BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) - LaMarcus Reed scored 25 points and Texas-Arlington beat Lamar 91-82 on Saturday.
Reed made four of his six 3-point attempts and was 8 for 12 overall, and grabbed eight rebounds for the Mavericks (11-5, 4-0), off to their best start in the Southland Conference.
Kevin Butler scored 19 points and Bo Ingram added 12 as Texas-Arlington led all the way. The Mavericks scored the first eight points - including two free throws by Reed after a pre-game technical assessed to Lamar for dunking during warm-ups - and led 45-36 at halftime.
Mike James matched Reed with 25 points, and Devon Lamb had 18 points and 10 rebounds for the Cardinals (11-7, 2-2). Charlie Harper scored 12 points and Anthony Miles added 11 for Lamar, which couldn't come any closer than seven points in the second half.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Texas-Arlington (11-5) « | 45 | 46 | 91 |
| Lamar (11-7) | 36 | 46 | 82 |
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| Texas-Arlington Mavericks | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Butler, F | 25 | 5-9 | 6-8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 19 |
| B. Ingram, F | 21 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| J. Reves, C | 13 | 3-6 | 2-2 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| L. Reed III, G | 39 | 8-12 | 5-7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 25 |
| S. White-Miller, G | 23 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Edwards | 24 | 4-6 | 1-2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| B. Gay | 24 | 2-5 | 3-4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| C. Catlett | 17 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| K. Gruszecki | 11 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| S. Lagerson | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 32-60 | 17-25 | 43 | 16 | 22 | 91 | |
| 53.3% | 68% | ||||||
| Lamar Cardinals | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Harper, F | 23 | 3-8 | 6-9 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| S. Brown, F | 20 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| M. James, G | 35 | 9-21 | 4-4 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 25 |
| A. Miles, G | 34 | 4-7 | 1-1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| D. Lamb, G | 32 | 6-14 | 5-8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 18 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Davis | 18 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| O. Ebomwonyi | 15 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Lynch | 14 | 1-3 | 3-5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| V. Nelson | 5 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| D. Minor | 4 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| N. Acosta | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 26-70 | 22-32 | 41 | 17 | 18 | 82 | |
| 37.1% | 68.8% | ||||||
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