Lamar Cardinals at Tulsa Golden Hurricane
· NCAA Men's Basketball
74 - 67
Lamar beats Tulsa 74-67 on the road in season opener
DaQuan Jeffries' dunk capped a 12-0 Tulsa run to cut it to 62-61 with 5:23 to play. But Weisbrod answered with two free throws and Garth made four straight in the final 20 seconds to seal it.
Zjori Bosha added 13 points and seven rebounds for Lamar, which outrebounded Tulsa 42-28. Torey Noel had 11 points and six assists.
Lamar, coming off the program's first postseason appearance since 2012, was picked second in the Southland Conference preseason poll. The Big Red returned four starters from last season, including all-conference selection Weisbrod.
Sterling Taplin led Tulsa with 18 points, and Jeffries and Martins Igbanu each added 12 points. The Golden Hurricane's returned five of their top six leading scorers from last season, which ended with losses in nine of their last 12 games.
Tulsa is now 50-19 when opening a season at home.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 74 - 67 |
| 2nd 0:01 | Colton Weisbrod Defensive Rebound. | 74 - 67 |
| 2nd 0:01 | Sterling Taplin missed Three Point Jumper. | 74 - 67 |
| 2nd 0:05 | Nick Garth made Free Throw. | 74 - 67 |
| 2nd 0:05 | Nick Garth made Free Throw. | 73 - 67 |
Statistics
 LAM |
 TLSA |
|
|---|---|---|
| 25-59 | FG | 23-51 |
| 42 | Field Goal % | 45 |
| 7-24 | 3PT | 5-19 |
| 29 | Three Point % | 26 |
| 17-21 | FT | 16-23 |
| 81 | Free Throw % | 70 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 28 |
| 14 | Offensive Rebounds | 4 |
| 28 | Defensive Rebounds | 24 |
| 12 | Assists | 8 |
| 10 | Steals | 4 |
| 0 | Blocks | 1 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 1 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 16 | Total Turnovers | 15 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 17 | Points Off Turnovers | 13 |
| 7 | Fast Break Points | 10 |
| 32 | Points in Paint | 34 |
| 21 | Fouls | 21 |
| 16 | Largest Lead | 1 |
Game Information
Location: Tulsa, OK
Attendance: 7,431 | Capacity:
2025-26 Southland Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen F. Austin | 20-2 | - | 28-6 |
| McNeese | 19-3 | 1 | 28-6 |
| UT Rio Grande Valley | 14-8 | 6 | 19-14 |
| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | 13-9 | 7 | 18-15 |
| LSU New Orleans | 12-10 | 8 | 15-18 |
| Nicholls | 12-10 | 8 | 14-19 |
| Houston Christian | 8-14 | 12 | 12-20 |
| Northwestern State | 8-14 | 12 | 10-22 |
| Incarnate Word | 7-15 | 13 | 12-19 |
| Lamar | 7-15 | 13 | 12-19 |
| East Texas A&M | 6-16 | 14 | 11-21 |
| SE Louisiana | 6-16 | 14 | 9-22 |
2025-26 American Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Florida | 15-3 | - | 25-9 |
| Tulsa | 13-5 | 2 | 30-8 |
| Wichita State | 13-5 | 2 | 24-12 |
| UAB | 11-7 | 4 | 20-12 |
| North Texas | 9-9 | 6 | 19-14 |
| Florida Atlantic | 9-9 | 6 | 18-15 |
| Charlotte | 9-9 | 6 | 17-17 |
| Tulane | 8-10 | 7 | 18-15 |
| Temple | 8-10 | 7 | 16-16 |
| Memphis | 8-10 | 7 | 13-19 |
| Rice | 7-11 | 8 | 13-18 |
| East Carolina | 6-12 | 9 | 11-20 |
| UTSA | 1-17 | 14 | 5-25 |