Tag: Louisiana-Lafayette

Softball falls to Rajun’ Cajuns in doubleheader

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Megan Phillips Staff Writer  Saturday, April 19, was not a good day for the Troy softball team, now 2-10 in the Sun Belt Conference, as they dropped both games in a doubleheader against the Ragin’ Cajuns of Louisiana-Lafayette at home. Due to rain, game one and two of the series was canceled on Friday, April 18, and the Trojans only played the Ragin’ Cajuns in one doubleheader on Saturday instead. The first game, at noon, saw a 5-0 loss for the Trojans as they simply were not able to work…

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Women’s basketball falls to Ragin’ Cajuns, takes down Jaguars

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Gabe Sadetsky Staff Writer  Troy’s women’s basketball team came up short Thursday, Feb. 19, in a pivotal conference game on the road against Louisiana-Lafayette, 62-57. The game was one of only six games all season in which the Trojans failed to reach at least 80 points and the first such game since Feb. 6. Troy had one of its worst first-half shooting performances of the season trailing the Ragin’ Cajuns 32-15 at the half.  The Trojans had a weak field goal percentage of 29.4, making 20 of 68 attempted shots.…

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Men’s basketball gets trounced on the road

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Gabe Sadetsky Staff Writer Troy men’s basketball fell to Louisiana-Lafayette on the road in a key Sun Belt matchup, 78-63, this past Thursday, Feb. 20, and lost to rival South Alabama as well on Saturday, Feb. 22. The Ragin’ Cajuns were led by senior guard Bryant Mbamalu with his 21-point performance and four steals. UL-Lafayette was stronger in the paint, scoring 46 points while Troy only scraped up 28 points. Troy yielded a poor 38.9 shooting percentage, including a miserable 29.2 percent from the three-point line. The Trojans’ leading scorer,…

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