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UL Women's Basketball Host Tulane

Steve Peloquin — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:22:25 +0000

UL women take on Tulane

UL Women Fall To Miss. St., 72-38

Steve Peloquin — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:49:14 +0000

Louisiana's Ragin' Cajun women's basketball team fell on the road in non-conference action on Monday evening, dropping a 72-38 decision to the Mississippi St. Lady Bulldogs, 72-38, in Starkville, Mississippi.

Mississippi St. jumped out to a 39-16 halftime lead and never looked back.

The Lady Bulldogs out-shot UL from the field, 45%-22%, and also out-rebounded the Cajuns by a 48-42 margin.

Ashley Brown paced Mississippi St., with 15 points, while Laurie Beaty led UL in a losing cause, with 11 points.

With the win, Mississippi St. improved to 9-2 on the years, while the Cajuns fell to 5-6.

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UL Women Challenge Savannah St.

Steve Peloquin — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:35:10 +0000

Louisiana's Ragin' Cajun women's basketball team opens a three-game road trip on Wednesday, when they travel to Savannah, Georgia, to take on the Savannah St. Lady Tigers, in non-conference action.

This will mark the 10th all-time meeting between the two schools, with Louisiana holding a 7-2 advantage.

The Cajuns are 4-4 on the young season, while Savannah St. stands at 4-5.

Tip-off time is set for 6 pm (cdt).

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UL Women Win In OT, 63-54

Steve Peloquin — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 22:16:02 +0000

Louisiana's Ragin' Cajun women's basketball team ran their current win streak to three games, after defeating the Southeastern Louisiana Lady Lions, in overtime, 63-54, on Sunday afternoon, at Earl K. Long Gym.

Louisiana led at the half, 28-24, before Southeastern La. tied things up, 49-49, at the end of regulation.

In the overtime period, the Cajuns outscored the Lady Lions, 14-5, to win the non-conference affair.

Southeastern Louisiana out-rebounded UL, 44-40, but the Cajuns were able to out-shoot the Lady Lions from the field, 35%-32%.

Kemi Rotibi led the way for Louisiana, with 21 points and nine rebounds, while Michelle Brunker added 13.

In a losing cause for Southeastern Louisiana, they were paced by the 11 points of Kelli Jenkins.

With the victory, UL improves to 4-4 on the young season, while the Lady Lions fell to 4-5.

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UL Women Host Southeastern Louisiana

Steve Peloquin — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 08:45:07 +0000

Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball team returns to the hardwood on Sunday afternoon, playing host to the Southeastern Louisiana Lady Lions, in a non-conference match-up.

The game is a rematch of a November 29 game in Hammond, in which the Cajuns came out victorious, 69-57.

UL stands at 3-4 on the young season, while the Laday Lions are 4-4.

Tip-off time at Earl K. Long Gym is scheduled for 2 o'clock.

You can catch all the play-by-play action on Sports Radio ESPN, and espn1420.com, beginning with the pre-game show, at 1:45 pm.

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UL Women Host Southern

Steve Peloquin — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 08:50:15 +0000

Fresh off a four-game road trip, Louisiana's Ragin' Cajun women's basketball team returns to the friendly confines of historic Earl K. Long Gym on Saturday afternoon, playing host to the Southern Lady Jaguars, in non-conference action.

Louisiana defeated Southeastern Louisiana, 69-57, on Tuesday night, to wrap-up a 2-2 road stretch, and move their season record to 2-4.

Southern will come into the match-up with an overall record of 1-2.

This will mark the 16th time in history that the two schools meet on the hardwood, with Southern holding a 10-5 advantage.

Tip-off time is scheduled for 2 o'clock.

You can catch all the live play-by-play action on Sports Radio ESPN 1420, and espn1420.com, beginning with the pre-game show, at 1:45 pm.

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Why Doesn't Connecticut Women's Basketball Coach Geno Auriemma Ever Say the Pledge of Allegiance?

Danny Groner — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 08:20:16 +0000

University of Connecticut women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma and Italy native became a United States’ citizen in 1994, but he admits that he doesn’t say the Pledge of Allegiance.

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UL Women Open Season With Win

Steve Peloquin — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 02:10:11 +0000

Louisiana's Ragin' Cajun women's basketball team opened up their 2010-2011 regular season schedule, defeating LSU-Shreveport, 74-67, Monday night, at the Cajundome. Ragincajuns.com has the story, below.

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