The Book Lady Cajuns basketball 2002-03

[Turner]

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.

[Turner]

Do I see the old goals in the corner?

[CDeb]

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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[RaginRash]

Playground officiating!

[CajunCharlie]

Seems like we had some Southland Conference rejects. Or could it be some Sun Belt rejects?:confused:

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EDINBURG, Texas — Don’t look now, but the Louisiana women’s basketball team is starting to pick up a little steam.

After a conference win over North Texas last Thursday and a respectable effort against Denver on Saturday, the Lady Cajuns delivered a 66-41 road victory over Texas-Pan American on Monday in a non-conference affair.

Solid defense and 16-of-30 shooting in the second half led to the victory.

Louisiana (5-14) allowed a season-low 13 points at the half to enjoy a 26-13 lead at the break.

The Cajun women upped their lead to 44-20 in the first eight minutes of the second half thanks to a 13-2 run.

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EDINBURG, Texas -- The University of Louisiana women's basketball team held Texas-Pan American to 13 first-half points en route to a 66-41 nonconference on Monday night, according to a university news release.
UL-Lafayette (5-14) led 26-13 at the break and broke it open by hitting 16-of-30 shots in the second half.

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Advertiser-Dan McDonald

LAFAYETTE — The record may not show it, but Louisiana women’s basketball coach J. Kelley Hall doesn’t hesitate to talk about how much his squad has improved its play over the last two weeks.

“We’re playing good defense,’’ he said, “”and our rebounding is so much better. If we can just get our offense fine tuned ...’’

The Cajun women have won two of their last five outings heading into Saturday’s Sun Belt Conference clash at New Mexico State, and Hall said that the squad had a solid chance to win the other three.

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Advertiser-Dan McDonald

LAFAYETTE — The home court may be just what Louisiana's women’s basketball squad needs.

So, too, may be Arkansas State, the squad that the Ragin’ Cajuns host tonight in the next-to-last home game of the 2002-03 season.

The Cajuns have played eight of their last 10 games on the road with only a quick two-game break to face North Texas and Denver snapping that road swing.

“That wears on you a little bit,” said head coach J. Kelley Hall of the extended time away from Long Gym. “We’ve been looking forward to getting back home.”

UL had some success in that brief break from the road three weeks ago, taking a 58-57 upset win over North Texas and playing Denver close until the final two minutes in a 69-59 loss.

And, since then, the Cajuns (5-17, 1-10) have stepped up their play, taking one win in a four-game road swing and playing Sun Belt Conference West Division leader South Alabama to a four-point 55-51 game in Mobile.

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Arkansas State knocks down six 3-pointers in win.

LAFAYETTE — Louisiana head women’s basketball coach J. Kelley Hall knew that Arkansas State could shoot the 3-pointer, so he wanted to limit the Indians’ attempts outside the arc here Thursday night.

That the Ragin’ Cajuns did, with ASU getting off only seven shots. The problem for the host Cajuns was that the Indians made virtually all of them.

The Indians hit six treys, and Catriece Webster did the rest of the damage as ASU posted a 68-57 Sun Belt Conference win at Long Gym.

Casie Lowman hit 4-of-4 and Rachel Porter hit 2-of-3 outside the arc. Indian leading three-point shooter Amber Abraham didn’t even get one off, but she didn’t need to.

“We defended the three pretty well for the most part,” said Hall. “But we couldn’t guard 23 (Webster), and we didn’t do a good job on 10 (Lowman) in the second half.”

Advertiser-Dan McDonald

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LAFAYETTE — The threesome had distinct roles before the start of the 2002-03 Louisiana's Lady Cajun basketball season.

Charlotte Green controlled the tempo and provided the outside shooting threat.

Sarah Richey blocked shots, rebounded and did the inside scoring.

And Brooke Williams did the “dirty” work, drawing the key defensive assignments, battling inside and doing the things nobody else truly wanted to do.

J. Kelley Hall changed all that around, looking to bring success for that trio in their senior years and at the same time bring success to the Ragin’ Cajun women’s program for the first time in a decade and a half.

Although there are indications of improvement this season and for future years, it didn’t happen this year. The Cajuns stand at 5-18 heading into tonight’s home finale against Arkansas State.

And Hall feels their pain.

“If there’s one thing that I’m disappointed about, it’s those three,” he said. “I feel bad that the seniors won’t be here to experience the success that we expect to have in the future.”

Green, Richey and Williams will be honored prior to tonight’s 7 p.m. game at Long Gym, wrapping up basketball careers that began nearby and never took them very far from home.

Dan McDonald
dmcdonald@lafayette.gannett.com

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