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12/28/1999 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball

CAJUNS POST SEASON HIGH POINTS AGAINST TAMCC ... Dec. 28, 1999 LAFAYETTE -- Blane Harmon and Reggie DeGray each posted 15 points to lead Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns to an 85-77 victory over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Tuesday at the Cajundome.

After shooting only 35.8 percent from the field in the first half, the Cajuns rebounded in the second half to hit more than 54 percent of their shots from the field on the way to a season-high 85 points.

As the game drew to a close, UL Lafayette also benefitted from their best performance of the season from the free throw line, hitting 87.5 percent from the charity stripe, including 6-of-7 in the final 67 seconds.

UL Lafayette raced out to a 37-31 halftime lead and extended that to 16 points with 12:27 left on Orlando Butler's rebound of a Lonnie Thomas miss.

However, TAMCC went on an 18-7 run over the next five minutes to cut the Cajun lead to only five points. Michael Hicks highlighted the Islander run with seven of his game-high 26 points and added 10 rebounds in the game.

But the Cajuns rallied with seven straight points over the next 35 seconds to push the lead back to double digits.

Late in the contest, the Islanders cut the lead back down to five points at the 2:08 and 0:56 marks. However in each case, the Cajuns answered with two straight free throws to ice the win.

Lee Denmon also led the Islanders with 20 points on 7-of-19 shooting with Toby Thompson posting 11 points.

The Cajuns outrebounded their eighth straight opponent, taking a 51-41 advantage on the glass. Brett Smith topped UL Lafayette with nine rebounds and Kendall Regis added a career-high five blocked shots to lead a Cajun defensive effort which forced the Islanders into a 37.3 percent shooting night.

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