University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
LSU-Shreveport
Cajuns Cruise Past Lady Pilots
12/9/2007 6:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
The Cajuns won the game with defense, holding LSU-Shreveport scoreless for an 8:11 span of the first half en route to a 15-point lead at the break.
The Lady Pilots shot only 24.1 percent in the opening stanza, making just seven field goals.
Onna Charles saw a season-high 28 minutes, scoring 14 points on 6-of-11 shooting. She is now just 58 points away from 1,000 for her career. Nine other Cajuns hit at least one field goal. Sonora Edwards led all players with 12 rebounds, including six on the offensive glass.
The Cajuns long-range shooting showed no signs of a finals-week lay-off, as Whitney Dunlap, Alicia McDaniel and Charles each connected from behind the arc to give UL an early 9-5 lead. McDaniel converted a lay-up courtesy of a back-door pass by Dunlap to extend the home edge to 11-5 at the 16:11 mark.
A triple by Elaine McCants propelled the Cajuns lead to 14-7 edge six minutes into the contest.
After watching their lead drop down to two points, the Cajuns built it back up to seven, 21-14, at the 8:37 mark.
Both teams then ran cold for the next 3:04, until an offensive put-back by Sonora Edwards and a long jumper from the wing by Jasmine Barnes boosted the UL lead to 25-14 with 4:15 remaining in the first half.
Valanette Amie and Charles hit lay-ups on consecutive possessions to help the Cajuns' lead grow to 15 points.
A short jumper by Janai Sells with 37 seconds remaining was the last of the half and the first score by the Lady Pilots in over eight minutes.
The Cajuns will travel to No. 25 Texas on Dec. 16 before returning home to face
