University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Saturday, January 23
Lafayette
4 p.m.
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
14-3, 7-1SBC
56
vs
53
Troy
10-7, 5-3SBC
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Troy
13
16
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Louisiana
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Gordon’s 23 Points Spark Late Comeback Win Against Troy
1/23/2016 7:34:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Cajuns (14-3, 7-1 SBC) outscore Troy, 39-24 in second half for fourth straight win
LAFAYETTE – Trailing by as many as 15 points in the second quarter and eight points in the fourth, the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball team extended their win streak to four games with a 56-53 win over visiting Troy at the Cajundome on Saturday.
The Cajuns (14-3, 7-1 SBC) trailed 29-17 at halftime, but came out and held Troy to 24 points the rest of the way to win their seventh conference contest in eight tries this season.
Junior guard Jaylyn Gordon tallied a team-high 23 points, 12 of them coming in the fourth quarter. Gordon also came up with a team-best five assists and ended the day tied with three steals.
"In the first half we were trying to be patient and not to rush shots," Ragin' Cajuns head coach Garry Brodhead said. "The second half, we played our game. I thought we started to attack the basket and move the ball around to stay aggressive. We made them guard us and got some offensive penetration. We got into a rhythm to where we controlled the game and how we wanted to play in the second half."
After scoring the game's first five points, the Cajuns' lead quickly evaporated as Troy scored 13 of the game's next 15 points to take a 13-7 advantage with under a minute left in the opening quarter.
Troy's defense yielded just seven points to the Cajuns in the second quarter. The Trojans held a 25-10 lead at the 4:21 mark and maintained the double-digit lead through the end of the second. Louisiana shot just 22.6% (7-of-31) from the floor in the first half.
Senior Brooklyn Arceneaux and freshman Breionne Cooper combined for five points to start the third quarter, closing the score to 29-22.
Back-to-back buckets by Gordon and Arceneaux made it a one-possession game at 29-26 at the 5:55 mark.
The Trojans built their lead back to double-digits with less than four minutes remaining in the third on a layup by Caitlyn Ramirez. Gordon answered with a pair of three-pointers to keep the Cajuns to within striking distance at 39-33.
The two foes traded buckets on the final two possessions as Troy took a 41-35 lead into the final stanza.
The game remained a two-possession affair for the first 3:54 of the fourth quarter until Gordon drained a three-pointer off an assist from senior Adrienne Prejean, making it a 48-46 game in favor of Troy.
After Troy's La'Tia Fils-Aime' split a pair of free throws, Gordon knotted the game at 48-48 on the ensuing possession with 5:07 to go.
Nearly three minutes without a basket, Cajuns senior guard Keke Veal hit the go-ahead shot with 2:10 left.
Troy came back on the other end of the floor to tie the game on their next possession thanks to Kelley Beverly who hit a jumper.
With 1:22 to go, Veal split a pair of free throws to put the Cajuns up, 51-50. Following a missed layup by Troy's Ta'Kierra Gibbs, Gordon came down and drew a foul and deposited both free throw tosses to give UL a 53-50 edge.
With 17 seconds left, Arceneaux forced a turnover by Troy, forcing the Trojans to foul and stop the clock. Gordon extended the lead to 55-50 with a pair of free throws.
After Troy made it interesting with a three-pointer with six seconds left, senior Kia Wilridge made the first of two free throws. Wilridge missed the second shot, allowing time on the game clock to hit triple zeroes.
The Cajuns shot 42.9% (6-of-14) from the floor in the fourth quarter and hit 7-of-10 shots from the charity stripe in the last 10 minutes.
Arceneaux recorded eight points and a team-leading nine boards.
The Cajuns held a 22-14 edge over Troy in points in the paint.
Louisiana next will host Texas State next Thursday, Jan. 28 for a 5 p.m. tip-off at the Cajundome.
The Cajuns (14-3, 7-1 SBC) trailed 29-17 at halftime, but came out and held Troy to 24 points the rest of the way to win their seventh conference contest in eight tries this season.
Junior guard Jaylyn Gordon tallied a team-high 23 points, 12 of them coming in the fourth quarter. Gordon also came up with a team-best five assists and ended the day tied with three steals.
"In the first half we were trying to be patient and not to rush shots," Ragin' Cajuns head coach Garry Brodhead said. "The second half, we played our game. I thought we started to attack the basket and move the ball around to stay aggressive. We made them guard us and got some offensive penetration. We got into a rhythm to where we controlled the game and how we wanted to play in the second half."
After scoring the game's first five points, the Cajuns' lead quickly evaporated as Troy scored 13 of the game's next 15 points to take a 13-7 advantage with under a minute left in the opening quarter.
Troy's defense yielded just seven points to the Cajuns in the second quarter. The Trojans held a 25-10 lead at the 4:21 mark and maintained the double-digit lead through the end of the second. Louisiana shot just 22.6% (7-of-31) from the floor in the first half.
Senior Brooklyn Arceneaux and freshman Breionne Cooper combined for five points to start the third quarter, closing the score to 29-22.
Back-to-back buckets by Gordon and Arceneaux made it a one-possession game at 29-26 at the 5:55 mark.
The Trojans built their lead back to double-digits with less than four minutes remaining in the third on a layup by Caitlyn Ramirez. Gordon answered with a pair of three-pointers to keep the Cajuns to within striking distance at 39-33.
The two foes traded buckets on the final two possessions as Troy took a 41-35 lead into the final stanza.
The game remained a two-possession affair for the first 3:54 of the fourth quarter until Gordon drained a three-pointer off an assist from senior Adrienne Prejean, making it a 48-46 game in favor of Troy.
After Troy's La'Tia Fils-Aime' split a pair of free throws, Gordon knotted the game at 48-48 on the ensuing possession with 5:07 to go.
Nearly three minutes without a basket, Cajuns senior guard Keke Veal hit the go-ahead shot with 2:10 left.
Troy came back on the other end of the floor to tie the game on their next possession thanks to Kelley Beverly who hit a jumper.
With 1:22 to go, Veal split a pair of free throws to put the Cajuns up, 51-50. Following a missed layup by Troy's Ta'Kierra Gibbs, Gordon came down and drew a foul and deposited both free throw tosses to give UL a 53-50 edge.
With 17 seconds left, Arceneaux forced a turnover by Troy, forcing the Trojans to foul and stop the clock. Gordon extended the lead to 55-50 with a pair of free throws.
After Troy made it interesting with a three-pointer with six seconds left, senior Kia Wilridge made the first of two free throws. Wilridge missed the second shot, allowing time on the game clock to hit triple zeroes.
The Cajuns shot 42.9% (6-of-14) from the floor in the fourth quarter and hit 7-of-10 shots from the charity stripe in the last 10 minutes.
Arceneaux recorded eight points and a team-leading nine boards.
The Cajuns held a 22-14 edge over Troy in points in the paint.
Louisiana next will host Texas State next Thursday, Jan. 28 for a 5 p.m. tip-off at the Cajundome.
Team Stats
TROY
UL
FG%
.352
.333
3FG%
.444
.375
FT%
.846
.571
RB
41
37
TO
23
16
STL
5
10
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
23
FGM
7
3FGM
5
FTM
4
Pts
8
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Pts
6
FGM
2
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Players Mentioned
G/F
/ Women's Basketball
C
/ Women's BasketballPG
/ Women's Basketball
F
/ Women's BasketballPG
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