Lamar Women

Lamar Women

Leagues Played
WNCAAB 232 WBIT 1
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Fixtures

WNCAAB 01/03 01:00 - Lamar Women vs Incarnate Word Women - View
WNCAAB 01/04 21:00 - Lamar Women vs Houston Christian Women - View
WNCAAB 01/10 01:00 - Lamar Women vs New Orleans Women - View
WNCAAB 01/11 21:00 - Lamar Women vs Stephen F. Austin Women - View
WNCAAB 01/17 00:30 - Nicholls State Women vs Lamar Women - View
WNCAAB 01/18 19:00 - McNeese St Women vs Lamar Women - View

Results

WNCAAB 12/21 19:00 - Lamar Women v Northern Colorado Women W 60-43
WNCAAB 12/17 17:30 - [168] Lamar Women v Texas Tech Women [1] L 67-73
WNCAAB 12/14 20:00 - [221] Lamar Women v UT Rio Grande Valley Women [254] W 69-44
WNCAAB 12/07 20:00 - Lamar Women v UL Monroe Women W 71-60
WNCAAB 12/05 01:00 - Lamar Women v St. Thomas Tx Celts Women W 94-32
WNCAAB 11/30 19:15 - Lamar Women v Cleveland State Women L 52-79
WNCAAB 11/29 21:30 - Pacific Women v Lamar Women W 54-69
WNCAAB 11/22 22:30 - SMU Women v Lamar Women L 56-54
WNCAAB 11/14 01:00 - [235] Lamar Women v Texas Women [1] L 58-95
WNCAAB 11/04 17:00 - Lamar Women v Texas AM-San Antonio Women W 98-62
WBIT 03/22 01:00 122 Lamar Women v Washington State Women L 46-66
WNCAAB 03/14 21:00 1 [62] Texas A&M Corpus Christi Women v Lamar Women [35] L 68-61

The Lamar Lady Cardinals basketball team represents Lamar University in NCAA Division I women's basketball competition. The team plays in the 10,080 seat Montagne Center. The Lady Cardinals currently compete at the NCAA Division I level in the Southland Conference.

History

The Lady Cardinals have competed as members of four conferences at the NCAA Division I level. Lamar competed in the Southland Conference beginning in 1983. The Lady Cardinals competed in the American South Conference from 1987 to 1991. From 1991 to 1998, the Lady Cardinals competed as members of the Sun Belt Conference. Lamar returned to the Southland Conference beginning with the 1998–99 season. The Lady Cardinals moved to the Western Athletic Conference in 2021 rejoining the Southland Conference on July 11, 2022 after one year in the WAC.

Al Barbre years

In the 1991 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament Lamar, under coach Al Barbre, made a run as a tenth seed in the Austin regional. The 1991 Lady Cardinals defeated Texas, LSU and Arkansas before being defeated by Virginia in the Elite Eight. Virginia went on to lose in the National championship game by 3 points.

Larry Tidwell years

Larry Tidwell coached the women's basketball team from 2007 through the end of the 2012-2013 season. Coach Tidwell turned the team around from a struggling program to a perennial power in the Southland Conference. In 2010 the team won the regular season and conference tournament to advance to the 2010 NCAA tournament. The Lady Cardinals made their first ever appearance in the preseason WNIT in the fall of 2010. In the 2011 season, coach Tidwell's Lady Cardinals received their first top 100 RPI ranking (RPI #80) since the figures were made public in the 2005 season. The 2010-2011 squad finished with a record of 25-8 and made an appearance in the 2011 post season WNIT.

Coach Tidwell resigned his position in March, 2013 to take a position at University of Texas-Pan American as head women's basketball coach.

Robin Harmony years

Robin Harmony was named head coach on April 30, 2013 and remained until April 2019. Her first Lady Cardinal team shared the Southland Conference regular season title. The Lady Cardinals also participated in their second WNIT and fourth post season tournament appearance in five seasons. The Lady Cardinals competed in the WBI tournament in 2017. The team won the 2017-18 Southland Conference regular season title repeating as champions in 2018-19. The Lady Cardinals represented the Southland Conference in the Women's National Invitation Tournament for the third and the fourth time.

Coach Harmony resigned her position on April 19, 2019 to become head women's basketball coach for the College of Charleston.

Aqua Franklin years

Aqua Franklin was named head coach on May 1, 2019 becoming the 14th women's basketball head coach in program history. Her 2024 team won the Southland Conference regular season championship. Franklin was named as 2023–24 conference coach of the year.

