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Louisiana-Lafayette Runs Out to Big Lead, Holds Off UT-Pan American 101-88
LAFAYETTE, LA. -- The University of Louisiana Lafayette ran out to a big lead early on and held off a strong charge by the University of Texas-Pan American for a 101-88 win in men's basketball action Monday night at the Cajundome.
The Ragin Cajuns came out of the blocks fast, taking a 21-3 lead just 5:48 into the game. Kyle Sanders finally broke the streak with a layup at the 13:54 mark. Soon after that Brian Merriweather led the Broncs back into the game. Merriweather scored six points as UTPA went on 20-11 run to cut the Ragin Cajun lead to 36-28 with 3:09. ULL came back and scored six of the last eight points of the first half to go into the lockeroom with a 46-32 lead.
The Broncs stayed close to the Ragin Cajuns through most of the second half, but could never cut the lead to less than 10 points. Blane Harmon hit a driving layup with 6:25 left in the game to increase the lead to 24 points at 86-62. But to the Broncs credit, they didn't give up and went on a 20-9 run to cut the lead back to just 12 points with 1:08 left. But that was as close as they would get.
Harmon led all scorers with 23 points and also had seven assists for ULL. Three other Ragin Cajuns scored in double figures with Shea Whiting scoring 15, Lonnie Thomas 14 and Orlando Butler with 10. Merriweather led the way for the Broncs with 22 points, including six three-point baskets. John Braxton had 17 points and nine rebounds, Watara Banks had 13 points and Kyle Sanders scored 12.
The Broncs will return to action when they travel to Shreveport, La., to take on the Gents of Centenary College at 1:05 p.m. on Saturday, January 22.
OFFICIAL BASKETBALL BOX SCORE -- G A M E T O T A L S Texas-Pan American vs Louisiana-Lafayette 1/17/00 7:05 p.m. at Cajundome, Lafayette, La. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VISITORS: Texas-Pan American 7-10 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS No. N A M E FG FGA FG FGA FT FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 11 BRAXTON, John f 5 15 2 8 5 5 4 5 9 4 17 3 4 0 4 36 21 SANDERS, Kyle f 3 7 0 0 6 12 7 1 8 2 12 0 1 0 2 25 33 PALMQUIST, Matt c 3 6 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 5 6 2 1 0 2 24 5 CURTIS, Kwasinda g 4 9 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 5 8 5 2 0 3 31 23 MERRIWEATHER, Brian g 6 18 6 13 4 4 0 0 0 1 22 1 3 0 1 37 3 RHOADS, Gabe 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 00 KUZET, Reggie 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 12 BOOKER, Gary 2 5 0 0 2 2 2 1 3 5 6 0 2 0 0 13 15 BANKS, Watara 6 16 0 2 1 4 5 2 7 4 13 4 4 0 2 27 TEAM ........................................ 3 0 3 TOTALS 31 79 8 24 18 28 23 13 36 28 88 15 17 0 14 200 TOT-FG 1stH: 12-38 31.6% 2ndH: 19-41 46.3% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 39.2% Deadbl 3pt-FG 1stH: 3-10 30.0% 2ndH: 5-14 35.7% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 33.3% Rebs FThrow 1stH: 5-8 62.5% 2ndH: 13-20 65.0% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 64.3% 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME TEAM: Louisiana-Lafayette 12-5 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS No. N A M E FG FGA FG FGA FT FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 30 THOMAS, Lonnie f 6 7 0 0 2 2 2 3 5 4 14 2 1 0 2 18 52 DeGRAY, Reggie f 2 3 0 0 3 4 2 1 3 4 7 2 2 0 2 13 42 SMITH, Brett c 2 3 0 0 2 3 0 4 4 4 6 0 1 0 2 16 13 JONES, Billy g 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 1 4 3 3 0 1 22 22 HARMON, Blane g 7 10 4 7 5 8 0 3 3 1 23 7 4 1 2 32 1 EVANS, Jarret 1 2 0 0 3 5 0 3 3 3 5 0 2 0 0 9 5 LAWRENCE, Kenneth 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 2 5 4 0 1 17 23 BUTLER, Orlando 2 8 1 3 5 8 1 1 2 2 10 0 2 1 1 18 31 JUPITER, Robert 2 3 0 1 3 3 1 0 1 0 7 0 1 0 0 10 32 ROBINS, Darryl 1 1 0 0 2 2 2 2 4 0 4 0 1 1 1 8 33 WHITING, Shea 7 8 0 0 1 4 3 3 6 0 15 2 4 2 0 18 41 WARREN, Derrick 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 44 WILLIAMS, Demetrius 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 45 REGIS, Kendall 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 3 2 0 1 4 0 15 TEAM ........................................ 2 2 4 TOTALS 34 56 5 11 28 41 16 29 45 25 101 21 27 9 12 200 TOT-FG 1stH: 16-27 59.3% 2ndH: 18-29 62.1% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 60.7% Deadbl 3pt-FG 1stH: 2-4 50.0% 2ndH: 3-7 42.9% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 45.5% Rebs FThrow 1stH: 12-18 66.7% 2ndH: 16-23 69.6% OT: 0-0 00.0% Game: 68.3% 6, 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OFFICIALS: Tom Harrington, Mark Whitehead, Bobby Ollah TECHNICAL FOULS: Texas-Pan American - the bench(1) Louisiana-Lafayette - none ATTENDANCE: 3,683 SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 OT3 OT4 TOTAL Texas-Pan American 32 56 88 Louisiana-Lafayette 46 55 101 Cajuns hit triple digits for the first time since a 112-86 win over UTPA on Jan. 17, 1998; Win gives Cajuns a six-game winning streak, tying the longest under head coach Jessie Evans; Teams tie Cajundome record with 53 fouls; UL Lafayette ties Cajundome record with nine blocks.
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