Lady Cajuns Heading To World Vision Classic
Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball team will be participating in the World Vision Classic hosted by Baylor University in Waco, Texas over Thanksgiving weekend. UL will face Lamar on Friday, Baylor on Saturday and Idaho on Sunday during the three-day tournament.
The Cajuns will tip things off on Friday at 4:30 p.m. CT against the Lady Cardinals of Lamar.
Lamar has won three straight after starting the season with a loss to Minnesota. In their most recent outing, Lamar was able to post an 84-54 win over Tennessee-Martin on Tuesday evening.
Against Lamar, the Cajuns trail the all-time series, 20-38. UL has won the previous three meetings against the former Sun Belt member, with the last win coming in the 2004-05 season.
The Lady Bears enter the tournament at 3-1 on the year and ranked No. 8 in the AP poll. After falling to Tennessee in the season opener, Baylor bounced back winning two straight, including a 69-49 victory over No. 17 California and a 104-45 win over Jacksonville State.
All-time against Baylor, the Cajuns are 1-5, but have not met since the 2000-01 season. UL's lone win over Baylor came on Feb. 26, 1972 at the Houston Tournament in Texas. Since that first meeting, the Cajuns have dropped five-straight to Baylor. Tip-off is set for 12 p.m. CT on Saturday.
The Vandals and the Cajuns will meet for the first time on Sunday at 12 p.m. CT. The Vandals have gotten off to a slow start this year at 0-3 with losses to Gonzaga, Eastern Washington and Montana State.
Last time out, the Cajuns (1-1) fell to Southern on Saturday, 62-51. UL shot over 50 percent in the first half (13-24) and held a 32-30 advantage heading into the half. But Southern was able to outscore the Cajuns in the second half to steal the win. Nicole Morris led the Cajuns with 13 points going a perfect 5-for-5 from the floor with three treys while Mercedes Johnson scored in double figures (11) for the second straight game this season.
As a Christian humanitarian organization, World Vision aims to contribute to a 75 percent reduction in malaria cases, with the end goal of nearly zero preventable malaria deaths by 2015. World Vision works in 62 malaria-endemic countries, 23 of which are in sub-Saharan Africa.
"Malaria is one of the leading causes of death for children under 5 in the developing world, resulting in approximately 750,000 child deaths per year--or one every 40 seconds," said Craig Jaggers, World Vision's policy advisor for malaria. "Basketball nets and bed nets are a great way of bringing together college students with vulnerable children around the world." More information is available at www.endmalaria.org.
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