University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics

Texas-Pan American vs Louisiana-Lafayette

1/13/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball

MEN'S BASKETBALL SWEEPS HOMESTAND WITH WIN OVER UTPA ... Jan. 13, 2001

LAFAYETTE – Louisiana's Ragin' Cajun men's basketball team wrapped up its season-long homestand Monday with a thrilling 72-71 win over Texas-Pan American at the Cajundome, and the stand couldn't end quickly enough for Cajun fans with weak hearts.

The Cajuns (8-6) closed out the contest on an 11-3 run over the final 4:18 to win their sixth straight over the Broncs and third straight overall, despite hitting only one of their final eight free throws and finishing only 8-of-22 from the charity stripe in the game.

With the close win, Louisiana-Lafayette has now won its last three home contests – versus UTPA and Sun Belt Conference rivals Florida International and New Mexico State – by a combined eight points.

Lonnie Thomas led the Cajun offense with 19 points, including 14 in the second half, and grabbed a team-high nine rebounds. Darryl Robins came off the bench to provide a career-best 13 points on 6-of-8 shooting and snared nine rebounds, including seven off the offensive glass.

Blane Harmon added 16 points for Louisiana-Lafayette with four 3-pointers, while Orlando Butler continued to emerge from a midseason offensive slide with 12 points, his first back-to-back double-digit efforts of the year.

Brian Merriweather led UTPA with 21 points, including four 3-pointers, while John Braxton added 19 points with five treys. Mire Chatman came off the Bronc bench to tally 13 points.

The Cajuns took a 40-36 halftime lead into the locker room at the halftime break and continued to lead by four at 50-46 on Harmon's three-pointer at the 14:54 mark. However, UTPA (7-11) exploded on a 16-2 run over the next seven minutes and capped the rally when Terrell Hill's baseline jumper gave the Broncs a 60-52 lead, their largest of the night, at the 8:00 mark.

Over the next four minutes, the Cajuns shaved only one point off that lead and continued to trail at 68-61 after Braxton's three-pointer at the top of the key. That's when the Cajuns took off on their game-ending run.

Harmon drilled a three-pointer to cut the lead to four, and Robins brought the Cajuns to within a bucket after stealing a UTPA pass and taking it the length of the court with only 3:19 remaining.

Butler gave the Cajuns their first lead since the 14:27 mark after nailing a driving jumper with two minutes left, but UTPA regained at the 1:24 mark when Marcus Quinn rebounded a Braxton miss. With 1:10 remaining, Thomas converted a basket inside and the Cajun defense held the rest of the way.

The Cajuns hit the road again Thursday when they meet Conference USA foe Southern Mississippi in a 7:05 p.m. contest at Reed Green Coliseum in Hattiesburg, Miss.

Texas-Pan American vs Louisiana-Lafayette OFFICIAL BASKETBALL BOX SCORE -- G A M E T O T A L S Texas-Pan American vs Louisiana-Lafayette 1/15/01 7:05 p.m. at Lafayette, La., Cajundome -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VISITORS: Texas-Pan American 7-11 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 21 SANDERS, Kyle f 2-3 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 5 4 0 2 0 0 23 22 HILL, Terrell f 2-6 0-1 0-0 3 4 7 4 4 2 2 0 0 34 1 CURTIS, Kwasinda g 2-5 0-1 0-0 0 6 6 4 4 5 3 0 1 34 11 BRAXTON, John g 6-11 5-7 2-4 2 1 3 3 19 1 3 0 2 28 23 MERRIWEATHER, Brian g 6-14 4-12 5-6 1 4 5 0 21 2 2 0 1 37 3 DAVIS, James 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 CHATMAN, Mire 5-13 2-5 1-2 1 4 5 3 13 3 5 1 2 24 40 QUINN, Marcus 3-5 0-0 0-2 2 2 4 3 6 0 0 0 0 19 52 GURLEY, DeFrance 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 TEAM ........................................ 2 1 3 TOTALS 26-57 11-26 8-14 12 24 36 23 71 13 17 1 6 200 TOT-FG 1stH: 12-26 46.2% 2ndH: 14-31 45.2% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 45.6% Deadbl 3pt-FG 1stH: 5-12 41.7% 2ndH: 6-14 42.9% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 42.3% Rebs FThrow 1stH: 7-12 58.3% 2ndH: 1-2 50.0% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 57.1% 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME TEAM: Louisiana-Lafayette 8-6 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 30 THOMAS, Lonnie f 8-21 0-0 3-8 6 3 9 4 19 2 5 1 0 38 52 DeGRAY, Reggie f 0-3 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 3 0 2 1 0 1 9 42 SMITH, Brett c 2-3 0-0 0-1 2 1 3 3 4 0 1 0 0 15 5 LAWRENCE, Kenneth g 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 0 1 15 22 HARMON, Blane g 6-11 4-8 0-0 1 4 5 1 16 4 1 0 0 36 1 EVANS, Jarret 0-3 0-1 0-0 0 5 5 1 0 2 1 0 0 21 3 BOYD, Brad 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+ 21 BRIDGES, Laurie 2-2 0-0 0-2 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 6 23 BUTLER, Orlando 4-12 0-5 4-6 1 2 3 1 12 7 2 0 3 33 32 ROBINS, Darryl 6-8 0-0 1-5 7 2 9 0 13 1 0 1 1 22 55 DAVIS, Robert 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 5 TEAM ........................................ 1 0 1 TOTALS 30-66 4-14 8-22 21 20 41 15 72 19 13 3 6 200 TOT-FG 1stH: 17-34 50.0% 2ndH: 13-32 40.6% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 45.5% Deadbl 3pt-FG 1stH: 2-8 25.0% 2ndH: 2-6 33.3% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 28.6% Rebs FThrow 1stH: 4-9 44.4% 2ndH: 4-13 30.8% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 36.4% 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OFFICIALS: Curtis Shaw, Mark Whitehead, J.B. Caldwell TECHNICAL FOULS: Texas-Pan American - CHATMAN, Mire(1) Louisiana-Lafayette - HARMON, Blane(1) SMITH, Brett(1) DeGRAY, Reggie( ATTENDANCE: 3,824 SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 OT3 OT4 TOTAL Texas-Pan American 36 35 71 Louisiana-Lafayette 40 32 72
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