Louisiana's Rally Falls Short At FAU, 75-70

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Shawn Long, Elfrid Payton and Bryant Mbamalu combined to score 58 points, but the Cajuns couldn’t overcome a 12-point halftime deficit, dropping a 75-70 decision at Florida Atlantic on Thursday night.

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[DieHard1280]

Did we even have a thread going about this game?

[MetryCajun]

It was an away game, so everyone knew beforehand we would lose.

[ulforlife]

It was an away game, so everyone knew beforehand we would lose.

lol

[MetryCajun]

BOP has me conditioned. I say it before every away game..."It is very difficult to win on the road in the SBC". This is true unless you are a road team at the Cajun Dome.

[axg8750]

I listened to the end of the first half in the way to dinner tonight.

While listening Soto was fould on a three point shot and missed all three free throws.

Not goi ng to win many games like that.

[Hudsheen#Fired]

we have a solid core 3 in Mbamalu, Payton, and Long.
If we had just one other player who could consistently score, we would be ok.

Steven Wronkowski has not been playing good lately, AMT same story, and Soto looks good at times, he just doesnt seem quite there yet.
The rest of the players on this team are strictly "defensive" players

Kevin Brown's injury hurt us alot, I think we have another win or two if he was healthy

[Frenchie35]

Foul calls and miss free throws bit us.....UL, 11-21 @ 52% and FAU, 18-21 @ 86%

[Hudsheen#Fired]

Foul calls and miss free throws bit us.....UL, 11-21 @ 52% and FAU, 18-21 @ 86%

so true, our free throw shooting has been sketchy for a while now
but you cant have only 3 players contribute to scoring

[Zeebart21]

I listened to the end of the first half in the way to dinner tonight.

While listening Soto was fould on a three point shot and missed all three free throws.

Not goi ng to win many games like that.

Where did you have dinner?

[Cajunsmike]

BOP has me conditioned. I say it before every away game..."It is very difficult to win on the road in the SBC". This is true unless you are a road team at the Cajun Dome.

It may still prove difficult for other teams to win at the Dome this year. So far, we are 1 and 1 at home in conference play. The team we lost to is considered by most to be the best overall team in the league while the team we beat was picked by some to win the Western Division. Eight more conference home games to go and then we find out how we did at home this year. I won't argue that most figured the FAU game would be a loss since it was a road game. That will be the outlook for most of the away from home games. I won't necessarily say it is because of how we have been conditioned but of how things have gone so far this year. Last year, we won a few road games in conference but we were not so shorthanded inside last season. Looking ahead, Heyward Register of Comeaux is knocking down multiple three pointers in almost every game he plays. He had 19 points in the the first half in the most recent Spartans game.

[Cajunsmike]

We were shooting over 80% from the line in the last five minutes of games prior to last night. I won't argue that the performance last night in that regard may have cost us the game. Of course, having only three guys score is a problem. Wronkowski needs to start helping out. In the last home game, you could tell he had no confidence in his shot and passed up open looks. He needs to just liet it go when the offense finds him open. Until he does that, better to play Thompson as he is doing OK on defense now.