Lamar University - Cardinal Yearbook (Beaumont, TX)

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WESLEY NEWMAN Center-QVL-Senior Cardinals Defeat ACC For Third in Regional In a battle for third place in the NCAA re- gional playoffs, Lamar Tech defeated the Abilene Christian College Wildcats, 83-74. James Barrum was high point man for the Redbirds as he scored 18. Lamar led ACC 48-31 at halftime and was never in trouble again. Richard Smith scored a total of 31 points in the tournament and was named to the all-tournament team. Two records were established by the Cardinals -most points scored in one season, 2,257, and most wins in one season, 20-8. Arkansas State Nips Lamar in NCAA Regional Lamar Tech was paired with Arkansas State College after receiving and accepting an invitation to participate in the NCAA college division south- west regional basketball playoffs. The Cardinals lost a heartbreaker to the Indians, 66-65, in the closing seconds of the game at Jonesboro, Ark. Richard Smith led the Red- birds with 18 points and sparked the rally which brought Lamar within four points of the Indians, 64-60, with 3:28 left in the game. With the score 66-65, Arkansas State began to freeze the ball. Lamar took possession with 12 seconds left, but an attempted shot bounced off the rim as the game ended. ROBERT PERRY Center- Forward--l VL-Sophomore

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Smith Scores 45 Pointsg Cardinals Drop First LSC Game GEORGE ZURENDA Center--lVL-Junior Richard Smith hroke Lamar TeCh's all-time sehool scor- ing reeord with 45 points as the Cardinals trouncetl the Sul Ross l.ohos 12-l-72 in .-Xlpine. The Redbirds held :t fill-35 halftime margin with Smith at-etiunting for ffl of the till points. Cfoaeh jack Nlartin elt-art-tl tht- ht-nt'h in tht- seeontl half as the Cardinals won easily, Lamar Tt-t'h's first t-onfert-nt't- dt-ft-at tif tht- st-gtstm t':mtt- at the hands of tht- llowartl Payne Yellow javkt-ts in llrtmn- wood. The Yellow jaeltt-ts won tht- physitxillx ttittglt gatin- fifi-fifl to pull into a tie for tht- t'onft-rt-nt't- lt-atl with tht- Cardinals. Richard Smith pat-ed tht- Rt'tlllil'tls with Ql pttitlls. Howard Payne held a lli-33 halftimt- edge :mtl wt-nt tm tti win the hard-fought game w hit'h snappetl at 22-Qatnr winning streak in cotlferetiee play for l.:tm1tr. Rehounding from dt-feat, Lamar lt-t'h tltmnt-tl tht- Ste- phen lf. .Xustin I.umht-rjat'lts, TT-72. in Nat-tigtl-it-lit-s ltr tit- Howard Payne for tht- ISC flag. .Xn all-time stsjlstbll st-ttrinzg record was st't hy tht- Cfardinals in tht- final gsm-t flu htith teams. l.amar lt-tl -lil-fil at hgtlftimt- gmtl with tizfvl h-lt in the game, ist-nt into a stall antl won tht- tout'-st Ti-72. :Xt tht- t-nd of tht- st-Ltstm, klzunt-s llarrmn :mtl llivltztrtl Smith were namt-tl In tht- .Xll-l,tmt- Star l'tmft'rt-tit't- first team. llonorahlt- mt-lution was won lit llillit- llilliqtltls :mtl Larry .-Xugslmrgt-r. ROBERT WILLIE WILLIAMS Guorcl-lVL-Junior Honorable Mention, All-LSC ff

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gk - Qwkwwhrli I96I-62 Results North Texas State University 77 Arlington State College 5l Oklahoma State University 70 'University of Houston 88 Northeast Louisiana State College 78 'North Texas State University 67 Southwestern Louisiana University 69 Northeast Louisiana State College 5l Texas AQZM 9? Arlington 'State College 83 Tulsa University 75 Texas ASI 53 Southwest Texas Stare College ll? Stephen F Austin State College 64 University of Houston 99 Howard Payne University 89 Sul Ross State College 66 Sant Houston State Collegi- 85 East Texas Suite College 7? S0UTttlf,ff'12T lvfus Stine Colli-ge ll0 lefiis Atal 83 'Eiist lewis Stow Cilllvgn' l28 Sai Houston Stine Collegi- i241 Sul Foss Starts' Cifllrijr' 69 l-loi.'.fc1rf,l l'ui,iii: Uni li.f rtzlli, 77 Stffplieri li Austin Stun- College l 65 Qfxr' cinsiiu Stcit+1ColiL-ge l 83 iAlDIICllr: Cliristirin Ciizllegil RONNIE RUCKER if Overtime Guard-l VL-Sophomore 5 I NCAA Southwest Regional lournuiiiifrit -VIS? 'X lx lil' ll li . ' V, 7 - N I1 X 5 if l ' N. f-uizrii ' A llsfdlix ' ' KA l I x Coach Jack Martin and his players discuss strategy during a time-out in one of the Cardinals' home games LAMAR OPPONENT 70 50 60 54 72 78 70 70 70 55 67 80 70 48 78 86 78 73 63 6-1 63 74 8? 76 7? 89 71? 66 711