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1/21/1999 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball


MEN'S BASKETBALL SLIPS PAST SOUTH ALABAMA ...Jan. 21, 1999

LAFAYETTE, La. -- South Alabama's Jaguars missed two shots in the final four seconds here Thursday night as USL's Ragin' Cajuns held on for a 50-48 Sun Belt Conference victory over the Jaguars in the lowest-scoring game in Cajundome history.
USA's Clayton Dye misfired on a three-pointer with four seconds left, and Dusty Dubbs had a baseline jumper on the offensive rebound spin in and out as the Cajuns held on for their sixth straight home-court win this season and their fourth straight win overall.
The Cajuns, 9-9 overall and tied for first with Western Kentucky in the Sun Belt with a 4-1 league record, had led by six points with less than two minutes left before the Jaguars (6-12, 3-5) got an inside basket from Darrian Evans with 1:41 left and a pair of free throws from Dusty Dubbs at the 1:08 mark to cut the margin to two points.
USL's Blane Harmon missed on a jumper with 34 seconds left and USA controlled the rebound, and set up for the missed final shot after a time out.
The combined 98 points by the two teams set a Cajundome record for fewest points scored by two teams, snapping the old mark of 105 set in 1987 when Lamar beat USL 54-51 and tied in 1991 when USL downed Nicholls State 53-52.
Thomas had 15 points and 10 rebounds and Reginald Poole had 11 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Cajun squad, which shot only 37.0 percent from the field but still outshot the Jaguars' 36.5 mark. USA, having a three-game winning streak snapped but losing for the 10th time in 10 road games this season, only hit on eight-of-27 field goals in the second half, a 29.6 mark.
Darrian Evans had 20 points and Dubbs and Josh Hotz each had 11 for the Jaguars, who trailed by as many as eight points in each half after leading by as many as four with 15:55 left in the game.
Evans scored five points in a 30-second period early in the second half to give the Jaguars a 33-29 lead at that 15:55 mark, but the Cajuns responded with 10 straight points to take a 39-33 lead with 13:23 left on Billy Jones' driving jumper. That lead reached as high as eight with 8:59 showing on Brett Smith's inside basket, and Thomas' inside bucket with 3:15 remaining gave USL its final points and the 50-44 lead before South Alabama's late rally.


SOUTH ALABAMA (6-12, 3-5)
Dubbs 4-12 3-4 11, Evans 8-16 4-5 20, Stanescu 3-6 0-1 6,
Theriot 0-0 0-1 0, Dye 0-6 0-0 0, Stewart 0-2 0-1 0, Hotz 4-9 0-0 11,
Payton 0-1 0-0 0, Bland 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 19-52 7-12 48.
USL (9-9, 4-1)
Funderburk 0-2 1-2 1, Poole 5-9 0-0 11, Smith 2-3 2-2 6,
Harmon 3-12 1-2 7, Evans 1-4 0-0 2, Patrick 0-0 0-0 0, Jones 3-9 1-2
7, Butler 0-5 1-3 1, Regis 0-1 0-0 0, Thomas 6-9 3-7 15, Warren 0-0
0-0 0. Totals 20-54 9-18 50.
Half--USL 26, USA 26. Three-point goals--USA 3-16 (Hotz 3-7,
Payton 0-1, Dubbs 0-4, Dye 0-4), USL 1-18 (Poole 1-1, Jones 0-2,
Evans 0-3, Butler 0-4, Harmon 0-8). Fouled out--none. Rebounds-USA 39
(Dubbs 10), USL 35 (Poole 11). Assists--USA 9 (Dubbs 3), USL 13
(Harmon 7). Total fouls--USA 15, USL 16. Technicals--none.
Attendance--5,521.

