Cajuns vs. Aggies

Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball team ended the 2001-02 regular season on Saturday with a 94-62 loss to the New Mexico State Aggies.? The Aggies used an NCAA record 21 three-pointers to runaway with the victory.

The Cajuns finish the regular season 7-20, 1-14 and will battle Middle Tennessee in the first round of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament this Thursday at 4:30pm.? UL Lafayette played the Lady Raiders in the first round of last season's tournament, falling 78-59 in Mobile, Ala.? This season's SBC tournament is hosted by New Orleans and will be held at the UNO Lakefront Arena.

A close first half spiraled out of control for the Cajuns in the final two minutes.? A barrage of three pointers by the Aggies prompted a 14-4 spurt to give New Mexico State a 46-33 lead at the half.? The Aggies hit 11 of 16 three-point shots in the half, paced by four from Mari Sanchez and three apiece from Melanie Maynes and Jenia Dimitrova.

The Cajuns were never able to recover from the Aggies three-point bombardment, which continued in the first few minutes of the second half.? After cutting the halftime deficit to nine points, at 46-37, New Mexico State began to launch three-pointers again.

Sanchez hit 10 of 15 three-point shots and led all scorers with 30 points.? Maynes added 26 points for the Aggies.

Charlotte Green led the Cajuns with 20 points, while Sarah Richey added 18 points and 15 rebounds.

As in the two teams earlier meeting this season, the Cajuns darted out to a quick lead.? UL Lafayette led 11-5, but missed several opportunities to increase their lead.? Those missed opportunities would come back to haunt the Cajuns, as the Aggies used an 8-2 run to take a 17-16 lead.

UL Lafayette (62) GREEN 8-15 1-2 20; RICHEY 9-13 0-1 18; WILLIAMS 3-9 2-5 8; QUALLS 2-5 1-2 5; SIMON 2-3 1-2 5; FINCHER 2-3 0-0 4; CAFFEY 1-3 0-0 2; STEWART 0-1 0-0 0; SIMMONS 0-1 0-0 0; TOLSTON 0-5 0-0 0; EVANS 0-3 0-0 0; NOEL 0-2 0-0 0; PETRAKOVA 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 27-64 5-12 62.

New Mexico State (94) SANCHEZ 10-18 0-0 30; MAYNES 9-20 4-4 26; DIMITROVA 5-9 2-2 15;

MOORE 6-16 0-0 14; GARRETT 2-8 0-0 6; CLIFT 1-4 0-0 2; EARLEY 0-2 1-2 1; ARVIZU 0-2 0-0 0.

Totals 33-79 7-8 94.

Halftime- ULL 33, NMSU 46. 3-point goals-ULL 3-13 (GREEN 3-5; QUALLS 0-1; TOLSTON 0-5;

NOEL 0-2), NMSU 21-41 (SANCHEZ 10-17; MAYNES 4-4; DIMITROVA 3-7; MOORE 2-6;

GARRETT 2-6; EARLEY 0-1). Fouled out--ULL-None, NMSU-None. Rebounds-ULL 48 (RICHEY 15),

NMSU 40 (MAYNES 14). Assists-ULL 8 (GREEN 2; EVANS 2), NMSU 17 (SANCHEZ 7).

Total fouls-ULL 10, NMSU 15. A-699

University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics

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