BEAUMONT, Texas – The Lamar University women's basketball program will look to advance to 2-0 in SLC play when they host Sam Houston in a Wednesday evening tilt at the Montagne Center. Tipoff is slated for 7:00 p.m. CT.

Junior Angel Hastings leads the Cardinals in scoring as she posts 9.6 points per game and boast an 83.3 percent from the free throw line. Freshman Sabria Dean shined in her first collegiate start and currently averages 5.6 points per game and leads all LU freshmen in minutes averaged at 23.6 minutes. The Cardinals are coming off a 66-40 victory over Nicholls to open Southland play.

The Bearkats are coming off a their first SLC win over Central Arkansas, 67-60, that saw Sam Houston have two players post 20-point games. The Bearkats are led by junior Amber Leggett, who averages 17.7 points a contest and shoots a staggering 47.6 percent from the field, while junior Madelyn Batista leads the Bearkat defense with an average of 6.9 rebounds a game.

The Cardinals will be back on Saturday, January 16 at 2:00 p.m. CT as they welcome Texas A&M-Corpus Christi to Montagne Center.

BROADCAST INFORMATION

• Wednesday's evening game will be streamed on ESPN+ with LeMont Williams at the play-by-play spot and Dan Gresham in the color analyst position.  

LAST TIME WE PLAYED

• With nine of 10 players scoring and two in double digits, the Lamar University women's basketball program captured their Southland Conference opener over Nicholls by a score of 66-40 at the Montagne Center on Wednesday night.
• The Cardinals came out shooting lights out has they took an 8-2 lead into the first quarter media. Freshman Sabria Dean showed why she deserved a spot in the starting lineup for the contest has she put up five points in the first 10 minutes on 1-for-2 from the field and tacked on two free throws to add to her total. The stout Lamar defense held the Colonels to 11 percent from the field in the first. This marks the lowest score the Cardinals have held an opponent this season after one quarter of play.
• The Cardinals were able to hold back any sort of comeback has they held the Colonels to 25 percent from the field, but 14 percent from beyond the arc. The lone three from Nicholls came in the fourth period from Chyna Allen. Overall, Lamar held the Colonels to 1-for-19 from beyond the arc. Despite only knocking down 24 percent of their shots in the fourth, the Cards were able to hold the contest in their favor as the final buzzer sounded with LU on top, 66-40.
• McQueen was joined by Dean in the double-digit scoring column with 11 points each. Redshirt junior Micaela Wilson added nine points and brought in six rebounds on the night, while junior Umaja Collins added eight rebounds and five points in the Cardinal victory.

SERIES HISTORY

• This marks the 66th meeting between the programs with the Cardinals holding the series advantage over the Bearkats, 37-28.
• Lamar is looking to grab a win over Sam Houston as the Bearkats captured the last meeting, 75-68, over the Cards in the Montagne.