OFFICIAL BASKETBALL BOX SCORE -- G A M E   T O T A L S                          
SOUTH ALABAMA vs USL RAGIN' CAJUNS                                              
1/21/99 7:05 p.m. at CAJUNDOME, Lafayette, La.                                  
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VISITORS: SOUTH ALABAMA (6-12,3-5)                                              
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS                         
No.     N A M E           FG FGA FG FGA FT FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP   A TO BLK S MIN
32 DUSTY DUBBS          f  4 12   0  4   3  4   2  8 10   1  11   3  3  0  2  39
50 DARRIAN EVANS        f  8 16   0  0   4  5   5  4  9   3  20   2  2  1  2  37
55 VIRGIL STANESCU      c  3  6   0  0   0  1   3  2  5   3   6   0  3  0  1  17
11 GARRETT THERIOT      g  0  0   0  0   0  1   0  5  5   3   0   2  0  0  0  33
24 CLAYTON DYE          g  0  6   0  4   0  0   0  0  0   1   0   1  0  0  0  22
04 MICHAEL STEWART         0  2   0  0   0  1   1  1  2   3   0   0  2  0  0  16
30 JOSH HOTZ               4  9   3  7   0  0   0  1  1   1  11   1  3  0  2  26
40 ALVIN PAYTON            0  1   0  1   0  0   0  3  3   0   0   0  1  0  0   6
42 BRIAN BLAND             0  0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0   0  1  0  0   4
TEAM ........................................   2  2  4                         
TOTALS                    19 52   3 16   7 12  13 26 39  15  48   9 15  1  7 200
                                                                                
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-25  .440   2nd Half:  8-27  .296   Game:  .365   DEADBALL
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  3- 9  .333   2nd Half:  0- 7  .000   Game:  .188   REBOUNDS
F Throw % 1st Half:  1- 2  .500   2nd Half:  6-10  .600   Game:  .583      2    
                                                                                
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HOME TEAM: USL RAGIN' CAJUNS (9-9,4-1)                                          
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS                         
No.     N A M E           FG FGA FG FGA FT FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP   A TO BLK S MIN
32 CHRIS FUNDERBURK     f  0  2   0  0   1  2   0  0  0   1   1   0  0  0  0  21
31 REGINALD POOLE       f  5  9   1  1   0  0   3  8 11   3  11   1  6  2  4  35
42 BRETT SMITH          c  2  3   0  0   2  2   3  0  3   4   6   1  2  0  1  19
22 BLANE HARMON         g  3 12   0  8   1  2   0  2  2   1   7   7  1  0  0  34
35 JARRET EVANS         g  1  4   0  3   0  0   0  1  1   0   2   0  0  0  1  17
03 DAVID PATRICK           0  0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0   0  0  0  0   4
15 BILLY JONES             3  9   0  2   1  2   0  3  3   3   7   2  1  1  0  29
23 ORLANDO BUTLER          0  5   0  4   1  3   2  0  2   1   1   1  0  0  0  12
45 KENDALL REGIS           0  1   0  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0   0  0  0  0   5
30 LONNIE THOMAS           6  9   0  0   3  7   3  7 10   3  15   1  0  0  2  24
41 DERRICK WARREN          0  0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0   0  0  0  0  0+
TEAM ........................................   1  2  3                         
TOTALS                    20 54   1 18   9 18  12 23 35  16  50  13 10  3  8 200
                                                                                
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-28  .357   2nd Half: 10-26  .385   Game:  .370   DEADBALL
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  0- 9  .000   2nd Half:  1- 9  .111   Game:  .056   REBOUNDS
F Throw % 1st Half:  6-10  .600   2nd Half:  3- 8  .375   Game:  .500      5    
                                                                                
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OFFICIALS:   Mike Sanzere, Rick Crawford, Kelly Self                            
TECHNICAL FOULS:                                                                
SOUTH ALABAMA       -  none                                                     
USL RAGIN' CAJUNS   -  none                                                     
ATTENDANCE:  5,521                                                              
SCORE BY PERIODS:        1st  2nd  OT1  OT2  OT3  OT4   TOTAL                   
SOUTH ALABAMA             26   22                          48                   
USL RAGIN' CAJUNS         26   24                          50                   
                                                                                
                                                                                
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