Women's Basketball Set For UALR Rematch

Game Notes

GAME CENTER
Date: Saturday, Feb. 28, 2013
Location: Little Rock, Ark.
Opponent: UALR (20-7, 12-6 Sun Belt)
Site: Jack Stephens Center (5,600)
Game Time: 5:15 p.m. (CST)
Live Stats/Video: www.UALRTrojans.com
Radio: None

LOUISIANA-UALR SERIES
The Series: UALR leads 12-8
In Little Rock: UALR leads 7-1
In Jack Stephens Center: UALR leads 5-0
Series Streak: Louisiana – won 1
Last Meeting: Louisiana 56, UALR 54 (OT) (Lafayette, La. // Dec. 29, 2012)
Noteworthy: The Ragin' Cajuns ended a 10-game UALR win streak with their overtime victory in the season's first meeting.

LOUISIANA
12-13 Record____________________     9-18
12-13 Sun Belt Record____________      3-15
Last Game______________________      Feb. 23, 2013
                                                                    vs. Western Kentucky W, 56-54 (OT)
Head Coach____________________       Garry Brodhead
   UL Record____________________       9-18 (1st Season)
   Career Record_________________      Same
   Brodhead vs. UALR______________      1-0
Web Site_______________________       www.RaginCajuns.com

UALR
12-13 Record____________________     20-7
12-13 Sun Belt Record____________      12-6
Last Game______________________     Feb. 23, 2013
                                                                    at Florida Atlantic W, 60-43
Head Coach____________________       Joe Foley
   UALR Record___________________      193-112 (10th Season)
   Career Record_________________      649-193 (26th Season)
   Foley vs. UL_______________      11-4
Web Site________________________     www.UALRTrojans.com

Game Night Story Lines
>>> The Ragin' Cajuns close out the inaugural regular season of the Garry Brodhead era with road games at UALR (Feb. 28) and ULM (March 2).
>>> Louisiana is coming off a 2-1 homestand which closed out the home schedule for the 2012-13 season. Louisiana attempts to sweep the season series from UALR (won 56-54 in double OT on Dec. 29) and gain a measure of revenge with ULM (lost 68-63 in OT on Feb. 10).
>>> Ashley Benjamin averaged a double-double as Louisiana split its final two home games of the 2012-13 season. Benjamin ended the week averaging 14.5 points and 10.5 rebounds and shot 57 percent (12-of-21).
>>> Senior Brandi Schambough played her final home games last weekend and turned in the first back-to-back double figure outings of her collegiate career, scoring a season-high 16 vs. Troy and 13 vs. WKU. She converted eight triples during the week moving her over the 100-point barrier in a single season for the first time in her career.
>>> The freshman class of Keke Veal (11.4), Sylvana Okde (10.9), Kia Wilridge (8.6), Jasmin Mills (4.5) and Adrienne Prejean (1.6) – the foundation class on which Garry Brodhead plans to rebuild the program – averages 37.1 points per game (65 percent of the team's offensive production).
>>> The Cajuns are 2-2 at the Cajundome in the inaugural Garry Brodhead campaign and sport a 7-6 record in home games (5-4 at Earl K. Long Gym).
>>> Sylvana Okde is on pace to finish the season with 75 three-point field goals made, which would rank fifth all-time in a single season and be the first Cajuns player with 70-plus triples since Rhonda McCullough in 1989-90 (McCullough made 88).
>>> Keke Veal produced double figures in points for the 11th time in the past 13 outings including a career-high 20 vs. FAU. Veal is averaging 13.0 points per game since Jan. 1.
>>> Louisiana has committed more turnovers than the opposition only six times in 27 contests (UL ranks fourth in the SBC in turnover margin at +2.63).

LAST TIME OUT: Western Kentucky 77, Louisiana 58 in Lafayette, La.
WKU shot 60 percent in the second half to maintain a double digit lead and defeat the Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball team 77-58 here Saturday evening at the Cajundome in Louisiana's home finale.
Four Cajuns scored in double figures led by Keke Veal's 16 points. Senior Brandi Schambough connected on four 3-point field goals and finished with 13 points in her final outing in front of the home crowd.
Alexis Govan led WKU with a game-high 23 points while Chastity Gooch added 17 points and 12 rebounds for her 22nd double-double of the season.
The Lady Toppers led 35-23 at the break and stretched the lead to 25 points (54-29) six minutes into the second stanza. The closest the Cajuns came the rest of the way was 15 points.
WKU forced a turnover on the game's opening possession, then scored on four of its first five possessions to claim a 9-2 lead by the 15:51 mark.
A basket by Veal at 13:58 trimmed the Cajuns deficit to 12-6, but the Lady Toppers scored 10 unanswered points to stretch their lead to 22-6 at 8:59.
UL battled back and cut the WKU advantage to nine points (29-20) after a Kia Wilridge layup 4:29 finished off a 5-0 run by the Cajuns.
A three-pointer by Govan return the lead to double figures, a 12-point edge which is the margin the Lady Toppers would carry into the locker room four minutes later.
After the teams combined to attempt eight free throw attempts in less than two minutes to open the second half, the Lady Toppers went on a big run, scoring 11 straight points to go up 49-27 at the first media timeout of the second half as they hit four of their first five shots.

SERIES HISTORY (UALR leads 12-8, overall; UALR leads 7-1 in Little Rock)
>>> Series began when UALR resurrected its program back in the 1999-2000 season.
>>> The first meeting between the two schools was played back on Jan. 29, 2000. The Ragin' Cajuns were victorious in the contest, 66-63, in the Little Rock.
>>> UALR has faired well at home in the series winning all but the first meeting to hold a 7-1 edge in Little Rock.
>>> The Cajuns snapped a 10-game skid against the Trojans with a 56-54 overtime win at the Cajundome on Dec. 29, 2012. The 10-game win streak for UALR erased a 7-2 series lead for Louisiana.
>>> During the Cajuns early success in the series with the Trojans, the program was 3-1 vs. UALR under Gay Nix and 4-1 in the J. Kelley Hall era.

NOTING UALR
>>> UALR became the ninth team in the country to amass a 20-win season after topping Florida Atlantic 60-43 on Feb. 23.
>>> The Trojans are ranked 21^st in the nation in scoring defense. UALR is one of only four teams to rank in the top 50 in scoring defense since 2005-06.
>>> With 39 blocks, junior Hannah Fohne has more rejections than eight teams in the country.
>>> The Trojans are 6-6 from beyond the arc in its last two games. UALR was 0-10 from distance at Louisiana.
>>> UALR leads the nation in 3-point field goal percentage defense, holding the opposition to 23.3 percent (73-313).

UP NEXT FOR LOUISIANA
>>> Following the UALR game, Louisiana closes out the regular season at UL-Monroe before heading to the conference tournament in Hot Springs, Ark. on March 8-11.
>>> Tip for the UL-Monroe contest is 2 p.m. at the Fant-Ewing Collesium.
>>> The Warharks come from behind to defeat the Cajuns 68-63 in overtime at the Cajundome on Feb. 10.

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