LAFAYETTE – The Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns Girls’s Basketball workforce used a dominant begin and a dominant end to provide a 62-46 win over Louisiana Christian on Saturday, December 3 on the Cajundome, wrapping up a week-long homestand and getting into closing exams break on a successful word.

Louisiana (5-4) prolonged its successful streak to 4 video games and moved its document again above the .500 mark for the primary time for the reason that season-opening win over Houston again on November 7.

The Ragin’ Cajuns wasted little time establishing management, as Sherry Porter drained a triple on the sport’s first possession after which the protection pressured LCU into back-to-back layups that resulted in fastbreak layups for a 7-0 benefit by the 8:50 mark.

The offense-defense combo moved the lead into double figures after Alicia Blanton transformed a layup at 6:04 and Porter adopted with a fast steal and a scoop at 5:49 to push the result in 12-1.

The Wildcats acquired again into the sport with 10 unanswered factors, however the Ragin’ Cajuns protected the lead by getting a block and a steal from Porter within a minute within the first quarter earlier than she made two free throws with 18 seconds left earlier than the quarter break to protect the lead at 14-11.

Louisiana acquired a 10-0 run of its personal to wrap up the primary half, utilizing its patented protection to generate eight of the factors off of turnovers pressured, rising the result in 41-26 on the break.

The lead reached its largest level of the competition within eight minutes within the third quarter as Blanton and Tamera Johnson scored for a 46-26 edge by the 7:11 mark. LCU responded with a 12-0 run which was halted by Johnson at 0:45 after she rushed in for an offensive putback to make it 48-38.

Sparked by a pair of three-pointers from Lafayette native Olivia Scott the Wildcats drew inside 4 factors, 50-46, with 5:19 remaining. That’s when the Ragin’ Cajuns dialed up the defensive strain, forcing 5 turnovers and holding LCU scoreless the remainder of the way in which.

Louisiana scored the sport’s closing 12 factors beginning when Future Rice placed on the strikes and spun her option to a driving layup at 3:56. From there, the Ragin’ Cajuns sealed the victory with an 8-for-8 displaying on the free throw line.

The Ragin’ Cajuns shot 39 % (22-of-56) marking the fourth straight recreation above 35 %. With a 15-8 benefit in steals the workforce loved an intensive margin in factors off of turnovers at 31-8.

Within the first half alone, Louisiana shot 47 % (16-of-34) and with 18 turnovers pressured, 11 coming off of steals, produced half of its level whole off of turnovers (20 out of 41 factors).

Saturday’s recreation marked the primary assembly between the 2 in-state applications for the reason that 1996-97 season and was additionally the first-ever matchup contained in the Cajundome.

LEADING THE RAGIN’ CAJUNS
Johnson shot 7-of-13 from the ground and unfold out her game-high 17 factors over each halves, scoring 9 within the opening stanza and eight within the second half. The LCA product hauled in a team-leading 9 rebounds which included 5 offensive boards.

With a 4-of-5 displaying from the ground, together with 2-of-3 from three-point vary, Porter paced the Ragin’ Cajuns first half efforts with 12 factors. She wound up with 14 factors for her second double-figure scoring effort previously three video games and was tied for the lead with three steals.

Rice spearheaded the game-sealing free throw efficiency late within the fourth quarter going 4-of-4 to finish her good displaying on the charity stripe over six whole makes an attempt. She totaled 10 factors for the sport and added 4 rebounds, an assists and three steals to her stat line.

Blanton labored one other 20-plus minutes, on the heels of a season-high 22 minutes on Tuesday vs. LSU-Shreveport, netting six factors in 21 minutes of motion. Her all-around effort included a pair of rebounds, assists and steals.

UP NEXT FOR LOUISIANA
After finishing closing exams, the Ragin’ Cajuns return to the highway for his or her closing two non-conference journeys of the season.

Louisiana will make stops in Auburn, Alabama to face Auburn on Sunday, December 11 and Beaumont, Texas to fulfill Lamar on Saturday, December 17. Tipoff for each video games is ready for two:00 p.m.

The subsequent dwelling recreation contained in the Cajundome is scheduled for Monday, December 19 vs. LSU-Alexandria at 6:00 p.m.

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