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FINAL
Mar 15, 2014

Game Recap

Louisiana-Lafayette tops Western Kentucky in Sun Belt semis. frid Payton scored 23 points, including the go-ahead layup with 1:16 left, as third-seeded Louisiana-Lafayette beat No. 2 seed Western Kentucky 73-72 Saturday in the semifinals of the Sun Belt Conference tournament.

Box Score

12T
UL423173
WKU373572
Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logoLOUISIANAFG3PTFTREBASTSTLBLKTOPFPTS
21Shawn Long4-80-21-23000459
22Elridge Moore3-60-02-47123048
2Elfrid Payton11-150-01-479402123
3Xavian Rimmer0-20-10-00110140
0Bryant Mbamalu9-172-53-450204323
44J.J. Davenport1-30-04-45200146
33Vieux Kande0-00-00-00000010
23Hayward Register0-00-00-00000000
4Steven Wronkoski0-10-11-20100111
31Kevin Brown1-31-20-04020113
TOTAL29-5552.7%3-1127.3%12-2060%3114113142473
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logoWESTERN KENTUCKYFG3PTFTREBASTSTLBLKTOPFPTS
44George Fant4-100-08-1512312316
15O'Karo Akamune0-00-01-48200021
51Chris Harrison-Docks3-73-50-00100219
3Trency Jackson2-40-12-42410336
10Caden Dickerson2-21-10-01010105
11Aaron Adeoye4-40-00-05000138
14Ben Lawson0-00-00-00000100
0Payton Hulsey0-00-00-00000000
52T.J. Price7-160-42-251103416
12Brandon Harris3-43-42-212003111
TOTAL25-4753.2%7-1546.7%15-2755.6%231261161772

