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Cajuns Battle to OT, Fall Short vs. ULM
2/14/2008 3:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
UL (5-19, 1-12) overcame an eight-point deficit with less than six minutes to play, but ran out of gas in the extra session.
In overtime, the teams traded possessions before Shannon Lloyd scored the first basket for
in over six minutes. Lloyd connected again to give the visitors a four-point edge.
Onna Charles' jumper was answered by Lloyd at 1:47 to keep the Warhawks leading by four.
The Cajuns couldn't get a shot to fall the rest of the way.
Whitney Dunlap led the Cajuns with 13 points. Sonora Edwards enjoyed her seventh double-double of the season with 12 points and 13 rebounds. Alicia McDaniel also finished in double figures, scoring 10 points.
The Cajuns, trailing 57-49, held the Warhawks scoreless over the final 5:29 of regulation to force overtime.
UL trailed by just four at the last media timeout, which came at the 3:05 mark.
A steal and lay-up by Charles cut the Cajuns deficit to 57-55 with 2:09 remaining.
A terrific in-bounds play left Edwards wide-open in the lane for an easy basket to tie the game with 39.1 seconds remaining.
The Cajuns had a chance to win the game at the end of regulation but a shot as time expired was short.
The Warhawks were led by 14 points apiece from Lloyd and Lottie Moore.
A triple from Dunlap, her third of the game, gave the Cajuns their first lead, 38-35, at 15:59.
From there, the Cajuns would only make one basket from the floor in over a seven-minute span to fall into a 49-42 hole.
UL found their touch again, using baskets by Bronson Rodgers and Courtney Ratliff around two from the stripe by Jasmine Barnes to cap a 6-0 spurt.
The Warhawks sprung back with a 6-0 jaunt to reclaim their seven-point lead, 55-48, with 6:30 to play.
The Cajuns got a spark off the bench from Valanette Amie, who hit two free throws and then a lay-up on back-to-back possessions to chip the
The first half was a game of runs.
The Warhawks opened the game with a 10-2 run as the Cajuns started 1-for-10 from the floor.
UL cut their deficit to five points, 12-7, but
The Cajuns responded with 16-8 jolt to close within two points. Five different Cajuns scored consecutively, Charles, Edwards, Barnes, Dunlap and Lyndra Bell, before Dunlap nailed two long three-point baskets to trim the
UL will head back out on the road, traveling to
