University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Saturday, March 4
Lafayette
7:15 p.m.
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
20-11, 10-8SBC
83
vs
81
UT Arlington
24-7, 14-4SBC
| Team | 1 | 2 | F |
|---|---|---|---|
| UT Arlington | 43 | 38 | 81 |
| Louisiana | 37 | 46 | 83 |
Cajuns Win Sixth Straight; Defeat League Champ Mavs, 83-81
3/4/2017 11:52:00 PM | Men's Basketball
LAFAYETTE – Jay Wright, playing in his final regular-season home game in a Ragin' Cajuns uniform, and Frank Bartley each scored 22 points and the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns rallied in the second half to defeat regular-season champion UT Arlington, 83-81, in the Sun Belt Conference finale for both teams on Saturday at the Cajundome.
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Bryce Washington scored 12 points and pulled down 15 rebounds for Louisiana (20-11, 10-8 SBC), which secured the No. 7 seed in next week's Sun Belt Conference Tournament in New Orleans. The Ragin' Cajuns will face No. 10-seeded Little Rock (15-16), on Wednesday at 5 p.m., at Lakefront Arena.
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Johnathan Stove added 10 points for the Ragin' Cajuns, who recorded their third 20-win season in the past four years, and outscored UTA (24-7, 14-4 SBC), 46-38, in the second half.
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Louisiana trailed 43-37 at halftime before Stove and Bartley tied the game up with 3-pointers on consecutive possessions. Bartley converted a three-point play that gave the Ragin' Cajuns a 46-45 lead with 18:09 remaining before a bucket by Wright with 16:53 left gave Louisiana the lead for good, 48-47.
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UTA closed to within 73-71 on two free throws by Kevin Hervey with 3:20 remaining, but the Mavs would go scoreless for nearly three minutes as Justin Miller hit a free throw, Bartley scored on a layup and Wright hit two free throws for a 78-71 lead with less than a minute to go.
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Hervey, who scored 34 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, hit a pair of 3-pointers in the final half minute, the last that cut the Louisiana lead to 82-80 with 12 seconds remaining, but Wright made one of two free throws with three seconds remaining and Stove rebounded a deliberate missed free throw by Hervey to help seal the win.
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Louisiana finished 17-for-28 (60.7 percent) from the floor in the second half and finished 30-for-64 (46.9 percent) for the game. The Ragin' Cajuns held a 39-35 advantage on the boards while scoring 27 points off 15 UTA turnovers.
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Erick Neal and Drew Charles added 10 points each for UTA with Jorge Bilbao pulling down eight rebounds.
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Bryce Washington scored 12 points and pulled down 15 rebounds for Louisiana (20-11, 10-8 SBC), which secured the No. 7 seed in next week's Sun Belt Conference Tournament in New Orleans. The Ragin' Cajuns will face No. 10-seeded Little Rock (15-16), on Wednesday at 5 p.m., at Lakefront Arena.
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Johnathan Stove added 10 points for the Ragin' Cajuns, who recorded their third 20-win season in the past four years, and outscored UTA (24-7, 14-4 SBC), 46-38, in the second half.
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Louisiana trailed 43-37 at halftime before Stove and Bartley tied the game up with 3-pointers on consecutive possessions. Bartley converted a three-point play that gave the Ragin' Cajuns a 46-45 lead with 18:09 remaining before a bucket by Wright with 16:53 left gave Louisiana the lead for good, 48-47.
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UTA closed to within 73-71 on two free throws by Kevin Hervey with 3:20 remaining, but the Mavs would go scoreless for nearly three minutes as Justin Miller hit a free throw, Bartley scored on a layup and Wright hit two free throws for a 78-71 lead with less than a minute to go.
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Hervey, who scored 34 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, hit a pair of 3-pointers in the final half minute, the last that cut the Louisiana lead to 82-80 with 12 seconds remaining, but Wright made one of two free throws with three seconds remaining and Stove rebounded a deliberate missed free throw by Hervey to help seal the win.
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Louisiana finished 17-for-28 (60.7 percent) from the floor in the second half and finished 30-for-64 (46.9 percent) for the game. The Ragin' Cajuns held a 39-35 advantage on the boards while scoring 27 points off 15 UTA turnovers.
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Erick Neal and Drew Charles added 10 points each for UTA with Jorge Bilbao pulling down eight rebounds.
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Players Mentioned
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/ Men's BasketballTeam Stats
UTA
LA
FG%
.459
.469
3FG%
.407
.450
FT%
.700
.636
RB
35
39
TO
14
11
STL
6
11
Game Leaders
Pts
22
FGM
7
3FGM
4
FTM
4
Pts
22
FGM
7
3FGM
2
FTM
6
Pts
12
FGM
6
3FGM
0
FTM
0
Pts
10
FGM
4
3FGM
2
FTM
0
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