Cajuns Return Home to Face Southern University

Game Notes

GAME CENTER
Date: Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011
Location: Lafayette, La.
Times: 7:00 p.m.
Opponent: Southern

SOUTHERN
11-12 Record______________________1-2
11-12 SWAC Record________________0-0
Head Coach_______________________Sandy Pugh
Series History_____________________Southern leads 10-5

GAME NIGHT STORY LINES
>>>Louisiana returns home after coming off a 2-2 road trip to face Southern on Saturday, December 3, before taking a week off for final exams. The Cajuns look to win their first home game of the year.
>>>UL topped Southeastern Louisiana Tuesday night 69-57 to earn their second road victory of the season, improving their record to 2-4 overall.
>>>Louisiana was without second-leading scorer Mercedes Johnson Tuesday evening. Johnson became the fourth all-time leading scorer in Ragin' Cajuns history with a basket last Friday night against San Diego.
>>>The Cajuns were led by senior Krystal Motley who scored a career-high 27 points and had four assists. Motley was 7-of-10 from the field, including 3-for-3 from behind the arc, and a perfect 10-of-10 from the charity stripe.
>>>Kemi Rotibi finished with her second double-double of the season Tuesday night. She scored 16 points, had 10 rebounds and a career-best six blocks. Josie West also finished in double figures with 11 points, while tallying six rebounds and three assists.
>>>The Ragin' Cajuns shot 65 percent from the field in the second half and 50 percent for the game. Both were season-highs and increased the season shooting percentage to 37.8 percent.
>>>The Cajuns scored 41 points in the second half and tallied 69 for the game against Southeastern Louisiana. The scores were the highest point totals UL has posted on the year.
>>>The team tied a team-high for the season Tuesday night shooting a combined 18-of-24 from the free throw line for 75 percent.

BETTER START
>>>The Cajuns built their biggest lead of the season against Southeastern, when they went up 16-2 to start the game.
>>>Louisiana went into the locker rooms at halftime with the lead on Tuesday, marking the first time all year.

STEPPING UP IN CRUNCH TIME
>>>The Ragin' Cajuns shot 65 percent and outscored SELU 41-32 in the second half to pull away from the Lady Lions.
>>>UL made 7-of-10 free throws in the final 2:19 to seal the game in Tuesday night's victory.

CLOSING OUT ON SHOOTERS
>>>Louisiana's perimeter defense stepped up against SELU holding them to a season-low one three pointer on 1-of-6 shooting for the game. Perimeter defense was a key issue in the loss to San Diego where they went 7-for-10 from outside.

SEASON HIGHS
>>>Louisiana posted season-bests in field goals made and shooting percentage on Tuesday going 24-for-48 from the floor.
>>>The Cajuns scored 69 points last game, marking the most points scored this season. UL was 8-2 when breaking the 70-point barrier last season and will look to do it for the first time this year on Saturday versus Southern.
>>>The Ragin' Cajuns dished out a team-high 14 assists in the contest with Southeastern Louisiana, giving them 52 on the year and nearly nine a game.

SERIES HISTORY
>>>Saturday marks the third straight year the schools will be playing each other, and is the 16^th meeting overall.
>>>Mercedes Johnson led the Cajuns in scoring with 20 points last year's meeting in a 75-65 Jaguars win.
>>>The first meeting in the series came back on March 5, 1976, in which Southern came away with a victory 71-57.

UP NEXT FOR RAGIN' CAJUNS
>>>The Cajuns will take a break for final exams before a rematch with Southeastern Louisiana at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 11 at Earl K. Long Gym.

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