Another game. More team and individual milestones for the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns men's basketball team.
Frank Bartley scored a team-high 18 points while becoming the 47th player in Ragin' Cajuns history to reach the 1,000-point mark and Sun Belt Conference champion Louisiana won its sixth straight game and school-record 26th of the season in claiming an 85-74 win over Arkansas State in an SBC contest on Thursday at the Cajundome.
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Bryce Washington added 15 points and seven rebounds with JaKeenan Gant adding 12 points as Louisiana (26-4, 16-1 SBC) surpassed the previous single-season of 25 victories set twice under legendary coach Beryl Shipley (1970-71, 1971-72) and under Jessie Evans in 1999-2000.
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The Ragin' Cajuns, who won their 17th straight game at home dating back to last season, improved to 14-0 in the Cajundome for the first time in school history while head coach Bob Marlin won its 154th game in his Louisiana career, passing former coach Bobby Paschal for fourth-place on the school's all-time list.
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Bartley, who played two seasons at BYU before transferring after the 2014-15 season, scored 11 points in the first half and reached the 1,000-point mark in his Louisiana career at the 4:54 mark of the first half when he completed a 12-2 run with a three-point play. The Baton Rouge native became the ninth player in Ragin' Cajuns history to reach the 1,000-point mark in two years, joining a list of Louisiana players that included Bo Lamar, Andrew Toney, Shawn Long and Kevin Brooks.