University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics

Louisiana-Lafayette vs Texas-Pan American

2/12/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball

CAJUN MEN'S BASKETBALL SNAPS SKID AT UTPA ... Feb. 12, 2001

EDINBURG, Texas – Louisiana's Ragin' Cajun men's basketball team snapped out of its season-long five-game losing streak Monday and did so in an impressive fashion, taking a resounding 93-71 victory over Texas-Pan American at the UTPA Fieldhouse.

The Cajuns (11-12) used 14-0 and 13-0 runs in the second half in defeating the Broncs for the seventh straight time and sweeping the season series.

Anthony Johnson led all players with 30 points on 12-of-15 shooting from the field and added a pair of three-pointers to go with a team-high seven rebounds. Lonnie Thomas returned to the team Monday morning after attending his grandfather's funeral in Leesville, La., and added 18 points with a 6-of-6 performance from the free throw line.

Kenneth Lawrence also added 12 points for the Cajun attack, which saw all but one player score in the game.

UTPA (10-14) scored the game's first points at the opening of the second half to knot the score at 34-all. However, Louisiana-Lafayette erupted on a 14-0 run over the next 4:23 to build a comfortable 48-34 lead. Thomas and Blane Harmon each led the offensive surge with six points, including a pair of treys from Harmon.

When the Broncs chipped away midway through the period to pull to within 57-43, Louisiana-Lafayette used a 13-0 run over a 2:51 span to push the lead into the 20-point range.

After hitting 43.3 percent in the first half, the Cajuns connected on 20-of-32 shots in the final 20 minutes and end the game hitting more than 53 percent of their shots. The shots came so fast and furious that Louisiana-Lafayette had already equaled its point total from the entire first half only nine minutes into the final period.

In addition, Louisiana-Lafayette also benefited from a season-best performance at the free throw line, where they hit 19-of-23 attempts, an 82.6 percentage.

Meanwhile, UTPA hit on only 14-of-32 attempt from the charity stripe, including a dismal 5-of-15 effort in the first half. The Broncs were also victimized by a stingy Cajun defense which forced 21 turnovers and never allowed UTPA to score more than five unanswered points in the second half.

Brian Merriweather led UTPA with 17 points on 6-of-12 shooting and added three 3-pointers. Mire Chatman came off the bench to tally 13 points, while John Braxton and Kwasinda Curtis chipped in with 12 points apiece.

Louisiana-Lafayette returns home Thursday to play host to Sun Belt Conference rival Denver and former head coach Marty Fletcher in a 7:05 p.m. contest. The Cajuns then conclude their 2000-01 home season when they face Middle Tennessee at 7:05 p.m. Saturday.

Louisiana-Lafayette vs Texas-Pan American OFFICIAL BASKETBALL BOX SCORE -- G A M E T O T A L S Louisiana-Lafayette vs Texas-Pan American 2/12/01 7:39 p.m. at Edinburg, Texas (UTPA Fieldhouse) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VISITORS: Louisiana-Lafayette 11-12 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 6-13 0-0 6-6 1 2 3 3 18 4 2 0 0 23 52 DeGRAY, Reggie f 2-4 0-0 0-0 1 3 4 4 4 2 1 0 0 22 5 LAWRENCE, Kenneth g 5-7 2-3 0-0 1 4 5 1 12 7 1 0 3 27 22 HARMON, Blane g 3-7 2-5 0-0 1 1 2 2 8 4 1 0 1 25 34 JOHNSON, Anthony g 12-15 2-3 4-5 5 2 7 3 30 4 3 0 1 34 1 EVANS, Jarret 0-0 0-0 0-2 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 1 1 10 3 BOYD, Brad 0-3 0-2 2-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 4 LANDRY, Antoine 1-1 1-1 2-2 0 0 0 2 5 0 1 0 0 5 21 BRIDGES, Laurie 0-1 0-0 1-2 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 23 BUTLER, Orlando 2-7 1-5 0-0 0 1 1 1 5 2 1 0 1 14 32 ROBINS, Darryl 0-2 0-0 2-2 1 2 3 2 2 1 3 0 1 11 42 SMITH, Brett 2-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 4 2 2 0 1 16 55 DAVIS, Robert 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 5 TEAM ........................................ 1 2 3 TOTALS 33-62 8-19 19-23 12 22 34 23 93 27 18 1 9 200 TOT-FG 1stH: 10-25 40.0% 2ndH: 23-37 62.2% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 53.2% Deadbl 3pt-FG 1stH: 0-5 00.0% 2ndH: 8-14 57.1% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 42.1% Rebs FThrow 1stH: 6-6 100.% 2ndH: 13-17 76.5% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 82.6% 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME TEAM: Texas-Pan American 10-14 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 11 BRAXTON, John f 3-10 3-7 3-6 1 1 2 3 12 0 2 0 0 26 21 SANDERS, Kyle f 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 4 2 1 3 0 0 23 22 HILL, Terrell c 3-5 0-0 1-6 3 5 8 5 7 1 3 2 2 29 1 CURTIS, Kwasinda g 4-6 0-1 4-8 1 3 4 1 12 0 5 0 2 27 23 MERRIWEATHER, Brian g 6-12 3-5 2-3 0 2 2 1 17 2 2 0 1 32 4 TATE, Joey 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 5 CANADA, Quin 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 00 KUZET, Reggie 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 15 HALL, Matt 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 32 CHATMAN, Mire 4-9 1-5 4-8 1 1 2 3 13 3 3 0 4 28 40 QUINN, Marcus 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 17 52 GURLEY, DeFrance 2-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 8 TEAM ........................................ 5 3 8 TOTALS 25-53 7-20 14-32 15 20 35 19 71 8 21 2 9 200 TOT-FG 1stH: 10-19 52.6% 2ndH: 15-34 44.1% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 47.2% Deadbl 3pt-FG 1stH: 3-7 42.9% 2ndH: 4-13 30.8% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 35.0% Rebs FThrow 1stH: 3-11 27.3% 2ndH: 11-21 52.4% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 43.8% 9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OFFICIALS: Rick Hall, Derrick Collins, Brad Fowler TECHNICAL FOULS: Louisiana-Lafayette - none Texas-Pan American - GURLEY, DeFranc(1) the bench(1) ATTENDANCE: 2,175 SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 OT3 OT4 TOTAL Louisiana-Lafayette 34 59 93 Texas-Pan American 32 39 71
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