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.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Marlin Davis had 12 points and 10 rebounds to lead Texas State to a 63-59 win over Little Rock on Friday night. Davis also had eight
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) – Theo Akwuba scored 12 points with 13 rebounds and Louisiana survived a near blackout and a missed 3-pointer at the horn to beat Little Rock 66-64 Friday night.
Down by two with 5.2 seconds left and the Trojans preparing for a shot, the main lights in Louisiana’s Cajundome went out to leave only dimmed red lights to illuminate the floor.
The reduced lighting; however, lasted just two seconds and the officials never stopped play. Full lighting returned, at which point 6-foot-10 forward Ruot Monyyong ended up with the ball, and launched a desperation 3-pointer as time expired.
Monyyong entered the game with just one 3 attempt all season. He finished with 17 points and 12 rebounds.
Louisiana downs UALR 66-64 despite light malfunction at end
January 9, 2021 GMT
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) Theo Akwuba scored 12 points with 13 rebounds and Louisiana survived a near blackout and a missed 3-pointer at the horn to beat Arkansas-Little Rock 66-64 Friday night.
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Monyyong entered the game with just one 3 attempt all season. He finished with 17 points and 12 rebounds.
Cedric Russell’s two free throws with 69 seconds left gave Louisiana (8-2, 2-1 Sun Belt Conference) the lead for good.
With the win, Louisiana head coach Bobby Marlin notched his 111th win in conference moving him into a third-place tie with former UAB coach Gene Bartow.
CCUâs Jamey Chadwell wins 2020 Eddie Robinson Award
Chadwell led the Chants to an 11-1 season
CCUâs Jamey Chadwell wins 2020 Eddie Robinson Award By Coastal Carolina Athletics | January 6, 2021 at 4:58 PM EST - Updated January 6 at 11:45 PM
DALLAS, TX â Coastal Carolina head coach Jamey Chadwell led his team to historic heights this season within its program, its conference, the national rankings, and even the College Football Playoff and for his achievements, he was named the 2020 Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year by the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) and the Allstate Sugar Bowl.
Chadwell is a first-time winner of the Eddie Robinson Award and the first coach from the Sun Belt Conference to win the honor. He was selected from voting by the entire FWAA membership from a field of eight other finalists from seven FBS conferences and the nationâs top independent program.