Cajuns Road Shooting Woes Continue in Little Rock

Stop me if you've heard this before.

As has been the case on the road this season, the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns went on a scoring drought and Little Rock capitalized on a 13-2 run midway through the second half to defeat the Cajuns, 77-57, handing Louisiana their seventh straight road loss of the season.

The Cajuns trailed 49-45 with 12:13 to play, but went 6:23 without a field goal during that stretch and Little Rock built the lead up to 62-47 before Jay Wright hit a pair of free throws and Shawn Long scored on a three point play to cut the lead to ten with 5:50 to play.

But that would be the last field goal for the Cajuns until Scott Plaisance scored with just :27 left as Little Rock outscored the Cajuns

Louisiana was just 9-35 (26.4%) in the second half and were 0-11 from the three point line after the break.  The Cajuns wound up shooting just 36.4% for the game and made just two of their last 20 shots from the field.

Roger Woods led four players in double figures for Little Rock (13-1, 3-0) with 16 points.  Lis Shoshi and Marcus Johnson, Jr. each tallied 12 points while Josh Hagins added eleven.

Shawn Long got his 60th double double of his career with 16 points and 11 rebounds. His eleven rebounds left him just three rebounds shy of becoming the Sun Belt Conference's all-time leading rebounder (Augustine Rubit).  His 1,181 rebounds are the most among active players in the NCAA.  Jay Wright was the only other player in double figures for the Cajuns (5-7, 1-2) with ten points.

The Cajuns now head to Jonesboro to meet Arkansas State Saturday night at 7:05.