||||||
| 01/23/2014 5:30 pm |
at Abilene Christian | W 85–83 | 10–8 (5–2) |
Moody Coliseum (623) Abilene, TX | |||||||
| 01/25/2013 2:00 pm |
at Incarnate Word | W 76–69 | 11–8 (6–2) |
McDermott Convocation Center (375) San Antonio, TX | |||||||
| 01/30/2014 5:30 pm |
Houston Baptist | L 66–76 | 11–9 (6–3) |
Montagne Center (891) Beaumont, TX | |||||||
| 02/01/2014 4:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | W 87–72 | 12–9 (7–3) |
Montagne Center (808) Beaumont, TX | |||||||
| 02/08/2014 2:00 pm |
at Sam Houston State | W 70–45 | 13–9 (8–3) |
Bernard Johnson Coliseum (586) Huntsville, TX | |||||||
| 02/13/2014 5:30 pm |
Stephen F. Austin | W 75–73 | 14–9 (9–3) |
Montagne Center (960) Beaumont, TX | |||||||
| 02/15/2014 4:00 pm |
Northwestern State | L 60–67 | 14–10 (9–4) |
Montagne Center (759) Beaumont, TX | |||||||
| 02/22/2014 4:00 pm |
Sam Houston State | W 81–64 | 15–10 (10–4) |
Montagne Center (819) Beaumont, TX | |||||||
| 02/27/2014 5:00 pm |
at Oral Roberts | L 78–84 | 15–11 (10–5) |
Mabee Center (718) Tulsa, OK | |||||||
| 03/01/2014 2:00 pm |
at Central Arkansas | W 56–53 | 16–11 (11–5) |
Farris Center (1,312) Conway, AR | |||||||
| 03/06/2014 5:30 pm |
New Orleans | W 83–51 | 17–11 (12–5) |
Montagne Center (890) Beaumont, TX | |||||||
| 03/08/2014 4:00 pm |
Southeastern Louisiana | W 92–77 | 18–11 (13–5) |
Montagne Center (824) Beaumont, TX | |||||||
| Southland Conference Tournament | |||||||||||
| 03/15/2014 12:00 pm, ESPN3 |
vs. Northwestern State Semifinals |
L 60–61 | 18–12 |
Leonard E. Merrell Center (N/A) Katy, TX | |||||||
| Women's National Invitational Tournament (WNIT) | |||||||||||
| 03/20/2014 7:00 pm |
vs. Southern Miss First Round |
L 60–75 | 18–13 |
Reed Green Coliseum (882) Hattiesburg, MS | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time. | |||||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "LU women's basketball coaches hires Fla. assistants". Beaumont Enterprise. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
- ^ "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2013-14". ESPN. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
- ^ "2014 NCAA Women's Basketball Rankings - AP Top 25 Postseason (Mar. 17)". ESPN. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
- ^ "Lamar hires Tidwell's successor". Beaumont Enterprise. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
- ^ "Ayers, D. Edwards named all-conference". Lamar Athletics. March 11, 2014. Archived from the original on October 23, 2014. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
- ^ "Women's hoops places 2 on all-academic team". Lamar Athletics. April 2, 2014. Archived from the original on October 23, 2014. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
- ^ "Women's Basketball Announces 2013-14 Schedule" (PDF). Lamar Athletics. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 3, 2013. Retrieved September 4, 2013.