Cajuns Win. Louisiana.58, Southeastern 52

[ragin50]

Olivera is smooth.

Why isn't he starting?

[60swerethebest]

Why isn't he starting?

He’s been banged up. Best scorer on team.

[NewsCopy]

After going over the details of UL’s 58-52 win over Southeastern Louisiana on Friday at the Cajundome, first-year head coach Quannas White was asked what his first win meant to him.

Immediately, his thoughts went to his players and their path to that moment

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[cajun4life]

We are soft inside. I wish we would work more towards the mid range game. The teams who play in the mid range are generally your highest scoring offenses.

[zephyr]

He’s been banged up. Best scorer on team.

No chance that's the reason. He played amongst the most minutes.

[Million$Mullet]

No chance that's the reason. He played amongst the most minutes.

He started against ball state. Coaches felt he would bring more energy off the bench which he did. A lot of the team has been banged up but that didn’t factor into the decision of bringing him off the bench.

[Cajunsmike]

We are soft inside. I wish we would work more towards the mid range game. The teams who play in the mid range are generally your highest scoring offenses.

We shot several mid range shot Friday night. Lots of them were plays designed for the guard to drive with the ball once they had an advantage over the defensive player in a "take" situation. . When cut off they shot mid range jumpers or floaters. Olvera, Keller, and Lavergne all scored in that manner. More mid range shots were taken Friday night than in half the games combined last season. Of course we need more from the inside guys. They need to do a better job on the glass on those floaters when the opponent's big guys go to cut off our guy driving.

[zephyr]

He’s been banged up. Best scorer on team.

How do you know? He literally came in a minute or two into the game. That doesn't sound like a guy who's banged up. Especially when he played more than 30 minutes....

[zephyr]

We shot several mid range shot Friday night. Lots of them were plays designed for the guard to drive with the ball once they had an advantage over the defensive player in a "take" situation. . When cut off they shot mid range jumpers or floaters. Olvera, Keller, and Lavergne all scored in that manner. More mid range shots were taken Friday night than in half the games combined last season. Of course we need more from the inside guys. They need to do a better job on the glass on those floaters when the opponent's big guys go to cut off our guy driving.

Most of Olvera's damage was from mid range.