University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Monday, February 6
Statesboro, Ga.
6 p.m. (CST)
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
14-10, 4-7SBC
70
at
74
Georgia Southern
16-8, 9-2SBC
| Team | 1 | 2 | F |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | 38 | 32 | 70 |
| Georgia Southern | 40 | 34 | 74 |
Cajuns Drop Heartbreaker At SBC Co-Leader Georgia Southern, 74-70
2/6/2017 9:39:00 PM | Men's Basketball
STATESBORO, Ga. – Mike Hughes scored six of his game-high 20 points in a 45-second span late in the second half to erase a late deficit and help Georgia Southern earn a 74-70 victory over the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns in a Sun Belt Conference men's basketball game on Monday at Hanner Fieldhouse.
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Ike Smith scored 18 points and Tookie Brown 11 as Georgia Southern (16-8, 9-2 SBC) built a 15-point lead in the first half before Louisiana (14-10, 4-7 SBC) used a 15-2 run over the final 2:24 to close to within 40-38 at halftime.
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Louisiana kept up its momentum, opening the second half with a 3-pointer by Jay Wright and a three-point play by Bryce Washington that gave the Ragin' Cajuns a 44-40 lead with 17:53 remaining. Georgia Southern would briefly retake the lead, 45-44, after a 3-pointer by Jake Allsmiller before freshman Justin Miller would score the next seven points giving Louisiana a 51-45 lead at the 14:46 mark.
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Miller, who scored a team-high 18 points, gave Louisiana its biggest lead of the night, 54-47, with a 3-pointer with 13:13 remaining, and the Ragin' Cajuns would hold onto the lead until a three-point play by Ike Smith with 3:14 left gave the Eagles a 63-62 advantage.
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Wright, a Rincon, Ga., native who was playing less than an hour from his hometown, put Louisiana ahead, 64-63, with a jumper at the 3:00-mark and Miller would help the Ragin' Cajuns retake the lead, 66-65, with a pair of free throws with 2:17 remaining.
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Georgia Southern, which remained in a three-way tie with Arkansas State and Georgia State for the SBC lead, took the lead for good when Hughes connected on a 3-pointer for a 68-66 lead with 2:02 left.
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Hughes made up for a turnover on the ensuing possession for the Eagles after Wright missed the front-end of a 1-and-1 with 1:41 left. After his turnover in the lane was snagged by Jerekius Davis, Hughes snuck behind Davis and converted a three-point play for a 71-66 lead with 1:17 remaining.
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Brown hit a pair of free throws with 15 seconds remaining giving Georgia Southern a 73-70 lead and Smith added an insurance free throw with six seconds remaining to preserve the victory.
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Wright added 17 points and five assists for Louisiana while Frank Bartley scored 13 points and grabbed six rebounds. Washington scored 11 points and grabbed a game-high 15 rebounds to notch his 18th double-double of the season for the Ragin' Cajuns, second among Division I players behind Purdue's Caleb Swanigan (20).
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Louisiana will return to action on Saturday (Feb. 11) when it plays host to Troy in a 7:15 p.m. contest at the Cajundome. The game will be streamed live on ESPN3.
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Ike Smith scored 18 points and Tookie Brown 11 as Georgia Southern (16-8, 9-2 SBC) built a 15-point lead in the first half before Louisiana (14-10, 4-7 SBC) used a 15-2 run over the final 2:24 to close to within 40-38 at halftime.
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Louisiana kept up its momentum, opening the second half with a 3-pointer by Jay Wright and a three-point play by Bryce Washington that gave the Ragin' Cajuns a 44-40 lead with 17:53 remaining. Georgia Southern would briefly retake the lead, 45-44, after a 3-pointer by Jake Allsmiller before freshman Justin Miller would score the next seven points giving Louisiana a 51-45 lead at the 14:46 mark.
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Miller, who scored a team-high 18 points, gave Louisiana its biggest lead of the night, 54-47, with a 3-pointer with 13:13 remaining, and the Ragin' Cajuns would hold onto the lead until a three-point play by Ike Smith with 3:14 left gave the Eagles a 63-62 advantage.
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Wright, a Rincon, Ga., native who was playing less than an hour from his hometown, put Louisiana ahead, 64-63, with a jumper at the 3:00-mark and Miller would help the Ragin' Cajuns retake the lead, 66-65, with a pair of free throws with 2:17 remaining.
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Georgia Southern, which remained in a three-way tie with Arkansas State and Georgia State for the SBC lead, took the lead for good when Hughes connected on a 3-pointer for a 68-66 lead with 2:02 left.
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Hughes made up for a turnover on the ensuing possession for the Eagles after Wright missed the front-end of a 1-and-1 with 1:41 left. After his turnover in the lane was snagged by Jerekius Davis, Hughes snuck behind Davis and converted a three-point play for a 71-66 lead with 1:17 remaining.
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Brown hit a pair of free throws with 15 seconds remaining giving Georgia Southern a 73-70 lead and Smith added an insurance free throw with six seconds remaining to preserve the victory.
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Wright added 17 points and five assists for Louisiana while Frank Bartley scored 13 points and grabbed six rebounds. Washington scored 11 points and grabbed a game-high 15 rebounds to notch his 18th double-double of the season for the Ragin' Cajuns, second among Division I players behind Purdue's Caleb Swanigan (20).
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Louisiana will return to action on Saturday (Feb. 11) when it plays host to Troy in a 7:15 p.m. contest at the Cajundome. The game will be streamed live on ESPN3.
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Players Mentioned
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/ Men's Basketball
F
/ Men's Basketball
F
/ Men's Basketball
F
/ Men's Basketball
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/ Men's BasketballTeam Stats
LA
GS
FG%
.373
.424
3FG%
.333
.407
FT%
.765
.765
RB
44
38
TO
10
10
STL
5
8
Game Leaders
Pts
18
FGM
7
3FGM
1
FTM
3
Pts
17
FGM
6
3FGM
3
FTM
2
Pts
13
FGM
4
3FGM
2
FTM
3
Pts
11
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
3
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