Up front, captain John Muldoon will line out for his 250th game with his home province and is joined in the back row with the first try scorer of the season Nepia Fox-Matamua and Academy graduate Eoghan Masterson.
Ultan Dillane comes on to the bench to replace the injured Eoin McKeon while Ben Marshall will now cover the back row as well as lock.
Commenting on the team selection and the upcoming game, Lam said:
"We understand the enormity of the challenge we have before us against a well-coached Glasgow side stacked full of quality players. We have yet to win at Scotstoun and we're playing the defending champions who will be fired up after last week's defeat.
"But our focus for the growth of our young squad is to compete and perform in challenges like this.
"We have trained well this week and we know only performing as a collective will give us a chance."
Connacht 15 - 9: Tiernan O'Halloran, Danie Poolman, Rory Parata, Bundee Aki, Matt Healy, Jack Carty, John Cooney
1 - 8: Denis Buckley, Tom McCartney, Rodney Ah You, Quinn Roux, Andrew Browne, John Muldoon (captain), Nepia Fox-Matamua, Eoghan Masterson
Replacements: Dave Heffernan, JP Cooney, Finlay Bealham, Ultan Dillane, Ben Marshall, Kieran Marmion, Craig Ronaldson, Fionn Carr
Unavailable / Injured: Nathan White, Ronan Loughney, Jake Heenan, Eoin McKeon, Api Pewhairangi, Niyi Adeolokun, Darragh Leader, Robbie Henshaw.
Glasgow Warriors v Connacht
Friday September 11th
At Scotstoun Stadium, 7:35pm
Glasgow v Connacht will be broadcast live on BBC Scotland and TG4.
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