Year-by-year results

Statistics overview
Season Coach Overall Conference Standing Postseason
AIAW (Independent) (1969–1982)
1969–1970 Marilyn Krause 2–9
1970–1971 Marilyn Krause 7–9
1971–1972 Marilyn Krause 13–10
Marilyn Krause: 22–28
1972–1973 Pat Park 19–11
1973–1974 Pat Park 11–12
1974–1975 Pat Park 23–11
1975–1976 Pat Park 22–8
1976–1977 Pat Park 13–17
1977–1978 Pat Park 21–13
Pat Park: 109–72
1978–1979 Cindy Russo 16–11
1979–1980 Cindy Russo 20–11
Cindy Russo: 36–22
1980–1981 Iwana McGee 7–20
Iwana McGee: 7–22
1981–1982 Pat Ramsey 11–18
Southland Conference (1982–1987)
1982–1983 Pat Ramsey 15–12 1–4 4th
1983–1984 Pat Ramsey 10–17 4–8 6th
Pat Ramsey: 36–47 5–12
1984–1985 Charlotte (Chickie) Mason 12–15 7–5 3rd
1985–1986 Charlotte (Chickie) Mason 5–21 2–10 6th
Charlotte (Chickie) Mason: 17–36 9–15
1986–1987 Al Barbre 2–24 1–11 7th
American South Conference (1987–1991)
1987–1988 Al Barbre 14–14 4–5
1988–1989 Al Barbre 18–10 6–4
1989–1990 Al Barbre 19–10 7–3
1990–1991 Al Barbre 29*–4 12*–0 1st NCAA (Elite Eight)
Al Barbre: 82–62 30–23
Sun Belt Conference (1991–1998)
1991–1992 Liz McQuitter 21–7 13–3 1st T
1992–1993 Liz McQuitter 10–16 4–10
1993–1994 Liz McQuitter 8–19 5–9
Liz McQuitter: 39–42 22–22
1994–1995 David McKey 16–12 10–4
1995–1996 David McKey 14–15 8–6
1996-1997 David McKey 5–22 2–12
1997–1998 David McKey 5–22 2–12
David McKey: 40–71 22–34
Southland Conference (1998–Present)
1998–1999 De Ann Craft 9–17 6–12 9th
1999–2000 De Ann Craft 10–17 5–13 8th
2000–2001 De Ann Craft 12–16 10–10 6th
2001–2002 De Ann Craft 8–20 6–14 9th
De Ann Craft: 39–70 27–49
2002–2003 Leonard Drake 3–24 2–18 11th
2003–2004 Leonard Drake 4–22 1–15 10th
2004–2005 Leonard Drake 9–18 3–13 11th
2005–2006 Leonard Drake 7–20 2–14 8th
2006–2007 Leonard Drake 13–17 8–8 7th T
Leonard Drake: 36–101 16–68
2007–2008 Larry Tidwell 19–13 10–6 2nd
2008–2009 Larry Tidwell 20–11 10–6 4th T
2009-2010 Larry Tidwell 26–8 13–3 1st T NCAA (1st Round)
2010–2011 Larry Tidwell 25–8 13–3 2nd WNIT (1st Round)
2011–2012 Larry Tidwell 16–15 8–8 5th T
2012–2013 Larry Tidwell 22–11 12–6 3rd WBI (2nd Round)
Larry Tidwell: 128–66 66–32
2013–2014 Robin Harmony 18–13 13–5 1st T WNIT (1st Round)
2014–2015 Robin Harmony 17–13 14–4 2nd
2015–2016 Robin Harmony 12–19 7–11 8th T
2016–2017 Robin Harmony 22–8 15–3 3rd WBI (1st Round)
2017–2018 Robin Harmony 22–6 17–1 1st WNIT First round
2018–2019 Robin Harmony 24–7 17–1 1st WNIT First round
Robin Harmony: 115–66 83–25
2019–2020 Aqua Franklin 10–19 6–14 10th
2020–2021 Aqua Franklin 10–14 9–6 4th
Western Athletic Conference (2021–2023)
2021–2022 Aqua Franklin 14–15 8–10 7th T
Southland Conference (2022–present)
2022–2023 Aqua Franklin 20–12 12–6 3rd SLC tournament finalist.
2023–2024 Aqua Franklin 0–0 0–0 1st
Aqua Franklin: 54–60 35–36
Total: 764-758 (.502)

National champion Postseason invitational champion
Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion
Conference tournament champion

Notes: *1990-1991 wins vacated by the NCAA
*The Lady Cardinals competed in the AIAW through 1982. From that point forward, they competed in NCAA Division I.

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Yearly attendance

Below is the Lady Cardinals' home attendance since the 2004–05 season.

Season Average High
Yearly Home Attendance
2022-23 1,089 1,458
2021-22 882 1,512
2020-21 572 1,239
2019-20 1,142 3,856
2018-19 1,992 5,218
2017-18 720 1,297
2016-17 708 921
2015-16 694 888
2014-15 793 997
2013-14 764 891
2012-13 725 1,232
2011-12 1,005 2,427
2010-11 1,555 4,164
2009-10 1,040 1,902
2008-09 393 1,012
2007-08 461 1,187
2006-07 328 1,071
2005-06 359 560
2004-05 383 531

As of the 2022-23 season.

Record single game home attendance for a women's game (9,143) was set in a second-round game of the 1991 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament played in the Montagne Center against the LSU Tigers on March 17, 1991.

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