The Book: Lady Cajuns 2006-07 basketball

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Louisiana’s Lady Cajuns captured a 71-51 victory over LSU-Shreveport in a rare mid-season exhibition game on Sunday afternoon at historic Earl K. Long Gym. Strong defensive pressure and rebounding paved the way for Louisiana, as the Cajuns forced 25 turnovers thanks to 10 steals and won the rebounding battle 39-20. Yolanda Jones and Alicia McDaniel led the Cajuns in scoring with 15 and 13 points, respectively. UL was never threatened in the second half after building an 18-point halftime advantage. A 10-2 run to start the second half pushed the hosts lead to a comfortable 26-point margin, 53-27. Two triples by Onna Charles and baskets from Sonora Edwards and Jones provided the scoring for the Cajuns during the opening minutes of the second stanza. Louisiana will enjoy finals during the upcoming week before traveling to El Paso, Texas to face Texas-El Paso on Sunday at 3:05pm. UL (7-2) will return the Miners trip, after UTEP (6-1) lost in double overtime at EK Long last season. The Cajuns started the game on an 8-0 run and never looked back. Jones scored a quick basket 12 seconds into the game before Edwards added a lay-up and Jeanenne Colbert nailed two from the stripe. McDaniel capped the run with a lay-in off a nice pass from Colbert. After four from the stripe by Kacie Cryer cut the Cajuns lead to six points, 19-13, UL responded with a 19-3 burst over the next 7:58 to build their biggest lead of the first half. Jones started the run with a pair of baskets around a jumper from McDaniel. Three more points by McDaniel preceded baskets by Kina Miller and Courtney Ratliff. Miller and Ratliff then added a free throw around McDaniel’s sixth field goal of the first half. Valanette Amie added a basket to close the run and put UL up 38-16 with 4:05 left in the opening half. LOUISIANA SI

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It may have been an exhibition, but the last thing Allicia McDaniel wanted her team to do Sunday was play poorly in its first appearance before hometown fans. "We wanted to just stay focused," said McDaniel, whose 13 points and game-high seven rebounds helped lead UL's women's basketball squad to a 71-51 exhibition win over LSU- Shreveport Sunday at Long Gym. The Lady Cajun squad, which compiled a 7-2 record in nine straight road games to open the regular season, was making its first Lafayette appearance since an exhibition win over Arkansas Tech almost a month ago. Even if this one didn't count in the records, it counted to the Cajun players because of that long home-court absence. "It meant something to her," UL coach J. Kelley Hall said of McDaniel, who doubled her season scoring average. "She was playing hard and deserved to play the most minutes. We rewarded her with some extra minutes." Minutes is what Sunday's exhibition were all about, according to Hall. All 11 players, including redshirting post player Valanette Amie (exhibition games do not affect redshirt status), played at least nine minutes and all but one player scored. The rest of the story Dan McDonald dmcdonald@theadvertiser.com

[DaddyCajun]

My parents were able to go to the game, I however had to work. They said it was NO contest as coach Hall played his 2nd team at least half the game.

Mom and Pop were very impressed, and love UL Lady Cajun and Ragin Cajun Basketball!


DaddyCajun!

[Turbine]

The record is 7-2 the RPI has dropped to 76 and the next 3 opponents have winning records.

[CajunRed]

Out of these two Louisiana schools, Louisiana and Louisiana Tech, guess which one has a Women's basketball team with a current RPI of "75" and the other "177"....

Who woulda ever thunk it?!

http://realtimerpi.com/rpi_Women.html

[Turbine]

Who woulda ever thunk it?!

Not I, and I notice that 177 is an improvement of 16 from the week before.

WOW

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A little surprised to see WKy so low. I thought they would be right up there with Middle Tenn.

[RaginFan2]

A little surprised to see WKy so low. I thought they would be right up there with Middle Tenn.

Same with Texas. #70? With only 1 loss, I would have expected them to be higher. Low SOS has them down, I guess.

[DaddyCajun]

Coach Hall was on the news tonight and stated that Louisiana had the #2 rated defense in the country!!

I sure hope they keep up that D and bringing in the W's after the week layoff for exams.

Merry Christmas,
DaddyCajun

[headragincajun]

Not I, and I notice that 177 is an improvement of 16 from the week before.

WOW

Turbine:
Another place to look is the Jeff Sagarin/Carmel, Indiana Ratings.

rpiratings.com/sagarin.html


Jeff Sagarin/CBN Women's College Basketball Ratings

Good site to look at. They take into account where you play and the score of the game. Probably more accurate picture of what's really going on.
Thanks for the support,

Headragincajun1