Louisiana-Lafayette vs North Texas

CAJUN MEN'S BASKETBALL WINS FOURTH STRAIGHT AT UNT ... Feb. 22, 2001 DENTON, Texas – Anthony Johnson scored a career-high 33 points to lead Louisiana's Ragin' Cajun' men's basketball team to a 96-92 win over Sun Belt Conference rival North Texas at The Super Pit on Thursday. Johnson, who finished the night 14-of-18 from the field with seven dunks, also grabbed a personal best 13 rebounds for his fourth double-double of the year. Lonnie Thomas added 22 points for the Cajuns, while Orlando Butler came off the bench to hit 12 points with a pair of three-pointers. UNT's Chris Davis led all scorers with a career-best 37 points on 14-of-24 shooting. UNT's Jason Miller scored 19 points, while Bryan Lucas scored 10 points and grabbed a team-high 10 points for the Mean Green. Louisiana-Lafayette (14-12, 9-6 SBC) won its fourth straight and shot a season-high 56.1 percent from the field, thanks in part to 12 dunks, including seven in the second half. Meanwhile, the Mean Green dropped its 13th consecutive game to fall to 4-22 overall and 1-14 in the Sun Belt West. "North Texas played within themselves and were determined that they were not going to be denied,” said head coach Jessie Evans, whose team won its third straight over North Texas during his tenure. “We didn't play as well as we are capable of playing but we did play 20 minutes of pretty good basketball. And we came out with a win on the road and that means something.” After taking a one-point advantage into locker room at halftime, the Cajuns jumped out on a 12-4 run in the second-half's first four minutes and eventually built a 77-61 lead at the 9:38 mark on Jarret Evans' baseline three-pointer. However, UNT chipped away at the lead and used a 15-6 rally late to pull to within 89-87 on Jerome Roberts' lone three-pointer with 1:36 remaining. Johnson then made a layup with just over a minute left for a 91-87 Cajun advantage, and Louisiana-Lafayette drilled five of its last eight free throw attempts in the final 28 seconds to ice the win. “It's the thing that jumps up and bites us all the time. We're just not making our free throws,” Evans said. “To be successful and at the level that we want to be at, you have to make free throws and we did not do that.” The Cajuns close out the regular season when they face conference rival New Orleans at 1 p.m. Saturday in Lakefront Arena. A win over the Privateers gives Louisiana-Lafayette the No. 2 seed entering the Sun Belt Tournament at the Mitchell Center on March 1-6, while a loss drops the Cajuns to the No. 3 seed.

Louisiana-Lafayette vs North Texas OFFICIAL BASKETBALL BOX SCORE -- G A M E T O T A L S Louisiana-Lafayette vs North Texas 2/22/01 7:30 at Super Pit, Denton, Texas -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VISITORS: Louisiana-Lafayette 14-12, 9-6 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 8-13 0-0 6-10 3 4 7 5 22 4 1 0 1 23 52 DeGRAY, Reggie f 3-7 0-0 2-2 3 4 7 3 8 4 3 1 0 24 5 LAWRENCE, Kenneth g 4-5 1-2 0-0 2 0 2 1 9 5 4 0 1 27 22 HARMON, Blane g 2-8 2-8 1-2 0 4 4 4 7 4 2 0 1 30 34 JOHNSON, Anthony g 14-18 0-2 5-10 7 6 13 2 33 0 4 1 2 35 1 EVANS, Jarret 1-3 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 9 4 LANDRY, Antoine 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 23 BUTLER, Orlando 4-9 2-6 2-4 0 1 1 1 12 1 2 0 0 20 42 SMITH, Brett 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 7 7 5 2 5 2 0 1 25 55 DAVIS, Robert 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 TEAM ........................................ 2 2 4 TOTALS 37-66 6-20 16-28 17 28 45 21 96 24 18 2 6 200 TOT-FG 1stH: 18-34 52.9% 2ndH: 19-32 59.4% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 56.1% Deadbl 3pt-FG 1stH: 3-10 30.0% 2ndH: 3-10 30.0% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 30.0% Rebs FThrow 1stH: 5-10 50.0% 2ndH: 11-18 61.1% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 57.1% 7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME TEAM: North Texas 4-22, 1-14 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 0 LUCAS, Bryan * 3-9 0-0 4-5 5 5 10 5 10 3 3 1 2 33 5 DAVIS, Chris * 14-24 4-10 5-9 2 2 4 1 37 3 2 0 4 37 10 RITCHIE, Mike * 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 40 MILLER, Jason * 9-14 0-0 1-1 3 2 5 5 19 0 2 3 1 31 45 RICHARDSON, Josh * 3-6 0-0 1-2 1 1 2 5 7 0 1 0 1 19 1 SMITH, Will 3-3 0-0 2-3 2 3 5 1 8 1 1 0 1 20 2 ROGERS, Jerome 2-12 1-8 4-4 1 1 2 2 9 8 3 0 2 34 11 WHITE, Terence 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 17 14 McFALL, Jeremy 1-2 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 5 TEAM ........................................ 0 1 1 TOTALS 35-71 5-20 17-24 14 17 31 20 92 21 12 4 12 200 TOT-FG 1stH: 6-11 54.5% 2ndH: 29-60 48.3% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 49.3% Deadbl 3pt-FG 1stH: 0-0 00.0% 2ndH: 5-20 25.0% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 25.0% Rebs FThrow 1stH: 1-1 100.% 2ndH: 16-23 69.6% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 70.8% 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OFFICIALS: Frank Bosone, Hal Luck, John Hampton TECHNICAL FOULS: Louisiana-Lafayette - none North Texas - the bench(1) ATTENDANCE: 1004 SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 OT3 OT4 TOTAL Louisiana-Lafayette 44 52 96 North Texas 43 49 92 Points in the paint: UNT 48 ULL 52 Fast break points: UNT 17 ULL 14 Points off turnovers: UNT 19 ULL 10 Second chance points: UNT 8 ULL 8

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