The Book: Lady Cajuns 2006-07 basketball

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UL's women's basketball squad had things close to where the Cajuns wanted them at halftime of Sunday's pivotal Sun Belt Conference contest at Middle Tennessee. That was before the host Blue Raiders started raining in shots and the Cajun squad saw its offensive struggles multiply. Middle put together a 27-3 run in less than seven minutes early in the second half, breaking open a close game and eventually rolling to an 84-57 victory in the matchup of Sun Belt divisional leaders. The 19th-ranked Blue Raiders (19-3, 11-0 Sun Belt) won a school-record 16th straight game, and for the second game in a row MT broke things open just after halftime. The rest of the story Dan McDonald dmcdonald@theadvertiser.com

[ulforlife]

wow.

[Just1More]

Get this one out of your system ladies. We have a destiny bigger than one away game with a top 20 team. Geaux Lady Cajuns!!!

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For the second time in three seasons, UL's women's basketball team can determine its own fate in the Sun Belt Conference Western Division race. Two seasons ago, the Ragin' Cajun women won six of seven games to end the month of February, including a last-second 66-64 home victory over Arkansas State that gave UL sole possession of the Western Division title. It was the first conference crown of any type in the program's history. That season, UL had some wiggle room, being able to afford one loss down the stretch and still claiming the West crown. This season, the scenario is exactly the same. The rest of the story Dan McDonald dmcdonald@theadvertiser.com

[CajunProud]

I am not a big basketball fan in general, but I do support the Cajuns in every sport, and I have to say that the job Coach Hall and his staff have done with this program is nothing short of amazing. Congrats to him and the Lady Cajuns.

Don't worry about this loss. Keep working hard, and your sweat equity (as Coach Robe says) will payoff in the end.

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It should be a tune-up game to prepare UL's women's basketball squad for the stretch run of the Sun Belt Conference season. It should be an opportunity for the Ragin' Cajuns to play a lot of players and keep people fresh for that closing drive. But more than anything else, UL coach J. Kelley Hall is hoping tonight's 7 p.m. non-conference home contest against Savannah State provides a catharsis from last weekend's bitter memories. UL was woman-handled 84-57 by 20th-ranked Middle Tennessee in Murfreesboro Sunday afternoon, and Hall is seeking to put that game out of sight and out of mind at Long Gym tonight. "We've got to put the Middle Tennessee game behind us," Hall said Tuesday morning. "We'll regroup in practice today (Tuesday) and start doing the things we have to do if we want to take another step forward." The rest of the story Dan McDonald dmcdonald@theadvertiser.com

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OK, who threw the switch? Who took over for UL's women's basketball team, which found itself behind an outmanned Savannah State team 23-20 five minutes before halftime Wednesday night? It was - surprise - the Ragin' Cajun bench, which contributed two double-figure scorers, 35 points, 22 rebounds and six steals while lighting the fuse in what turned into a runaway 82-51 victory at Long Gym. The Cajuns (18-6), playing a rare late-season non-conference game, struggled early in hitting only eight of its first 29 shots. Savannah State wasn't faring much better, but did run in six straight points on back-to-back baskets by Ivy Smith and Shamice James to take its only lead. The rest of the story Dan McDonald dmcdonald@theadvertiser.com

[ulforlife]

I went to the game last night, it was my FIRST EVER lady cajuns game. Let me just say that in the 2nd half, they went off.

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I see where 3 Lady Cajuns are averaging double figures. That is pretty good.

On that page if you follow the complete stats link, it shows Yolanda Jones with 400 points on the season. If I am not mistaken she had over 500 points last year so how cool would it be for her to make the 1000 point club in just 2 years.

[lcitsh]

100 points is no problem. They have at least 8 games left. She'll make it easily.