The No. 2 seed Lamar Cardinals (19-12, 14-6 Southland) are taking on the No. 3 seed Nicholls State Colonels (20-12, 13-7 Southland) in the Southland tournament on Tuesday at The Legacy Center, at 9:30 p.m. ET airing on ESPN+.
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Lamar vs. Nicholls State game information
- Date: Tuesday, March 11, 2025
- Time: 9:30 p.m. ET
- How to watch on TV: ESPN+
- Location: Lake Charles, Louisiana
- Venue: The Legacy Center
- Spread: Lamar -1.5
- Moneylines: Lamar -115, Nicholls State -105
- Total: 136.5
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Lamar leaders
- So far this season, Adam Hamilton puts up 9.5 points, 7 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game, shooting 48.6% from the field.
- Offensively, Andrew Holifield is averaging 10.3 points, 1.4 assists and 5.5 rebounds per contest.
- Alexis Marmolejos averages 14.4 points, 3.1 rebounds and 2.1 assists per contest. Defensively, he averages 1.1 steals and 0.1 blocked shots.
- On a per-game basis, Ja’Sean Jackson posts 12.1 points, 2.5 rebounds and 3.7 assists, shooting 42.2% from the field and 36.5% from downtown with 1.5 made 3-pointers per game.
- Cody Pennebaker posts 7.2 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game. On defense, he averages 1.1 steals and 0.3 blocked shots.
Nicholls State leaders
- On the hardwood, Jamal West averages 12.3 points, 6.5 rebounds and 1.2 assists per contest, shooting 50.4% from the field.
- Robert Brown III puts up 12.9 points, 3.3 rebounds and 0.9 assists per game, shooting 40% from the field and 35% from deep with 2.4 made 3-pointers per game.
- Byron Ireland has put up 11.4 points per contest this season.
- From an offensive standpoint, Michael Gray Jr. is putting up 11.4 points, 0.7 assists and 2.7 rebounds per contest.
- So far this season, Sincere Malone averages 5.7 points, 4.1 rebounds and 1.1 assists per contest, shooting 50% from the floor.
Lamar vs. Nicholls State stats breakdown
- This season the Cardinals are shooting 43.3% from the field, only 1.5% higher than Colonels give up.
- Lamar is 12-2-1 against the spread and 14-4 straight up when shooting better than 41.8% from the field.
- The Colonels’ 43.1% shooting percentage from the field is only two% higher than the Cardinals have conceded.
- This season Nicholls State is 14-5 against the spread and 18-4 overall when shooting better than 41.1% from the field.
- The Cardinals and Colonels rebound at nearly the same rate, with the Cardinals averaging 0.1 more per game.
- The Cardinals are the 68th-ranked rebounding team in the nation, and the Colonels are 73rd.
- The Cardinals average only 0.9 more points than the Colonels concede (69.9).
- The Colonels average 74.6 points, 8.4 more than the Cardinals concede.
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