BEAUMONT, Texas – The Lamar University women's basketball team heads to Manhattan, Kan. to face Big 12 foe Kansas State in non-conference action on Wednesday, Dec. 5. The Cards and Wildcats will tip at 7 p.m.
  
THIS WEEK – Kansas State, Dec. 5 at 7 p.m.
Series Record: 0-4 (5th Meeting)
Last Meeting: Nov. 20, 2016 (68-43, Kansas State)
 
Kansas State enters the contest against Lamar with a record or 5-2 on the season. The Wildcats are on a two-game winning streak and are 4-0 at home this season. In their last game, the Wildcats defeated Vanderbilt 72-61. The Wildcats had four players in double-figures and freshman guard Christianna Carr tallied a game-high 21 points. Peyton Williams notched her third double-double of the season.
 
Williams leads the Wildcats in scoring and rebounding this season. She is averaging 14.3 points and 9.2 rebounds per game. She is one of two players averaging in double-figures. Carr, a freshman guard, averages 11.9 points per game rounding out the double-figure scorers. Carr leads the team in three-point attempts and is tied for three-point makes with 13.
 
As a team, the Wildcats average 64.9 points per game and are allowing 58.4 points per game. They scored a season-high 80 points on Nov. 23 against Princeton. The Wildcats are shooting 43.5 percent from the field and 29.4 percent on three-pointers. Kansas State is 37-for-126 on three-pointers over its first seven games of the season.
 
Kansas State was picked to finish eighth in the Big 12 this season.
 
LAST TIME OUT – Texas A&M
The Lamar University women's basketball team took a 33-31 lead in the second quarter and never looked back as they defeated No. 17 Texas A&M, 74-68, on Nov. 29 in Reed Arena.
 
The win for LU improves them to 5-3 on the season and ends the Aggies ten-game home court winning streak. Texas A&M falls to 4-2. This is the fourth victory for LU over a ranked opponent in program history.
 
The Cardinals shot 39 percent from the floor in the contest. Chastadie Barrs led LU with 23 points. Miya Crump followed scoring 20 and Moe Kinard scored 15 in the game. Lamar forced the Aggies into 20 turnovers in the contest and scored 20 points off those turnovers.
 
"I think that was probably the best road win for sure in our program's history. I'm speechless. It's unbelievable," remarked Head Coach Robin Harmony. "I think that it's even more special that it's in the state of Texas. We're playing these games to get better and to get ready for our conference, so it's icing on the cake to get the 'W'. Our kids now have the confidence that they know they can go in and play. We go on the road again and play Kansas State, a Big 12 team that is huge, so this will give us our confidence that we need. No matter what would happen today, we knew that we got better, and we knew that we were getting ready to play in our conference."
 
UP NEXT
LU returns to action on Monday, Dec. 17 when they host Howard Payne University. The Cards and Yellow Jackets will tip off at 12 p.m. as the Cards host their education day.
 
TICKETS
For tickets for LU home games, please call 409-880-1715, or CLICK HERE. The Montagne Center ticket office is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. It reopens one hour prior to tipoff on weeknights and weekends. LU students receive free admission to home games with their Cardinal One card.
 
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