University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Thursday, February 6
Arlington, Texas
7:30 p.m.
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
14-9 (5-5)
92
at
89
UT Arlington
9-13 (4-6)
1
2
F
Louisiana
49
43
92
UT Arlington
34
55
89
Long, Payton Lead Cajuns To Wild 92-89 Win At UTA
2/6/2014 10:45:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Lafayette native Register scores big off the bench with 17 points
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ARLINGTON, Texas – Shawn Long scored a career-high 31 points and Elfrid Payton posted a double-double with 22 points and 10 rebounds as the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns built a 25-point lead and held off UT Arlington, 92-89, in a Sun Belt Conference game Thursday at College Park Center.
Former Comeaux High product Hayward Register scored a season-high 17 points on 6-for-8 shooting, including 5-for-7 from long range, and Elridge Moore grabbed a career-high 10 rebounds as Louisiana (14-9, 5-5 SBC) finished 32-for-62 (51.6 percent) from the floor and 9-for-21 from behind the 3-point line.
"Our defense played really well early," head coach Bob Marlin said. "The guys did a good job of following the scouting report and executing the game plan. We played well from wire-to-wire and are excited to get the win.
"We had guys step up and put in a few shots for us. Heyward Register has practiced really well since Kasey Shepherd went down with an injury and Donovan Williams has stepped up for us and has given us good minutes."
Long, who grabbed eight rebounds and added a blocked shot, finished 11-for-17 from the floor and 3-for-4 from long range in recording his second 30-point game of the season. The Morgan City, La., native, whose previous high (30) was set against Centenary, finished off the night with an alley-oop dunk with 2:44 remaining that gave Louisiana an 85-70 lead.
UTA (9-13, 4-6 SBC) battled back with a 3-point barrage and seven missed free throws by the Cajuns in the final 2:20 as Luke Davis hit a pair of 3-pointers before an eventual a 3-pointer by Jamel Outler with 22 seconds left cut the Cajuns lead to 91-85. Outler added a free throw with 18 seconds left and a 3-pointer that was ruled goaltending that closed the gap to 91-89 with 1.8 seconds remaining, but Xavian Rimmer made the first of two free throws for the Cajuns on the ensuing possession and the Mavs were unable to get off a potential game-tying shot.
UTA led 9-6 on a 3-pointer by Brandon Edwards from the top of the key with 16:01 remaining in the first half and added four free throws to trail 15-13 before the Cajuns would begin to pull away scoring the game's next 18 points.
Payton opened the run for the Ragin' Cajuns with a three-point play before a jumper by Register and a pair of buckets by Bryant Mbamalu gave Louisiana a 24-13 lead at the 10:19 mark. Long added a pair of free throws for the Cajuns, with J.J. Davenport adding a jumper, a 3-pointer by Register and a steal and layup by Payton that helped Louisiana push its lead to 33-13 with 7:46 remaining in the first half.
UTA ended its field goal drought of over nine minutes when Lonnie McClanahan scored on a layup, but Register buried back-to-back 3-pointers that gave the Ragin' Cajuns their biggest lead of the night, 40-15, with 5:52 left.
McClanahan led UTA with 31 points with Outler adding 19. Reger Dowell, the leading scorer in the Sun Belt Conference (21.3 ppg.), was held to 11 points on 3-for-9 shooting before fouling out with 4:03 remaining. Edwards grabbed 14 rebounds for UTA with McClanahan adding 11 with seven assists.
Louisiana will return to action on Saturday when it faces Texas State in a 4:30 p.m. contest at Strahan Coliseum. The game, which can be heard on Hot 107.9 FM, will be broadcast throughout the state of Louisiana on Cox4.
ARLINGTON, Texas – Shawn Long scored a career-high 31 points and Elfrid Payton posted a double-double with 22 points and 10 rebounds as the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns built a 25-point lead and held off UT Arlington, 92-89, in a Sun Belt Conference game Thursday at College Park Center.
Former Comeaux High product Hayward Register scored a season-high 17 points on 6-for-8 shooting, including 5-for-7 from long range, and Elridge Moore grabbed a career-high 10 rebounds as Louisiana (14-9, 5-5 SBC) finished 32-for-62 (51.6 percent) from the floor and 9-for-21 from behind the 3-point line.
"Our defense played really well early," head coach Bob Marlin said. "The guys did a good job of following the scouting report and executing the game plan. We played well from wire-to-wire and are excited to get the win.
"We had guys step up and put in a few shots for us. Heyward Register has practiced really well since Kasey Shepherd went down with an injury and Donovan Williams has stepped up for us and has given us good minutes."
Long, who grabbed eight rebounds and added a blocked shot, finished 11-for-17 from the floor and 3-for-4 from long range in recording his second 30-point game of the season. The Morgan City, La., native, whose previous high (30) was set against Centenary, finished off the night with an alley-oop dunk with 2:44 remaining that gave Louisiana an 85-70 lead.
UTA (9-13, 4-6 SBC) battled back with a 3-point barrage and seven missed free throws by the Cajuns in the final 2:20 as Luke Davis hit a pair of 3-pointers before an eventual a 3-pointer by Jamel Outler with 22 seconds left cut the Cajuns lead to 91-85. Outler added a free throw with 18 seconds left and a 3-pointer that was ruled goaltending that closed the gap to 91-89 with 1.8 seconds remaining, but Xavian Rimmer made the first of two free throws for the Cajuns on the ensuing possession and the Mavs were unable to get off a potential game-tying shot.
UTA led 9-6 on a 3-pointer by Brandon Edwards from the top of the key with 16:01 remaining in the first half and added four free throws to trail 15-13 before the Cajuns would begin to pull away scoring the game's next 18 points.
Payton opened the run for the Ragin' Cajuns with a three-point play before a jumper by Register and a pair of buckets by Bryant Mbamalu gave Louisiana a 24-13 lead at the 10:19 mark. Long added a pair of free throws for the Cajuns, with J.J. Davenport adding a jumper, a 3-pointer by Register and a steal and layup by Payton that helped Louisiana push its lead to 33-13 with 7:46 remaining in the first half.
UTA ended its field goal drought of over nine minutes when Lonnie McClanahan scored on a layup, but Register buried back-to-back 3-pointers that gave the Ragin' Cajuns their biggest lead of the night, 40-15, with 5:52 left.
McClanahan led UTA with 31 points with Outler adding 19. Reger Dowell, the leading scorer in the Sun Belt Conference (21.3 ppg.), was held to 11 points on 3-for-9 shooting before fouling out with 4:03 remaining. Edwards grabbed 14 rebounds for UTA with McClanahan adding 11 with seven assists.
Louisiana will return to action on Saturday when it faces Texas State in a 4:30 p.m. contest at Strahan Coliseum. The game, which can be heard on Hot 107.9 FM, will be broadcast throughout the state of Louisiana on Cox4.
Team Stats
UL
UTA
FG%
.516
.484
3FG%
.429
.333
FT%
.514
.613
RB
41
40
TO
18
15
STL
4
6
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
31
FGM
11
3FGM
3
FTM
6
Pts
22
FGM
7
3FGM
0
FTM
8
Pts
17
FGM
6
3FGM
5
FTM
0
Pts
8
FGM
2
3FGM
1
FTM
3
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