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

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I wish I could have made the game, but it sure sounds like the Cajuns are putting on a clinic.

With 12:24 to geaux . . .

UL 93
LC 36

According to Steve the CajunDome record is 128

All the starters have been taken out of the game.

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LOUISIANA

Louisiana's CajunDome

Louisiana College

117 57 Ca-Boom "Cajuns Demolish Louisiana College"

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If I heard right Birds Eye View correctly, it was reported that 12 straight wins at home is a new Ragin' Cajun record.

Hows that for "Stumping" the competition?

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Advertisers-Dan McDonald

LAFAYETTE - Louisiana's men's basketball squad plays its third straight home game tonight, and don't expect things to be much different from the last two.

The Ragin' Cajuns (3-2) have outscored their last two foes by a combined 93 points and Bethune-Cookman figures to be the next victim at 7:05 p.m. in the Cajundome.

The Cajuns humbled Louisiana College 117-57 one week ago and are coming off a 99-66 crunching of Alcorn State on Monday, and probably won't get much more of a challenge from the 1-3 Wildcats. Bethune-Cookman dropped a 79-52 decision at 20th-ranked Minnesota Friday despite the unbeaten Golden Gophers playing without their leading scorer.

"They're very similar to Alcorn in that they have some excellent athletes,' said Cajun head coach Jessie Evans. "They've played a lot of games on the road, but we won't be looking past them after last year.'

The teams played in Daytona Beach, Fla., last season, and Bethune-Cookman led most of the first half and was still tied with the Cajuns after halftime before UL Lafayette stretched a late margin to an 83-73 win. The Cajuns had to shoot 55 percent to take that win.

B-CC's Richard Toussaint had 29 points in last year's game, and the 6-foot-3 guard has been the Wildcats' leading scorer in all four games this year on the way to a 20.0 average.

"We couldn't contain him (Toussaint) last year,' Evans said. "He and the other guard they had last year had 48 between them, so we know what they're capable of.'

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what a silly "headline" this was.. bil

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Originally posted by snote
what a silly "headline" this was.. bil

Understatement for sure.

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LOUISIANA

Louisiana's CajunDome

Bethune Cookman

81 55 Louisiana sets CajunDome Home record 14 straight wins.

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LOUISIANA

Berkeley, Calif.

DETROIT

68 62 No-one early, Boyd through the middle, Southall near the end, Bridges at the buzzer. They each came to the fore when needed most

LOUISIANA

Berkeley, Calif.

CALIFORNIA

61 77 Down by 11 at the half. The LA Cagers lose by 16

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PreGame Story

BOBBY ARDOIN
Special to The Advocate

LAFAYETTE -- The burden around the basket has lightened somewhat for University of Louisiana at Lafayette sophomore center Michael Southall.

This season UL has five players, including Southall, who are capable of playing center.

That additional height might be needed tonight when the Cajuns meet the University of Detroit Mercy in the first round of the EA Sports Golden Bear Classic in Berkeley, Claif.. Tipoff is 6:30 p.m. (CST).

The other teams in the tournament include Grambling State and host California-Berkeley, who play tonight following the ULL-Detroit contest.

On Saturday the first-round losers will play at 6:30 p.m., followed by the 9 p.m. championship game.

Last season Southall was the Sun Belt Conference Freshman Of The Year, but he carried nearly the entire load at center.

Centers Khadim Kandji (6-foot-9) and Robert Davis (6-8) were both on the basketball team last year, but played only a combined 100 minutes.

In addition to Southall, Kandji and Davis, the Cajuns also have redshirt freshman Chris Cameron (6-11) and 6-8 sophomore Cedric Williams, who can also play forward.

For Southall, who averaged 28.7 minutes last year, the help underneath the basket is welcome.

"I love having those other guys who can come in. Because I'm going to be double teamed most of the time, the other guys will be drawing one-on-one coverage all season.

"That's going to help them score and rebound and it also helps the team," said Southall.

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Post Game Story

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BERKELEY, Calif. - For the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns men's basketball team, Michael Southall came through when it counted the most.

The sophomore center from West Salem, Wisc., had an uncharacteristic night shooting from the field (3-of-11) but made his biggest shot of the night, a turnaround layup that gave Louisiana a 54-53 lead with 4:40 left to play in the game, one they would not surrender the rest of the way.

The Cajuns held on to defeat the University of Detroit 68-62 in the first round of the EA Sports Golden Bear Classic here Friday afternoon at Haas Pavilion and picked up their fourth straight win. UL (4-2) advances to Saturday's championship game against the winner of Cal and Grambing at 10 p.m. (CST).

Southall's layup sparked a 9-0 Cajuns run which turned a 53-50 deficit into a 59-53 advantage with 2:56 remaining in the game. Louisiana held on down the stretch, making five free throws to finish the scoring after UDM had rallied to cut the lead to 63-58 with 40 seconds remaining.

UL entered the second half down by eight trailed by nine and seven points on two different occasions. UDM led 49-42 9:10 remaining in the game.

Brad Boyd led all Cajuns with 25 points which included six three-pointers. Anthony Johnson had 13 points and Laurie Bridges contributed 12 points off the bench. Southall led the Cajuns with 10 rebounds. UL Lafayette hit only 20-of-55 shots (36.4 percent) ending a streak of four straight games in which the Cajuns had shot above 50 percent.

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