Another moral victory, but another loss for UL's Ragin' Cajun basketball team.
And, another instance of the Cajuns digging themselves an early hole.
This time, though, UL can point at the reason for the early deficit, one that gave Tennessee's Volunteers enough room to take a 77-67 victory Monday at the Cajundome. That reason was Chris Lofton.
Tennessee's junior guard gunned in 31 points, including hitting seven-of-11 shots from three-point range, and personally put Monday's game on his back in the final seven minutes.
No other Volunteer had a field goal in the final 10 minutes, and none needed to as Lofton hit a series of big shots to help hold off a hard charge by the host Cajuns - a charge that, just like its recent games against Oral Roberts and Cal State Fullerton, fell short.
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Dan McDonald
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