Samford vs Louisiana-Lafayette

CAJUN BASKETBALL ROLLS AT TREND HOMES CLASSIC ... Dec. 19, 2000 FRESNO, Calif. – Returning from a 15-day-layoff, Louisiana's Ragin' Cajun basketball team showed a little rust at times but collected its first win in the month of December with a 76-66 win over Samford in the first round of the Trend Homes Classic on Tuesday.

The Cajuns (3-2) move into the championship game against Fresno State at 10 p.m. (CST) Wednesday.

Lonnie Thomas scored 21 points on 9-of-16 shooting and added a game-high eight rebounds for Louisiana-Lafayette. Anthony Johnson tallied 18 points with three 3-pointers, while Orlando Butler posted 13 points and Blane Harmon 11 points.

“After being off for 15 days, we expected to play with a little rust,” head coach Jessie Evans said. “It was good for us to get that game out of our system.”

The Cajuns took advantage of some shooting, especially from behind the three-point arc, to improve their all-time record to 9-0 against Samford. Louisiana-Lafayette jumped out to a double-digit lead in the first half, thanks to 51.9 percent accuracy from the field and 50.0 percent from behind the arc.

In the second half, Louisiana-Lafayette cooled slightly from the field but continued to blister the nets from long range, hitting 60.0 percent of its three-point attempts.

“We knew Samford was a patient team, so we wanted to make the shots that they attempted contested,” Evans said. “I thought that happened for the most part.”

Despite the total dominance by the Cajuns, Samford (2-5) rallied late and pulled to within six points late.Louisiana-Lafayette enjoyed one of its largest leads at the 6:27 mark when Kenneth Lawrence buried his second trey of the game for a 68-47 advantage.

However, the Bulldogs took off on a 19-4 run over the next 5:38 and got to within 72-66 on Tyson Dorsey's three-pointer. But two Blane Harmon free throws and Thomas' last bucket of the night iced the win for the Cajuns.

Derrick Jones and Marc Salyers each led Samford with 16 points apiece. Chris Weaver was the only other Bulldog in double figures, posting 12 points on four 3-pointers.

Samford vs Louisiana-Lafayette OFFICIAL BASKETBALL BOX SCORE -- G A M E T O T A L S Samford vs Louisiana-Lafayette 12/19/00 5:30 p.m. at Selland Arena - Fresno, Calif. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VISITORS: Samford 2-5 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 02 SALYERS, Marc f 5-12 3-5 3-5 1 2 3 1 16 4 2 2 1 37 24 GREEN, Corey f 3-5 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 4 6 1 3 0 1 20 20 WEAVER, Chris g 4-9 4-9 0-0 0 3 3 2 12 2 1 0 1 32 21 JONES, Derrick g 5-9 4-8 2-3 1 5 6 1 16 3 2 2 0 34 32 FELTON, Cornell g 1-4 0-3 0-0 1 3 4 1 2 5 2 0 0 31 05 HARPER, Eddie 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 8 10 GARDNER, Will 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 30 SKYPALA, Gabe 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 3 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 10 33 DORSEY, Tyson 3-6 3-6 0-0 0 0 0 3 9 0 1 0 1 13 44 RAMELLI, Phillip 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 52 SACHSE, Sebastian 1-3 0-1 0-0 2 1 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 10 TEAM ........................................ 1 4 5 2 TOTALS 22-49 14-34 8-12 7 24 31 15 66 15 17 4 7 200 TOT-FG 1stH: 8-24 33.3% 2ndH: 14-25 56.0% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 44.9% Deadbl 3pt-FG 1stH: 5-15 33.3% 2ndH: 9-19 47.4% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 41.2% Rebs FThrow 1stH: 1-2 50.0% 2ndH: 7-10 70.0% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 66.7% 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME TEAM: Louisiana-Lafayette 3-2 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 1 EVANS, Jarret 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 LAWRENCE, Kenneth 3-5 2-2 0-0 0 2 2 0 8 1 1 0 1 21 13 JONES, Billy 1-2 0-0 0-1 0 2 2 0 2 4 0 0 0 13 22 HARMON, Blane 3-7 3-5 2-2 0 2 2 2 11 2 1 1 0 23 23 BUTLER, Orlando 4-8 3-6 2-2 1 3 4 1 13 5 2 0 2 27 30 THOMAS, Lonnie 9-16 0-0 3-6 5 3 8 1 21 0 1 1 0 32 32 ROBINS, Darryl 0-4 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 10 34 JOHNSON, Anthony 7-12 3-6 1-2 1 4 5 1 18 0 1 0 3 29 42 SMITH, Brett 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 3 0 1 2 0 0 17 52 DeGRAY, Reggie 1-3 1-2 0-0 1 3 4 2 3 4 4 0 1 26 TEAM ........................................ 0 1 1 TOTALS 28-58 12-22 8-13 10 22 32 13 76 17 12 2 8 200 TOT-FG 1stH: 11-22 50.0% 2ndH: 17-36 47.2% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 48.3% Deadbl 3pt-FG 1stH: 4-9 44.4% 2ndH: 8-13 61.5% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 54.5% Rebs FThrow 1stH: 1-3 33.3% 2ndH: 7-10 70.0% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 61.5% 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OFFICIALS: Tom Harrington, Tom Wood and Mike Reed TECHNICAL FOULS: Samford - none Louisiana-Lafayette - none ATTENDANCE: SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 OT3 OT4 TOTAL Samford 22 44 66 Louisiana-Lafayette 35 41 76 Game No. 1 - Trend Homes Classic

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