Lamar at Abilene Christian

Abilene Christian trailed Colorado by two at halftime on Monday, then lost the second half 58-25 and the opener 94-59. The Wildcats shot 39% for the game and made 4 of 20 from three. They did it with 11 newcomers on the roster, three of them in the starting lineup. Timéo Pons led them with 13 points on 5-of-14 shooting. Colorado shot 75.9% after halftime, and that is the defense Lamar's guards will see this week. Lamar is 1-0 after a 124-62 win over Schreiner in the first game of Jordan Fee's tenure as head coach. Quante Berry, a senior guard, scored 22 in it. Both clubs have one game on the board. The Cardinals' game was a rout, and the Wildcats' leading scorer needed 14 shots to get his 13 points. Abilene Christian has to settle a rotation full of new faces while giving up points to a Lamar group that has already shown it can score in bunches. I'm on Lamar ATS this afternoon.