The Book Lady Cajuns basketball 2002-03

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Advertiser-Dan McDonald

LAFAYETTE — The last two times UL Lafayette’s women’s basketball squad came home from a road trip, it did so with high hopes.

The Ragin’ Cajuns split games in Cincinnati’s Bearcat Invitational four weeks ago, falling to the hosts in the finals, and three weeks ago they played well at nationally-ranked Arkansas.

Both times, though, the Cajuns couldn’t carry that momentum over to the home court.

Well, maybe the opposite will be true today when the Cajun squad welcomes North Texas in a 7 p.m. Sun Belt Conference battle at Long Gym.

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74-zip? (smiles)

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Wow. That is a pretty nice scoreboard. Not flashy, but very sharp.

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Dan McDonald

LAFAYETTE — Anna Petrakova had never made a shot like that.

Louisiana head coach J. Kelley Hall had never coached a player that made one.

Heck, there probably wasn’t anyone inside Long Gym Thursday night that had ever even seen one.

Four-point plays are rare enough. A four-point play in the last three seconds is unheard of.

And one to win the game? Priceless.

When Petrakova’s off-balance, being-fouled trey found the bottom of one of Long Gym’s new baskets with 2.7 seconds left, and she followed with a tie-breaking free throw, the Ragin’ Cajuns had escaped with an improbable 58-57 victory over North Texas that snapped a 17-game losing streak in Sun Belt play.

“I’ve never had a game-winning shot,” said the sophomore from Moscow, “and I’ve never made a four-point play.”

When she made both, and North Texas’ Emily Britt was short on a half-court heave at the buzzer, it set off a celebration for a team that hadn’t won a game in over a month and hadn’t won a Sun Belt game since Jan. 5 of last year.

“This was a huge win,” said Hall. “I’m very happy for our seniors. They really needed to snap that streak.”

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Originally posted by CDeb
Wow. That is a pretty nice scoreboard. Not flashy, but very sharp.

Dang nice goals too, the article didn't say they were four point goals.

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Do I see the old goals in the corner?

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Originally posted by Turner
Do I see the old goals in the corner?

Yes, you do.

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Denver makes noise
Co-leader Denver holds off UL Lafayette as thunder sticks steal the show.
Dan McDonald
dmcdonald@lafayette.gannett.com
February 2, 2003

LAFAYETTE — The fans at UL Lafayette’s women’s basketball game were just making too much noise Saturday night, and the game officials didn’t like it.

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One of those Cajun mini-rallies came four minutes later, when Brooke Williams’ layup at 5:52 cut the difference to 25-18.

It was at that point that referee Julie May decided that the “thunder sticks” being utilized by part of the 213 fans became more important than basketball.

May decreed that the plastic blow-up sticks passed out at the game were not permitted — even though Sun Belt officials’ supervisors had okayed their use prior to the season — and ordered an announcement to curtail the use.

Denver outscored the Cajuns 9-3 over the next two minutes, but that wasn’t enough of a penalty for May, who hit Hall with a technical after fans continued using the noisemakers. Nicky Eason’s free throw made it 35-21.

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