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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
