I don't come here enough 1000 posts since my last visit. I came here because I know the internet feed works from here. My Cajuns are D O M O N A T I N G in the middle.
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I don't come here enough 1000 posts since my last visit. I came here because I know the internet feed works from here. My Cajuns are D O M O N A T I N G in the middle.
A win tonight would be huge.
<center>LOUISIANA ROCKS
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GREAT WIN
Oh-Gee I don't know where to start.
After allowing 40 to a shoulder powered firearm (Winchester) Evans installed Mitchell Law and Gunn control was instituted, only 16 violations were found.
Geaux Cajuns 74-64
<blockquote><p align=justify>Murfreesboro, TN (Sports Network) - Orien Greene netted 13 points and grabbed seven rebounds while leading the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns to a 74-64 victory over the Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders in a Sun Belt Conference tilt.
Laurie Bridges tallied 12 points and pulled down six rebounds for Louisiana (11-5, 6-1 SBC), which has a five-game winning streak. Brian Hamilton contributed 10 points and collected seven boards in the victory.
Tommy Gunn scored 16 points for Middle Tennessee State (11-8, 3-3), which has a two-game losing streak. Mike Dean tallied 13 points and grabbed seven boards, while Michael Cuffee added 12 points and eight rebounds for the Blue Raiders. Steven Jackson chipped in 11 points in the losing effort.
The Cajuns used a 12-5 run early in the opening frame to take a 32-26 lead into the break.
UL-Lafayette went on a 12-4 run early in the second stanza en route to the 10- point victory.
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The Ragin' Cajuns netted 44.9 percent of their shots from the floor in the contest, and they held the Blue Raiders to just 34.4 percent shooting.
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<blockquote><p align=justify>Louisiana flies back home today as the team to beat in the Sun Belt Conference.
Coach Jessie Evans’ Ragin’ Cajuns defeated Middle Tennessee 74-64 Saturday night in Mufreesboro, improving to 11-5 on the year and 6-1 in the league with a third road win in a row and fifth straight overall.
By contrast, Middle Tennessee (11-8, 3-3) suffered its second consecutive defeat at 11,520-seat Murphy Center.
“I don’t think anyone else in the conference can come on this road trip and win like this,” said Evans, whose team outscored Western Kentucky 110-102 Thursday night in Bowling Green.
As usual, the Cajuns won with scoring balance, often in unexpected ways.
Senior Laurie Bridges scored all 12 of his points in the second half, including a crucial 3-point bucket from the right wing that enabled UL to increase a narrow 62-58 lead to a more comfortable 65-58 with 2:30 to play.
“After the game with Western, we talked with Laurie about his performance,” Evans said. “He was so focused at practice, we knew he would show up tonight. He did a great job on defense and on communication on screens.
“On the 3-pointer, it was our fifth or sixth pass that found him open, and he’s supposed to take that shot.”
The Cajuns won despite a second-half stretch that saw them called for three traveling violations, a charge and for expiration of the shot clock as MT whittled a 56-44 Cajun lead down to 56-49.
Dwayne Mitchell’s tomahawk dunk after a Brad Boyd steal created the 56-44 Cajun lead, shortly following a technical foul on MT coach Kermit Davis. It was the first two of nine straight UL points by Mitchell.
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Orien Greene (13 points), Bridges and Brian Hamilton (10) led a balanced offense for the Cajuns, who hit 22-of-27 free throws and a solid 22-of-49 shots from the field.
The Blue Raiders made just 22-of-64 from the field (34.4 percent), 5-of-20 from 3-point range and 15-of-23 at the line. They had entered the game making 79 percent of their free throws in Sun Belt play.
“To come in here and limit them to 34 percent at their place, that gave us the opportunity to win, there’s no question about that,” Evans said.
Middle Tennessee leader Tommy Gunn managed 16 points while Mike Dean had 15 and Michael Cuffee chipped in 13.
“This is a tough basketball team, with probably the best perimeter players in the conference, and I thought we held our own tonight,” Evans said.
“Gunn is a great player. We tried to make sure to limit their touches and limit their good looks. I thought we did a good job containing them.”
It was not a perfect outing, however, as the Cajuns turned the ball over 20 times.
“We can’t turn the ball over like that,” Evans said. “Twenty turnovers on the road is tough to overcome. This team still has a lot of room for improvement.”
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I want to eat my "Jesse-bashing creaux gumbo!" .~.
Need any sausage?
Darn, I forgot that you aren't allowed to have sausage in a Creaux gumbo!!
Um, charlie...Um...don't ask, don't tell!