Play-by-Play

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  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (19:41) Shawn Long missed Jumper.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (19:41) Bryant Mbamalu Offensive Rebound.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    +2 (19:23) Bryant Mbamalu made Layup. Assisted by Elfrid Payton.
    20
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +3 (19:03) Caden Dickerson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Trency Jackson.
    23
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (18:46) Xavian Rimmer missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (18:46) O'Karo Akamune Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (18:39) Trency Jackson missed Jumper.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (18:39) Elfrid Payton Defensive Rebound.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    +2 (18:31) Elfrid Payton made Jumper.
    43
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (18:06) Trency Jackson Turnover.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (18:01) Bryant Mbamalu missed Jumper.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (18:01) Trency Jackson Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (17:50) Chris Harrison-Docks Turnover.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (17:50) Elridge Moore Steal.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (17:42) Shawn Long Turnover.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (17:42) George Fant Steal.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (17:29) George Fant missed Jumper.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (17:29) Elridge Moore Defensive Rebound.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (17:20) Elfrid Payton Turnover.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (17:19) George Fant Steal.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (17:15) Foul on Xavian Rimmer.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +1 (17:15) O'Karo Akamune made Free Throw.
    44
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (17:15) O'Karo Akamune missed Free Throw.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (17:15) Shawn Long Defensive Rebound.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (16:51) Elridge Moore missed Layup.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (16:51) George Fant Block.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (16:49) Caden Dickerson Defensive Rebound.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (16:35) Foul on Xavian Rimmer.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (16:30) T.J. Price missed Layup.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (16:30) Elridge Moore Block.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (16:30) UL Lafayette Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (16:17) Foul on O'Karo Akamune.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (16:07) Shawn Long missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (16:07) T.J. Price Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (15:50) T.J. Price missed Jumper.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (15:50) Elfrid Payton Defensive Rebound.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    +3 (15:42) Bryant Mbamalu made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Elfrid Payton.
    74
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +2 (15:24) George Fant made Layup.
    76
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (15:15) Bryant Mbamalu missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (15:15) UL Lafayette Deadball Team Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (15:13) Foul on Aaron Adeoye.
  • (15:13) Official TV Timeout
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (15:06) Bryant Mbamalu Turnover.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (15:06) George Fant Steal.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +2 (14:43) George Fant made Layup. Assisted by Trency Jackson.
    78
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (14:14) Bryant Mbamalu missed Layup.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (14:14) Bryant Mbamalu Offensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (14:12) Foul on T.J. Price.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    +1 (14:12) Bryant Mbamalu made Free Throw.
    88
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    +1 (14:12) Bryant Mbamalu made Free Throw.
    98
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +2 (13:54) Trency Jackson made Layup.
    910
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    +2 (13:41) Shawn Long made Jumper.
    1110
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (13:22) Foul on Shawn Long.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (13:22) George Fant missed Free Throw.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (13:22) Western Kentucky Deadball Team Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (13:22) George Fant missed Free Throw.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (13:22) Bryant Mbamalu Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (13:09) Foul on Trency Jackson.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    +2 (13:05) Bryant Mbamalu made Jumper. Assisted by Elfrid Payton.
    1310
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +3 (12:38) Brandon Harris made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Trency Jackson.
    1313
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    +2 (12:19) Bryant Mbamalu made Layup. Assisted by Steven Wronkoski.
    1513
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (12:01) T.J. Price Turnover.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (11:59) Kevin Brown Steal.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    +3 (11:57) Kevin Brown made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Elfrid Payton.
    1813
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (11:45) Foul on Kevin Brown.
  • (11:45) Official TV Timeout
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (11:21) Foul on Bryant Mbamalu.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (11:19) George Fant missed Jumper.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (11:19) Elridge Moore Defensive Rebound.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (11:06) Foul on J.J. Davenport.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (11:06) J.J. Davenport Turnover.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (10:51) Foul on J.J. Davenport.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +1 (10:51) George Fant made Free Throw.
    1814
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (10:51) George Fant missed Free Throw.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (10:51) T.J. Price Offensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (10:48) T.J. Price Turnover.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (10:47) Elfrid Payton Steal.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    +2 (10:24) Bryant Mbamalu made Jumper.
    2014
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (10:11) Foul on Shawn Long.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +1 (10:11) George Fant made Free Throw.
    2015
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (10:11) George Fant missed Free Throw.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (10:11) Elfrid Payton Defensive Rebound.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    +3 (9:56) Bryant Mbamalu made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Elfrid Payton.
    2315
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (9:29) Ben Lawson Turnover.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (9:28) Elfrid Payton Steal.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (9:16) J.J. Davenport missed Jumper.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (9:16) Western Kentucky Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (9:00) Chris Harrison-Docks missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (9:00) Elfrid Payton Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (8:53) Foul on O'Karo Akamune.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (8:53) Elfrid Payton missed Free Throw.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (8:53) UL Lafayette Deadball Team Rebound.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (8:53) Elfrid Payton missed Free Throw.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (8:53) Elridge Moore Offensive Rebound.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (8:51) Elridge Moore missed Layup.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (8:51) Bryant Mbamalu Offensive Rebound.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (8:48) Bryant Mbamalu Turnover.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +2 (8:28) Aaron Adeoye made Jumper. Assisted by Chris Harrison-Docks.
    2317
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    +2 (8:02) Elfrid Payton made Layup.
    2517
  • (7:36) Official TV Timeout
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +2 (7:25) T.J. Price made Jumper.
    2519
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (7:03) Bryant Mbamalu missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (7:03) T.J. Price Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +2 (6:55) T.J. Price made Layup.
    2521
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (6:40) Steven Wronkoski missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (6:40) Elfrid Payton Offensive Rebound.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    +2 (6:35) Elfrid Payton made Two Point Tip Shot.
    2721
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (6:17) George Fant Turnover.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (6:17) Elfrid Payton Steal.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    +2 (6:05) Elfrid Payton made Layup.
    2921
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (5:48) Trency Jackson missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (5:48) Aaron Adeoye Offensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +2 (5:44) Aaron Adeoye made Layup.
    2923
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    +2 (5:31) Elfrid Payton made Jumper.
    3123
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +3 (5:08) Brandon Harris made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by T.J. Price.
    3126
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (4:43) Bryant Mbamalu missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (4:43) Aaron Adeoye Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (4:40) Aaron Adeoye Turnover.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (4:40) UL Lafayette Timeout
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (4:37) Foul on Aaron Adeoye.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    +1 (4:37) Elfrid Payton made Free Throw.
    3226
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (4:37) Elfrid Payton missed Free Throw.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (4:37) UL Lafayette Offensive Rebound.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    +2 (4:34) Bryant Mbamalu made Layup. Assisted by Elfrid Payton.
    3426
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (4:19) T.J. Price missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (4:19) Kevin Brown Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (3:54) Foul on George Fant.
  • (3:54) Official TV Timeout
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    +1 (3:54) Elridge Moore made Free Throw.
    3526
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (3:54) Elridge Moore missed Free Throw.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (3:54) Trency Jackson Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +2 (3:36) Trency Jackson made Layup.
    3528
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    +2 (3:10) Elfrid Payton made Layup.
    3728
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (2:50) George Fant missed Jumper.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (2:50) Kevin Brown Defensive Rebound.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    +2 (2:31) Elridge Moore made Jumper.
    3928
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (2:29) Western Kentucky Timeout
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (2:20) Trency Jackson Turnover.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (2:18) Kevin Brown Steal.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (2:16) Foul on Bryant Mbamalu.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (2:16) Bryant Mbamalu Turnover.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (2:07) Chris Harrison-Docks missed Layup.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (2:07) Aaron Adeoye Offensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +2 (2:04) Aaron Adeoye made Layup.
    3930
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (1:37) Foul on Trency Jackson.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    +1 (1:37) Steven Wronkoski made Free Throw.
    4030
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (1:37) Steven Wronkoski missed Free Throw.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (1:37) T.J. Price Defensive Rebound.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +2 (1:32) T.J. Price made Layup.
    4032
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (1:31) Foul on Elridge Moore.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +1 (1:31) T.J. Price made Free Throw.
    4033
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (1:22) Steven Wronkoski Turnover.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (1:22) T.J. Price Steal.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (1:07) Foul on Vieux Kande.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +1 (1:07) Brandon Harris made Free Throw.
    4034
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +1 (1:07) Brandon Harris made Free Throw.
    4035
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (1:06) Kevin Brown Turnover.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    +2 (0:46) T.J. Price made Layup.
    4037
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    +2 (0:35) Elfrid Payton made Layup. Assisted by Xavian Rimmer.
    4237
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers logo
    (0:02) T.J. Price Turnover.
  • Louisiana Ragin Cajuns logo
    (0:02) Elridge Moore Steal.
  • (0:00) End of 1st half
2nd half

Team Stats

73Points72
29-55(52.7%)Field Goal(%)25-47(53.2%)
3-11(27.3%)3-Point(%)7-15(46.7%)
12-20(60%)Free Throw(%)15-27(55.6%)
33(13)Rebounds(Offensive)27(8)
14Assists12
11Steals6
3Blocks1
15Turnovers16
24(0)Fouls(Technical)17(0)

Game Details

Saturday, March 15, 2014 · 5:30 PM
Lakefront Arena · New Orleans, LA
capacity: 8,785
spread: UL -4