University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Saturday, February 4
Atlanta, Ga.
11 a.m. (CST)
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
12-8 (6-5SBC)
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Georgia State
8-14 (4-7SBC)
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Louisiana
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Georgia State
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Cajuns Come Up With Big SBC Win Over Georgia State, 70-64
2/4/2017 2:59:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Atlanta, Ga. – Jaylyn Gordon scored 22 points and Simone Fields added 21 points to lead the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball team to a 70-64 win over Georgia State on Saturday at the GSU Sports Arena.
Louisiana (12-8, 6-5 SBC) used a well-balanced team effort to take down the Panthers for the second time this season. The Cajuns shot 40% (24-for-60) from the floor including 30.8% (8-for-26) from the three-point line.
Georgia State (8-14, 4-7 SBC), which snapped its three game win streak, made a run in the final minutes to close the gap, but was unable to take the lead back from Louisiana.
The lead for the Cajuns was cut to 63-60 when Jada Lewis made one-of-two free throws for the Panthers with 1:34 to go in the game.
Nekia Jones then made four consecutive free throws to give Louisiana a 67-60 lead with 41 seconds left in the contest.
The Panthers trimmed the lead to 68-64 after Kierra Henry made a layup with 11 seconds to go in the game.
Jones then knocked down two free throws with seven seconds remaining to seal the deal for the Cajuns.
Louisiana took a 10-9 lead when Simone Fields made a jumper while being fouled and knocked down the free throw with 4:51 left in the first quarter.
Fields made a layup to give the Cajuns a 14-9 lead with 2:17 to go in the first period. Louisiana held a 19-15 advantage at the end of the first frame.
The Cajuns led 23-18 when Jones connected on a jumper with 6:22 remaining in the second quarter. They extended their lead to 31-21 after Gordon made a three-pointer with 2:42 left until halftime.
Malachi Seraphin-Williams knocked down a three-pointer with four seconds to go in the period and the Cajuns held a 36-28 lead at halftime.
Louisiana took a 40-32 lead when Gordon connected on another trey with 6:09 remaining in the third quarter.
Fields made a layup for the Cajuns to extend the lead to 47-32 with 2:49 left in the period. Gordon's three-pointer with three seconds to go in the quarter gave Louisiana a 54-41 lead at the end of the third frame.
Gordon, who shot 50% (6-for-12) from the three-point line, made another from beyond the arc to give the Cajuns a 61-51 lead with 7:15 remaining in the contest.
Georgia State then went on a 7-0 run to cut the Louisiana lead to 61-58 with 3:25 to go in the game. That was as close as the Panthers would come in the final minutes.
K.K. Williams led Georgia State with 14 points while Lewis had 13 points for the Panthers.
Louisiana will return to action when it hosts South Alabama on Thursday, Feb. 9 in a 7 p.m. game at the Cajundome.
Louisiana (12-8, 6-5 SBC) used a well-balanced team effort to take down the Panthers for the second time this season. The Cajuns shot 40% (24-for-60) from the floor including 30.8% (8-for-26) from the three-point line.
Georgia State (8-14, 4-7 SBC), which snapped its three game win streak, made a run in the final minutes to close the gap, but was unable to take the lead back from Louisiana.
The lead for the Cajuns was cut to 63-60 when Jada Lewis made one-of-two free throws for the Panthers with 1:34 to go in the game.
Nekia Jones then made four consecutive free throws to give Louisiana a 67-60 lead with 41 seconds left in the contest.
The Panthers trimmed the lead to 68-64 after Kierra Henry made a layup with 11 seconds to go in the game.
Jones then knocked down two free throws with seven seconds remaining to seal the deal for the Cajuns.
Louisiana took a 10-9 lead when Simone Fields made a jumper while being fouled and knocked down the free throw with 4:51 left in the first quarter.
Fields made a layup to give the Cajuns a 14-9 lead with 2:17 to go in the first period. Louisiana held a 19-15 advantage at the end of the first frame.
The Cajuns led 23-18 when Jones connected on a jumper with 6:22 remaining in the second quarter. They extended their lead to 31-21 after Gordon made a three-pointer with 2:42 left until halftime.
Malachi Seraphin-Williams knocked down a three-pointer with four seconds to go in the period and the Cajuns held a 36-28 lead at halftime.
Louisiana took a 40-32 lead when Gordon connected on another trey with 6:09 remaining in the third quarter.
Fields made a layup for the Cajuns to extend the lead to 47-32 with 2:49 left in the period. Gordon's three-pointer with three seconds to go in the quarter gave Louisiana a 54-41 lead at the end of the third frame.
Gordon, who shot 50% (6-for-12) from the three-point line, made another from beyond the arc to give the Cajuns a 61-51 lead with 7:15 remaining in the contest.
Georgia State then went on a 7-0 run to cut the Louisiana lead to 61-58 with 3:25 to go in the game. That was as close as the Panthers would come in the final minutes.
K.K. Williams led Georgia State with 14 points while Lewis had 13 points for the Panthers.
Louisiana will return to action when it hosts South Alabama on Thursday, Feb. 9 in a 7 p.m. game at the Cajundome.
Team Stats
LA
GSU
FG%
.400
.500
3FG%
.308
.167
FT%
.737
.625
RB
27
39
TO
10
21
STL
6
3
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
22
FGM
8
3FGM
6
FTM
0
Pts
21
FGM
9
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Pts
13
FGM
2
3FGM
0
FTM
9
Pts
8
FGM
3
3FGM
1
FTM
1
Players Mentioned
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