Russell and Akwuba Lead Cajuns Past Red Wolves
The Louisiana Ragin Cajuns overcame a first-half deficit with a significant second-half surge led by Cedric Russell and Theo Akwuba who combined for 50 of the Cajuns 81 points. They defeated the Arkansas State Red Wolves Friday night 81-68 in the first of two games this weekend.
Louisiana outscored Arkansas State 54-37 in the second half. The three-point shooting wasn t there for either team in this one as UL shot 16% and the Red Wolves shot 27%.
However, the overall field-goal shooting was much improved for the Cajuns as they shot it at a strong clip of 46% while Ark. St. struggled overall at 34.5%, which was a big factor in this one.
Cajuns Roll Past UTA to Garner Split
For the third consecutive week, the Louisiana Ragin Cajuns split their two Sun Belt Conference college basketball games.
Louisiana salvaged a split of the two-game conference series with the UTA, defeating the Mavericks, 68-51, on Saturday in Arlington, Texas.
With the win, UL avenged a 91-86 setback to UTA on Friday night.
The Cajuns have now split their first three league series leaving them at 3-3 to begin the 2020-2021 Sun Belt Conference league schedule.
Louisiana got off to a quick start on Saturday and took a 42-26 lead into the halftime break, before cruising to the 68-51 win.
Arkansas-Little Rock (6-4, 2-1) vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (8-2, 2-1) Cajun Dome, Lafayette, Louisiana; Saturday, 5 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Louisiana-Lafayette goes for the season sweep.