The 2021–22 Lamar Lady Cardinals basketball team represented

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during the

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. The Lady Cardinals, led by third-year head coach Aqua Franklin, played their home games at the

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as members of the

Western Athletic Conference The Western Athletic Conference (WAC) is an NCAA Division I conference. The WAC covers a broad expanse of the Western United States with member institutions located in Arizona, California, Texas, Utah and Washington (state), Washington. Due to ...

. This season was the Lady Cardinals' first and only as members of the

. Lamar was one of four schools, all from Texas, that left the

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in July 2021 to join the WAC. The Lady Cardinals finished the 2021–22 season with an overall record of 14–15 and 8–10 in conference play. The seventh-seeded Lady Cardinals won their WAC tournament opening-round game against tenth seed

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65–54. Their season ended with a first-round tournament loss to sixth seed 2021–22 Sam Houston State Bearkats women's basketball team

Previous season

The Lady Cardinals finished the 2020–21 season with an overall record of 10–14 and 9–6 in conference play. Their season ended losing to

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in a quarterfinal game in the Southland Conference tournament. Lamar entered the tournament as fourth seed.

Offseason

Incoming transfers

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Roster

Schedule

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References

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