It might have been a changing of the guard.
It was definitely UL's most exciting basketball win of the year, and it was provided not as much by the veteran upperclassmen as three brash freshmen.
One of those freshmen, guard Willie Lago, nailed a high-arching jumper with 19 seconds left for the winning points in the Ragin' Cajuns' comeback 67-64 victory over New Orleans Saturday night at the Cajundome.
Lago's basket capped a furious comeback that saw UL (6-17, 4-9) come back from a 13-point deficit in the final 10 minutes and steal a win that the Privateers appeared to have salted away midway through the final half.
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Dan McDonald
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