University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Saturday, January 27
Lafayette
2 p.m.
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
19-3, 9-0SBC
81
vs
69
Troy
9-13, 3-6SBC
| Team | 1 | 2 | F |
|---|---|---|---|
| Troy | 36 | 33 | 69 |
| Louisiana | 40 | 41 | 81 |
Gant's Career-High Leads Louisiana Past Troy, 81-69
1/27/2018 5:39:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Louisiana wins ninth straight overall, 15th straight in SBC play dating back to last season
LAFAYETTE – JaKeenan Gant scored a career-high 24 points as he led four players in double figures and helped the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns to its ninth straight victory with an 81-69 decision over Troy in a Sun Belt Conference game on Saturday at the Cajundome.
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Frank Bartley and Johnathan Stove scored 18 points each for Louisiana (19-3, 9-0 SBC), which won its 14th straight game at home dating back to last season and posted an unbeaten record in the month of January for the first time since the 1999-2000 season.
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Bryce Washington added 11 points and grabbed a game-high nine rebounds as the Ragin' Cajuns continued their best-ever league start while winning its 15th straight SBC contest dating back to last season.
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Troy (9-13, 3-6 SBC), the last team to defeat Louisiana in the Cajundome after a 100-88 win over Feb. 11, 2017, opened the game on a 9-4 run and took its biggest lead of the night as B.J. Miller's layup with 14:06 remaining in the first half gave the Trojans a 15-7 lead.
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Gant, who finished 9-for-14 from the floor with a career-best four 3-pointers, scored a pair of buckets during a 9-0 run that turned a 21-17 deficit for the Ragin' Cajuns into a 26-21 lead with 8:12 remaining in the first half. Freshman Cedric Russell opened the run with a 3-pointer before Gant would give Louisiana its first lead of the game, 22-21, with a layup at the 9:55 mark.
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Gant, who played his first two seasons at Missouri before transferring to Louisiana before the 2016-17 season, capped a 19-point first half as he banked in a 3-pointer at the buzzer, giving the Ragin' Cajuns a 40-36 lead.
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The Trojans trailed by eight early in the second half, but rallied to tie the game at 46-46 on a bucket by Javan Johnson with 15:23 remaining. The Ragin' Cajuns regained the lead on the following possession as Bartley drained a 3-pointer and the lead would eventually reach double-digits as Bartley sank his third 3-pointer of the game for a 69-59 lead with 8:43 left.
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Louisiana, which eclipsed the 80-point mark for the 84th time since the 2013-14 season – behind North Carolina, BYU, Duke and Gonzaga, took an 80-63 when Stove, who went 5-for-8 from the floor, drained a 3-pointer with 1:30 remaining.
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Jordon Varnado scored 18 points to lead four players in double figures with 18 points. Miller added 17 points for the Trojans with Johnson adding 11 and Wesley Person 10.
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Louisiana will return to action on Saturday (Feb. 3) when it travels to face ULM in a 2 p.m. contest at Fant-Ewing Coliseum.
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Frank Bartley and Johnathan Stove scored 18 points each for Louisiana (19-3, 9-0 SBC), which won its 14th straight game at home dating back to last season and posted an unbeaten record in the month of January for the first time since the 1999-2000 season.
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Bryce Washington added 11 points and grabbed a game-high nine rebounds as the Ragin' Cajuns continued their best-ever league start while winning its 15th straight SBC contest dating back to last season.
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Troy (9-13, 3-6 SBC), the last team to defeat Louisiana in the Cajundome after a 100-88 win over Feb. 11, 2017, opened the game on a 9-4 run and took its biggest lead of the night as B.J. Miller's layup with 14:06 remaining in the first half gave the Trojans a 15-7 lead.
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Gant, who finished 9-for-14 from the floor with a career-best four 3-pointers, scored a pair of buckets during a 9-0 run that turned a 21-17 deficit for the Ragin' Cajuns into a 26-21 lead with 8:12 remaining in the first half. Freshman Cedric Russell opened the run with a 3-pointer before Gant would give Louisiana its first lead of the game, 22-21, with a layup at the 9:55 mark.
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Gant, who played his first two seasons at Missouri before transferring to Louisiana before the 2016-17 season, capped a 19-point first half as he banked in a 3-pointer at the buzzer, giving the Ragin' Cajuns a 40-36 lead.
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The Trojans trailed by eight early in the second half, but rallied to tie the game at 46-46 on a bucket by Javan Johnson with 15:23 remaining. The Ragin' Cajuns regained the lead on the following possession as Bartley drained a 3-pointer and the lead would eventually reach double-digits as Bartley sank his third 3-pointer of the game for a 69-59 lead with 8:43 left.
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Louisiana, which eclipsed the 80-point mark for the 84th time since the 2013-14 season – behind North Carolina, BYU, Duke and Gonzaga, took an 80-63 when Stove, who went 5-for-8 from the floor, drained a 3-pointer with 1:30 remaining.
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Jordon Varnado scored 18 points to lead four players in double figures with 18 points. Miller added 17 points for the Trojans with Johnson adding 11 and Wesley Person 10.
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Louisiana will return to action on Saturday (Feb. 3) when it travels to face ULM in a 2 p.m. contest at Fant-Ewing Coliseum.
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/ Men's BasketballTeam Stats
TROY
LA
FG%
.491
.418
3FG%
.304
.346
FT%
.909
.839
RB
28
33
TO
20
14
STL
7
9
Game Leaders
Pts
24
FGM
9
3FGM
4
FTM
2
Pts
18
FGM
4
3FGM
3
FTM
7
Pts
18
FGM
5
3FGM
1
FTM
7
Pts
11
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
5
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