Louisiana-Lafayette’s Dwight “Bo” Lamar – Southland Scoring Machine

A native of Columbus, Ohio, Dwight “Bo” Lamar was one of college basketball’s prolific scorer’s even before his then Southwestern Louisiana “Ragin’ Cajuns” joined the Southland Conference in 1971. Playing the two previous seasons in the Gulf States Conference, Lamar averaged 22.8 points per game as a freshman and an astonishing 36 points per game as a sophomore.

When the Cajuns moved into the Southland and the NCAA’s University Division (Division I), Lamar didn’t slow down a bit, averaging 36.3 points in leading USL to a 25-4 record, a national Top-10 ranking, and a berth in the then 24-team NCAA tournament. As a senior, Lamar “cooled” to a 28.9 scoring clip, but the Cajuns again ranked among the nation’s top teams, earning another NCAA tournament bid.

Lamar’s career scoring average was 31.2 points per game, and including his career total of 3,493 points, he still holds 13 Southland scoring records to this day. Lamar was a third-round pick by the Detroit Pistons in the 1973 NBA Draft, and he played for three ABA teams before ending his professional career in 1977 with the Los Angeles Lakers.

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