Elijah Millsap

[cajunpepper]

What type of player is Milsaps? A scorer or defensive guy? What is his potential impact?

The kid was a prolific scorer in high school. He scored 38 in the state semifinal game against southern lab last year. I have a feeling that Milsap, by the end of everything, will be the best player we signed this year.

[Tripple Threat]

What type of player is Milsaps? A scorer or defensive guy? What is his potential impact?

During his Sr. Year, Millsap avg something like 28 pts and 14 rbs. Derrick Gray also avg something like 28pts per game in his Sr. Yr. It will be interesting to see how Gray progresses this year. The playing time is there for one of these guys. By the way Millsap is 6'5 and 200+ lbs. If Millsap clicks, the Cajuns will have a third outside threat. That would be huge for the offense and opening up the interior for some nice movement/slashes to the basket.

[Cajunsmike]

Since the basketball team is not going to make the NCAA tournament this year, I think they should just go ahead and redshirt Milsap this year.

Without more dephth Mouton and Dees will have to play so many minutes, they will be worn out as the season goes on. That is why Gray and Milsap need to play. Gray has been practicing the entire season and Coach says he is greatly improved.

[RaginEsquire06]

Without more dephth Mouton and Dees will have to play so many minutes, they will be worn out as the season goes on. That is why Gray and Milsap need to play. Gray has been practicing the entire season and Coach says he is greatly improved.

If Gray shows up...and produces like he is capable of doing....Get the cargo space ready...A bunch of "nay-sayers" will be jumping on this band wagon! Adding another scoring threat will unlease the scoring beast in the dynamic scoring machine...aka David Dees....I think his best is remained to be seen! The same said for Ross "Da' boss" Mouton. With the steady improvement of Courtney Wallace...as well Valentino Hart...The sky is the limit for this club. I think Tennessee's Coach Pearl said it best...."the Cajuns are a very good basketball team...the just need to believe that they can win!"

Did Derek play some at the point?

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UL's 88-69 loss at UL Monroe last Saturday was a milestone game for Elijah Millsap and not because the Cajun freshman was playing only a few miles from his Grambling hometown. It wasn't even because he had the best game of his brief collegiate career, posting a double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds. Saturday's game marked the first time that the 6-foot-5 guard had played in as many games as he missed to start the season, and that's why Cajun coach Robert Lee pointed at his continued improvement earlier this week. "He's starting to show everyone what we saw in him when we signed him," Lee said. "He's showing that he can step up and play." The rest of the story Dan McDonald dmcdonald@theadvertiser.com

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Through the first half of the season, opposing teams had a definite plan to slow down the UL basketball team's offense - concentrate on David Dees and Ross Mouton. For the most part, that worked. The Cajuns take a 4-14 overall and a 2-6 Sun Belt Conference record into tonight's home contest against South Alabama, and other than that pair, only one other player is averaging more than five points per game. During the Cajuns' last few games, though, teams have been forced to re-examine that strategy, and Elijah Millsap is the reason. The rest of the story Dan McDonald dmcdonald@theadvertiser.com

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Through the first two months of UL's men's basketball season, the Cajuns' success rested squarely on the shoulders of Ross Mouton and David Dees. UL coach Robert Lee has been waiting for other players to step forward and make significant contributions, but the only other Cajun to do that on a consistent basis was freshman Elijah Millsap in the last eight games. The search for support took on desperate proportions over the weekend when Dees was sidelined with an injured ankle, but maybe the hunt is over after Saturday's 69-62 victory over Troy's Trojans. Millsap, Rhett Hebert and Derek Gray each contributed a double-figure scoring effort, and with Mouton's red-hot second-half shooting the Cajuns were able to snap a three-game loss streak. "This was as close as we've come to a true team win," Lee said. "I thought everyone we had did some good things, and everyone played well on the defensive end." The rest of the story Dan McDonald dmcdonald@theadvertiser.com

[AstroCajun]

Elijah Milsap is your Sunbelt Freshman of the Year!!!

Also congratulations go out to David Dees for his selection to the third team all Sunbelt!

Good work guys! We are proud of you!!!

[Zeebart21]

Elijah Milsap is your Sunbelt Freshman of the Year!!!

Also congratulations go out to David Dees for his selection to the third team all Sunbelt!

Good work guys! We are proud of you!!!

NICE!! Watching his transformation from the beginning of the year to the present was pretty cool! Congrats, Elijah! Certainly congrats to Mr Dees as well!

Z.

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LOUISIANA La. – Louisiana guard Elijah Millsap, who attended Grambling Lab High School, was named the 2007 Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year. Millsap has seen action in 22 games with 17 starts and leads all freshmen in the conference in scoring (12.0 ppg.) and rebounding (7.2 rpg.). His rebounding total ranks fifth in the conference for all players. Millsap scored double figures 15 times out of 22 games played and pulled down at least five rebounds 16 times hitting double figures seven times. Millsap had a string of 12 straight games scoring double digits from Dec. 28 through Feb. 8. In 18 Sun Belt games played in, he scored double figures 15 times. Millsap is the first Cajuns player since Michael Southall (2002) to be named the Sun Belt’s Freshman of the Year. The rest of the story