The Book: 2002-2003 Basketball (Ragin'Cajuns)

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With 7:25 left in the game the score is
Louisiana 68
Ark Little Rock 65

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Southall fouls out.

LA 84
ALR 81

Emanual Washington gets steal with :30 seconds left.

KJ offensive foul

Johnson hurt.

Little Rock needs 3 to tie. NO GOOD

:11.5 to go "KJ much smarter this time around" first free throw good. Second no good.

LA 85
ALR 81

:3.7 seconds left

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Louisiana WINS 85-81

[CajunCall]

I listened to the game and we were fortunate to come away with a win.

[NewsCopy]

Cajuns overcome hot-shooting Trojans.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — This time, they got it right. Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns got back on their game here Saturday night, withstanding a fierce effort by Arkansas-Little Rock to secure an 85-81 victory before 5,012 fans at Alltel Arena.

The Cajuns were flat in Thursday’s 84-72 loss at Arkansas State, and needed a better performance if they were to avoid a bad road trip.

They got that in a big way from Laurie Bridges, who scored a career-high 26 points for the second game in a row.

“That’s back-to-back 26 points,” Bridges said. “Plus, we won this one, so that’s even better.

“We knew after Thursday night that if we played as champions, which we are, and played with pride, we would be all right.”

The Cajuns, back-to-back champs of the Sun Belt Conference’s West Division, improved to 19-7 overall and 11-2 in league play. UALR, fighting to finish second in the East, fell to 16-11 and 7-6.

“This game shows the mark of a champion,” Cajun coach Jessie Evans said. “We’re not satisfied with winning the West. We’re all about getting better and getting that bar up high.

“We showed the composure of a champion tonight.”

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[NewsCopy]

LAFAYETTE — Once they found out they were beatable, Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns learned how to win again.

The Cajuns had their 9-game Sun Belt Conference win streak snapped at Arkansas State last Thursday, then used that as motivation for an 85-81 triumph at Arkansas-Little Rock on Saturday to stay on track for the league’s best record.

Coach Jessie Evans’ squad (19-7, 11-2) hosts North Texas (7-18, 2-11) at 7:05 p.m. today at the Cajundome, then finishes the regular season against Western Kentucky on Wednesday in a highly-anticipated home game on ESPN2.

Victories in those two contests would clinch the top mark for the Cajuns and set the tone for the Sun Belt Tournament at WKU.

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Advertiser-Bruce Brown
bbrown@theadvertiser.com

[Turner]

BEAT NORTH TEXAS
Just for the hell of it we need to get to 20 wins in the regular season UL is 19-7 and I want win # 20 TONIGHT.

[ChanceEncounter]

Not that I can go to a game, but if the Cajuns of UL lose to a team that is 2-11 in conference I don't know what I will do.

[LatvianCajun]

Well now we have win number 20, but not in the top 25?

[NewsCopy]

Ragin’ Cajuns tune up for WKU with blowout

LAFAYETTE — Tyson versus Etienne had more suspense.

Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns administered an early knockout blow to outmanned North Texas Monday night before 5,436 fans at the Cajundome, a 94-60 runaway that set up Wednesday’s showdown with Western Kentucky.

The visiting Mean Green was without flu-stricken leader Chris Davis, who leads UNT in scoring, rebounding and assists, but he played earlier in an 89-58 home loss to the Cajuns and couldn’t have reversed Monday’s blowout.

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Bruce Brown
bbrown@theadvertiser.com