Jamyus Jones and Darrell Jones are not related but they've been playing basketball together almost since they could read and right. That will continue after the LSCPA duo signed to continue their careers at NCAA Division II Texas A&M International.
Lamar State College Port Arthur sophomore Devaughn Thomas has been named to the NJCAA Region 14 South Zone men's basketball team after a vote by the league's head coaches.
Lamar State College Port Arthur played close but couldn’t get past a tough Angelina College in the quarterfinal round of the NJCAA Region 14 Tournament on Thursday, falling to the Roadrunners 65-57 at the Gold Dome on the campus of Centenary College of Louisiana.
Lamar State College Port Arthur trailed by as many as 13 points to Trinity Valley Community College on Tuesday night in the first round of the NJCAA Region 14 Tournament. No worries.
Relying on a dominating defense to frustrate the Cardinals over the final 20 minutes of the first-round game at the Gold Dome in Bossier City, Louisiana, the Seahawks rolled to a 76-69 victory. The victory means No. 10 seed LSCPA advances to the tournament quarterfinals on Thursday when the Seahawks will face No. 2 seed Angelina College. That game tips off at 6 p.m. and will be broadcast live by coopersports.net.
Seahawks sophomore Jamyus Jones sank seven 3-pointers and just missed an a school record while he and his teammates combined for 15 of the bonus balls on Sophomore Day.
The 6-foot-2 sophomore, a Nederland High grad, hit 7 of 12 shots from the field and 6 of 7 from the free-throw stripe to finish with an even 20 points as the Hawks’ only player to reach double digits.
Jamyus Jones shot 60 percent on 3-pointers (6 of 10) en route to 25 points to lead Lamar State College Port Arthur to an easy, 91-72, win over Baytown's Lee College in NJCAA men’s basketball action Saturday at Port Arthur’s Parker Center.
The Seahawks were led in scoring by Devaughn Thomas with 17 points and Jamyus Jones and Darrell Jones each finished with 16 points.. It was Thomas' 25th double-figure scoring performance of the season.
Devaughn Thomas scored 25 points and missed one shot all night – hitting on eight dunks -- and freshman Terron Brown responded to his first start with 20 points of his own and a team-high seven rebounds.
Jamyus Jones, a Port Arthur sophomore, drilled 5 3-pointers as the Seahawks matched their season high of 11 treys. Teammate Devaughn Thomas scored his sixth double-double of the season with 17 points and 10 rebounds.
Freshman guard Kanntrell Burney hit a season-high five 3-pointers Saturday and led Lamar State to an 87-66 win over Jacksonville College with 23 points and eight rebounds.
LSCPA dominated the glass, claiming a 46-28 rebounding margin, and sophomores Devaughn Thomas and Darrell Jones each collected a double-double. Thomas finished with 25 points and 13 rebounds, while Jones had 12 points and 10 boards.
Lamar State College Port Arthur’s Devaughn Thomas upped his bid for the Region 14 scoring title, but the Seahawks came up two free throws short Wednesday, falling 66-64 to South Zone leader Angelina College.
Devaughn Thomas matched his season high of 28 points and Lamar State Port Arthur's Seahawks won for the sixth time in eight games, 105-57 over Victoria College in Victoria Saturday afternoon.
Some quick hands and determined defense lifted Lamar State College Port Arthur from a 17-point first-half deficit to a double-digit winning margin Wednesday in an 89-78 win over Coastal Bend College.
Navarro College’s Netflix-featured cheerleaders got a lot of chances to flip and shout Saturday as their Bulldogs defeat Lamar State College Port Arthur 95-70 in Corsicana, Texas.
Lamar State College Port Arthur's Devaughn Thomas scored 24 points in the first half en route to a 28-point, 13-rebound performance, while teammate Kanntrell Burney scored 15 points in the second half on his way to a 17-point showing for the Seahawks in an 86-76 win over Paris Junior College on Wednesday night.
J'Son Brooks, a 6-foot-7 sophomore out of Lake Charles LaGrange High, hit on 8 of 14 from the field in scoring a season-high 24 points and led his team with six rebounds.
Five different Lamar State players combined to hit 12 3-pointers – four by Kantrell Burney, three by Jamyus Jones – as the Seahawks improved to 7-8 overall, 1-3 in Region 14 play.
Seven different Seahawk players scored 10 or more points as Lamar State College Port Arthur scored a 129-68 win over CMP Prep in the New Year's Eve finale of the Seahawks’ New Year’s Day Classic.
Panola College, the 17th-ranked junior college basketball squad in the nation, was No. 1 Saturday when it came to 3-point shots. The Ponies from Carthage improved to 11-2 on the season and 3-0 in Region XIV play after they hit 13 of their 29 attempts from outside the bonus arc and defeated Lamar State College Port Arthur 85-52 at the Carl Parker Center in Port Arthur.
The Seahawks will try again Saturday for their first win of the Region 14 season after coming up on the wrong end of a 76-65 decision in Bossier, Louisiana Wednesday night.
It appeared that the mighty would fall when Lamar State College Port Arthur took a 16-point lead over No. 18-ranked Northwest Florida in the final day of the Pensacola Thanksgiving Classic. Then the Raiders went on an extended second-half run to clinch a 70-63 non-conference victory.
PENSACOLA, Florida - With ice water pumping through his veins, sophomore Devaugn Thomas calmly hit two free throws with less than a second left on the clock to lead Lamar State College Port Arthur past Pensacola State College 72-71 on Tuesday night in the second day of the Pensacola State College Thanksgiving Classic.
Lamar State College Port Arthur exploded out of the gate, going up by as many as seven points over No. 13-ranked Tallahassee midway through the first half. Tallahassee withstood the challenge, though, outscoring the Seahawks 36-19 in the second half for an 80-59 win in the first day of the Pensacola (Fla.) College Thanksgiving Classic.
Sophomores Kieffer Punter and Shahada Wells scored 21 points and 17 points, respectively, to lead Tyler Junior College by Lamar State College Port Arthur 73-55 in Saturday’s NJCAA Region 14 opener at The Parker Center in Port Arthur.
Sophomore Jamyus Jones scored a career-high 26 points to go with a dozen rebounds Friday night as Lamar State College Port Arthur ended a three-game losing streak with an 88-80 win over Baton Rouge Community College.
After going on the road and coming within five points of beating a couple of top 20-ranked teams over the weekend, the Lamar State College Port Arthur Seahawks fell short again in a home game against LSU-Eunice on Tuesday, Nov. 12.