Rice Hosts the Lamar Cardinals
12/5/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Dec. 5, 2006
Game 8: Rice Owls (3-4,0-0) vs. Lamar (3-5)
Television: None
Radio: Supertalk 97.5 FM, Houston with Robert Henslee and Shawn Respert
Internet Audio: www.riceowls.com ALL ACCESS
Series: Rice leads 15-6
Rice hosts Lamar on Wednesday, Dec. 6 at 7:05 pm in Autry Court. The Cardinals are 3-5 after losing two games in Tulsa, Okla. Tulsa downed Lamar 74-68 last Friday, and then Oral Roberts beat the Cardinals on Monday, 88-63. Rice holds a 15-6 advantage in the series.
Lamar is led in scoring by James Davis at 17.5 ppg, while Lamar Sanders leads the team in rebounding at 9.6 rpg to go with his 11.1 scoring average.
All-America candidate Morris Almond has been in double-digits for all seven games this season. He has scored 205 points for a 29.3 scoring average to lead Rice. Almond also leads the Owls in steals with 12 and is second in rebounding (5.3).
Almond Second in the Nation
Morris Almond is number two in the nation in scoring at 29.3 ppg for games through Dec. 3, 2006. Ahead of him is Jackson State's Trey Johnson at 29.8.
