The Book Lady Cajuns basketball 2002-03

[sandra]

Geaux Anna !!! By the time Miss Petrakova is a senior, coach Hall will have this program on the right track.

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Advertiser-Dan McDonald

LAGNIAPPE: The Cajuns have been bolstered by two transfers who will be eligible at the end of the next fall semester.

The two, Candace Jackson of Louisville and Tiffany Washington of Oklahoma State, are enrolled for the spring and working out with the UL Lafayette squad.

Jackson is a six-foot wing who signed with Hall originally at Louisville, but did not play in the fall semester and has four years of eligibility remaining.

Washington, the sister of Cajun men’s player Immanuel Washington, was a prep standout at Franklin and played two years at New Mexico Junior College before signing with Oklahoma State last year. Washington ranked eighth nationally in rebounding (11.0) and 25th nationally in scoring (15.8) as a juco sophomore.

Those two bring the total to eight new players in the program for next season. Hall and his staff signed six players in the early signing period in November.

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LAFAYETTE — Thursday and Saturday will be a homecoming of sorts for Louisiana's womens basketball squad.

The Lady Cajuns haven’t played at Long Gym since Jan. 11, and since that time the facility has undergone several changes including new backboards and goal standards as well as new scoreboards on both ends.

More importantly, head coach J. Kelley Hall is hoping the new boards and rims will help a squad that has struggled mightily on the road with its shooting.

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[RedBug58]

:confused:

Will Tiffiny have one or two years left?

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Originally posted by RedBug58
Will Tiffiny have one or two years left?

Good question Tiffany played in two games this season (33 minutes) before transfering to Louisiana.

Here is Tiffany's Bio

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What do you think of going to E.K. Long Gym to watch the Lady Cajuns take on the Mean Green, while we listen to the men do the same on 107.7 fm.

You can check out the new scoreboards and goals.

Hey we need to show that investing in Louisiana sports pays off.

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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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[snote]

74-zip? (smiles)

[CDeb]

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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