University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
Tulane
Cajuns fall to Green Wave
11/28/2007 6:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
The defeat spoiled the Earl K. Long Gym debut of head coach Errol Rogers. The energetic Long Gym crowd of 527 was one of the highest in years.
From there, Tulane (6-1) used a 17-4 run to take control of the game.
The Cajuns were unable to cut their deficit under 20 points for nearly 10 minutes.
Playing for the first time since the 2004-05 season, Elaine McCants sparked a 10-2 run that pushed the Wave lead down to 74-55 with 4:41 left in the game. McCants hit a long three-point basket as the shot clock expired to ignite the run.
UL had trouble stopping the Green Wave's Brittany Lindsey, who led all players with 25 points and 10 rebounds.
The Cajuns were led by 11 points and nine rebounds from Sonora Edwards. McCants finished with 10 points on 4-of-6 shooting.
Tulane shot 54 percent and owned the boards, holding a 48-31 edge.
The Cajuns led for the game's first 3:33 until the Green Wave started to get hot from the floor. Tulane used a 10-0 run to take a 14-7 lead at the 14:57 mark.
UL responded with energy from a lively crowd. The Cajuns outscored the Wave 6-2 over the next 96 seconds to cut their deficit to 16-13.
The Cajuns cooled again, but Tulane remained hot, banking-in several shots during a 15-0 spurt that put the visitors in front 33-14 with 5:42 remaining in the half.
Edwards stopped the Cajuns scoreless drought with an offensive rebound and put-back.
As the Cajuns crept closer, Lindsey helped keep Tulane out front. Lindsey scored four of her 14 first half points around a free throw by Alicia McDaniel to give the Wave a 38-20 lead with 1:52 left.
Two from the stripe by Whitney Dunlap and back-to-back lay-ups by Onna Charles gave the Cajuns a 6-0 run to end the half down by 14, 40-26.
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