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Cajuns Complete Season Sweep of North Texas

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DENTON, Texas - For the first time in more than two years, Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns overcame a halftime deficit to earn a victory. UL Lafayette, without leading scorer Charlotte Green, topped North Texas 65-59 on Thursday night.

The Cajuns 65 points marked their third best scoring output of the season.

Thursday's performance was the exact opposite of the last two times UL Lafayette visited the Super Pit in Denton, Texas. Last season, Louisiana-Lafayette was blown out 88-34, trailing at the half by a score of 43-15. The Cajuns shot only 24 percent and committed 27 turnovers in that game. UL Lafayette fell 92-49 at NT during the 2000-01 season.

This time, the Cajuns shot 45 percent, committing only 17 turnovers to 20 by North Texas. The two teams committed a combined 21 turnovers in the first half, which saw the Lady Eagles lead 26-21 after 20 minutes.

The win helps the Cajuns sweep the season series with North Texas.

A basket by Sharee Glenn with 12:15 remaining gave the Cajuns their first lead of the second half, 37-35.

Three points from Emily Britt recaptured the lead for the Lady Eagles, but a 10-footer from Ashley Blanche and a trey from Glenn gave UL Lafayette a 42-38 advantage.

North Texas came back with a 12-4 spurt to take a 50-46 lead with less than eight minutes to play.

A pair of free throws by Brooke Williams with 6:45 remaining started a 10-0 Cajuns run that was capped by a three-pointer from Bernette Tolston with three minutes left.

Mian Williams and Heather Trout came back with three points apiece to tie the game at 56-56 with 1:59 remaining.

A triple from Tolston with 1:09 on the clock gave UL Lafayette a 59-56 edge. Blanche?s free throw put the Cajuns up four with 40 seconds left, but Britt banked home a three with 27.5 seconds on the clock to make it a one-point game. Blanche and Anna Petrakova hit a pair of free throws each to seal the win for the Cajuns.

Williams led the Cajuns with 15 points and nine rebounds. Four other players reached double figures as Glenn added 13 points, Tolston 12 points and Blanche and Sarah Richey each added 10 points. Blanche added a game-high five assists.

Britt led North Texas with 21 points and six rebounds in only 22 minutes.

A 7-0 Lady Eagles run to start the second half gave the hosts a 33-21 advantage. The Cajuns came back with a 14-2 spurt to tie the game at 35-35 with 13:10 left in the game.

Williams got Louisiana-Lafayette started with a three-point play. Glenn's basket and Tolston's three-pointer pulled the Cajuns closer, before the pair struck again with the same combination to trim NT's lead to 35-34. A free throw by Glenn would knot the score at 35-35.

Both teams struggled from the floor in the opening minutes, as NT held a 10-6 lead eight minutes into the contest.

As the Cajuns continued to turn the ball over, North Texas started to find their shot. Nahogany Brown and Britt drained three-pointers to up the hosts advantage to 16-6.

Down 19-9, UL Lafayette generated a 6-0 run to close within 19-15. After four unanswered points by North Texas, the Cajuns outscored the Lady Eagles 6-3 to end the half down five.

The Cajuns finish the regular season on Saturday at Denver.

UL Lafayette (65) Williams 6-8 3-5 15; Glenn 5-11 2-4 13; Tolston 4-10 0-0 12; Richey 5-10 0-0 10; Blanche 3-8 4-7 10; Menter 1-2 0-0 3; Petrakova 0-2 2-2 2; White 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 24-53 11-18 65.

North Texas (59) Britt 7-11 3-4 21; Blanton 5-8 3-5 13; Grismanauskaite 3-10 1-2 7; Brown 2-3 0-0 6; Williams 2-5 1-2 6; Trout 2-6 1-1 5; Wilson 0-2 0-2 0; Armstrong 0-4 0-0 0; Bobo 0-3 0-0 0.
Totals 21-52 10-18 59.

Halftime- NT 26, ULL 21. 3-point goals-ULL 6-20 (Tolston 4-10; Menter 1-2; Glenn 1-4; Blanche 0-3; Richey 0-1), NT 7-20 (Britt 4-5; Brown 2-3; Williams 1-4; Trout 0-4; Bobo 0-1; Grismanauskaite. 0-3). Fouled
out--ULL-Richey, NT-None. Rebounds-ULL 35 (Williams 9), NT 32 (Britt 6). Assists-ULL 16 (Blanche 5), NT 10 (Trout 4). Total fouls-ULL 13, NT 16. A-423

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