North Texas Stuns Cajuns at the Buzzer

Box Score

With 14-seconds on the clock, Elijah Millsap made the front end of a pair of free throws to give the Cajuns a 70-69 lead, but it would not be enough to lift UL to a victory, as North Texas' Kendrick Davis made a three pointer with 2.2 seconds on the clock to give the Mean Green a 72-70 victory.

The Mean Green were 0-13 on the night from behind the arc, but made the one that mattered at the end of regulation.

The game was tight the whole night with neither team leading by more than six points at any given time. The score was tied nine times during the night and the lead changed hands 11 times.

The Cajuns were hindered on the night by a poor showing at the free throw line. As a team the Ragin' Cajuns shot just 51-percent from the line, finishing the night 20-of-39. Conversely, the Mean Green netted 70-percent of their free throws, going 19-for-27 on the night.

Once again, Ross Mouton and David Dees led the way for the Cajuns netting 22 and 21 respectively. Mouton, who was playing in his final regular season game in the Cajundome, was 7-of-18 from the floor with five three-pointers in the game. Dees finished the night 6-for-13 from the floor and 7-of-10 from the charity stripe.

Playing in their final regular season game in the Cajundome, the Cajuns' seniors helped pace the Ragin' Cajuns. After the first 20-minutes, the two teams had played to a 30-30 tie with the seniors combining for 21-points.

Mouton opened the game with a triple to give the Cajuns a 3-0 lead. After back-to-back baskets by the Mean Green, Mouton made a jumper to give the Cajuns a 5-4 edge.

The Cajuns fell behind 10-6 before Mouton drained another three-pointer to cut the deficit to 10-9.

Trailing 12-10, Mouton connected for his third trey of the game to give the Cajuns a one-point lead with 10:49 to play in the first half.

After a basket by Courtney Wallace, Dees made a pair of free throws to give the Cajuns a three-point advantage. Dees followed with a three pointer from the corner to extend the UL lead to six points with 7:59 remaining in the first half.

Following the bucket by Dees, the Cajuns seniors combined to score the final five buckets of the half for UL and the final 10 points.

A three-pointer by Rhett Hebert gave the Cajuns a 23-17 lead with 7:20 remaining in the first half.

North Texas cut the lead to two points before a Valentino Hart free throw pushed the Cajuns' lead to 24-21 with 6:05 remaining in the half.

A pair of free throws cut the UL lead to just one point, but Hebert made a running jumper to extend the lead back to three points with less than five and a half minutes to play in the first half.

With 4:51 to play in the half, Hart converted a jumper to give the Cajuns a 28-25 edge.

Mouton extended the lead to 30-25 with 3:13 to play in the half, but the Cajuns were held scoreless over the final three minutes and entered intermission tied at 30-30.

The second half was more of the same for the two teams.

The two teams exchanged baskets and midway through the second half, the score was knotted at 50-50.

North Texas went on a 6-0 run, but the Cajuns answered back and tied the score at 59-59 with 4:40 remaining in the game.

The Cajuns took a brief four-point lead at 65-61 as Dees made a triple at 3:32.

The Mean Green tied it one minute later, and neither team led by more than two points throughout the rest of the game.