University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Saturday, March 4
Lafayette
7:15 p.m.
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
20-11, 10-8SBC
83
vs
81
UT Arlington
24-7, 14-4SBC
1
2
F
UT Arlington
43
38
81
Louisiana
37
46
83
Cajuns Win Sixth Straight; Defeat League Champ Mavs, 83-81
3/4/2017 11:52:00 PM | Men's Basketball
LAFAYETTE – Jay Wright, playing in his final regular-season home game in a Ragin' Cajuns uniform, and Frank Bartley each scored 22 points and the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns rallied in the second half to defeat regular-season champion UT Arlington, 83-81, in the Sun Belt Conference finale for both teams on Saturday at the Cajundome.
Bryce Washington scored 12 points and pulled down 15 rebounds for Louisiana (20-11, 10-8 SBC), which secured the No. 7 seed in next week's Sun Belt Conference Tournament in New Orleans. The Ragin' Cajuns will face No. 10-seeded Little Rock (15-16), on Wednesday at 5 p.m., at Lakefront Arena.
Johnathan Stove added 10 points for the Ragin' Cajuns, who recorded their third 20-win season in the past four years, and outscored UTA (24-7, 14-4 SBC), 46-38, in the second half.
Louisiana trailed 43-37 at halftime before Stove and Bartley tied the game up with 3-pointers on consecutive possessions. Bartley converted a three-point play that gave the Ragin' Cajuns a 46-45 lead with 18:09 remaining before a bucket by Wright with 16:53 left gave Louisiana the lead for good, 48-47.
UTA closed to within 73-71 on two free throws by Kevin Hervey with 3:20 remaining, but the Mavs would go scoreless for nearly three minutes as Justin Miller hit a free throw, Bartley scored on a layup and Wright hit two free throws for a 78-71 lead with less than a minute to go.
Hervey, who scored 34 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, hit a pair of 3-pointers in the final half minute, the last that cut the Louisiana lead to 82-80 with 12 seconds remaining, but Wright made one of two free throws with three seconds remaining and Stove rebounded a deliberate missed free throw by Hervey to help seal the win.
Louisiana finished 17-for-28 (60.7 percent) from the floor in the second half and finished 30-for-64 (46.9 percent) for the game. The Ragin' Cajuns held a 39-35 advantage on the boards while scoring 27 points off 15 UTA turnovers.
Erick Neal and Drew Charles added 10 points each for UTA with Jorge Bilbao pulling down eight rebounds.
Bryce Washington scored 12 points and pulled down 15 rebounds for Louisiana (20-11, 10-8 SBC), which secured the No. 7 seed in next week's Sun Belt Conference Tournament in New Orleans. The Ragin' Cajuns will face No. 10-seeded Little Rock (15-16), on Wednesday at 5 p.m., at Lakefront Arena.
Johnathan Stove added 10 points for the Ragin' Cajuns, who recorded their third 20-win season in the past four years, and outscored UTA (24-7, 14-4 SBC), 46-38, in the second half.
Louisiana trailed 43-37 at halftime before Stove and Bartley tied the game up with 3-pointers on consecutive possessions. Bartley converted a three-point play that gave the Ragin' Cajuns a 46-45 lead with 18:09 remaining before a bucket by Wright with 16:53 left gave Louisiana the lead for good, 48-47.
UTA closed to within 73-71 on two free throws by Kevin Hervey with 3:20 remaining, but the Mavs would go scoreless for nearly three minutes as Justin Miller hit a free throw, Bartley scored on a layup and Wright hit two free throws for a 78-71 lead with less than a minute to go.
Hervey, who scored 34 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, hit a pair of 3-pointers in the final half minute, the last that cut the Louisiana lead to 82-80 with 12 seconds remaining, but Wright made one of two free throws with three seconds remaining and Stove rebounded a deliberate missed free throw by Hervey to help seal the win.
Louisiana finished 17-for-28 (60.7 percent) from the floor in the second half and finished 30-for-64 (46.9 percent) for the game. The Ragin' Cajuns held a 39-35 advantage on the boards while scoring 27 points off 15 UTA turnovers.
Erick Neal and Drew Charles added 10 points each for UTA with Jorge Bilbao pulling down eight rebounds.
Team Stats
UTA
LA
FG%
.459
.469
3FG%
.407
.450
FT%
.700
.636
RB
35
39
TO
14
11
STL
6
11
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
22
FGM
7
3FGM
4
FTM
4
Pts
22
FGM
7
3FGM
2
FTM
6
Pts
12
FGM
6
3FGM
0
FTM
0
Pts
10
FGM
4
3FGM
2
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
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