University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Cajuns Set to Host Tulane
11/27/2007 6:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
LAFAYETTE-Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball team returns home to historic Earl K. Long Gym to take on in-state foe Tulane for the first time in over a decade.
The Cajuns (1-3) will look to improve on an impressive home-winning streak. With their win in the home-opener, the Ragin' Cajuns have won 17 straight home non-conference games. The Cajuns last home non-conference loss was a 63-50 loss to
The meeting between the two teams will mark the 25th game in the series. Tulane currently leads the all-time series 18-6.
The last time UL and Tulane met on the hardwood the Green Wave claimed an 81-38 victory on
The last Cajuns' victory in the series came on
The Ragin' Cajuns enter the game led by a pair of upper classmen. Junior Whitney Dunlap (
Edwards is tied with fellow senior Alicia McDaniel (
QUICK HITS
Homecoming: The Cajuns played Arkansas-Monticello in the home debut for first-year head coach Errol Rogers on Nov. 11 at the CAJUNDOME. The Ragin' Cajuns are set to play the first game in the Rogers Era at historic Earl K. Long Gym. UL is 75-81 (.481) all-time in Long Gym, but have compiled a 31-5 (.861) over the past three years.
There's No Place Like Home: With their win in the home-opener, the Ragin' Cajuns have won 17 straight home non-conference games. The Cajuns last home non-conference loss was a 63-50 loss to
1,000-point Watch: Onna Charles and Sonora Edwards both enter the season within sight of 1,000 career points. Charles sits just 84 points shy, while Edwards needs 238 more points to reach the coveted plateau. The Cajuns have 11 players who have scored over 1,000 points in their career. Yolanda Jones (2006-07) was the most recent addition to the 1,000-point club scoring 1,090 points in her two-year career with the Cajuns.
And the Record Goes To?!?: Alicia McDaniel is 18 games played away from the all-time mark. She sits just 10 games shy of tying Monica Fisher (1992-96) for 10th all-time with 106 games. Onna Charles needs two games started to move into a tie for sixth place with Ashley Blanche (2002-2006) at 83 games. Charles needs 71 field goals to crack the career top 10. She currently has 333 baskets in her career. Sonora Edwards, currently seventh, is 473 rebounds away from the all-time Cajuns record. However, she sits 165 rebounds from tying Anna Petrakova (2001-05) for second all-time. She is just 25 boards shy of tying Anne DeMahy (1977-80) for sixth.
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