Florida Atlantic vs. LA Lafayette: Recap, Stats, and Box Score

Florida Atlantic 57

(12-16, 3-12 away)

LA Lafayette 58

(10-17, 9-4 home)

Venue: Cajundome

8:15PM ET / 5:15PM PT, February 16, 2013

Box Score

	1st	2nd	Final
Florida Atlantic	22	35	57
LA Lafayette	31	27	58

Top Performers

	Points	Rebounds	Assists
Florida Atlantic	G Gantt 18	J McCoy 17	J McCoy 3
LA Lafayette	S Long 16	E Payton 8	E Payton 5

Louisiana won a nail-biter over Florida Atlantic 58-57 in conference play in a game where they turned the ball over only nine times. The Ragin Cajuns tie the season series against Florida Atlantic at 1-1 with the win. The Ragin Cajuns got the win with 14 points and eight rebounds (5 Ast 5 Stl) from Elfrid Payton. Shawn Long also had a great game, scoring a team-high 16 points and adding eight rebounds. For the Owls, Jordan McCoy finished with eight points and 17 rebounds. Louisiana (10-17, 6-10 Sun Belt) takes on Troy (11-16, 6-10 Sun Belt) on Thursday, Feb. 21 at home.

Louisiana Game Notes

The last time ULL started the season 10-17 was 2008.
The Ragin Cajuns have won three close games this season (a win by five or fewer points). Since 2007, Louisiana is 35-39 in close games.
The Ragin Cajuns set a season high for blocks (eight).
ULL set a season low for assists (six).
This is the 13th game at home this season--ULL has a 7.2 average scoring margin against opponents at home.
The top two scorers (Shawn Long and Elfrid Payton) accounted for 51.7 percent of the points.
The top two rebounders (Shawn Long and Elfrid Payton) accounted for 44.4 percent of the rebounds.
Shawn Long has led the team in scoring nine times and in rebounding 23 times in 27 games this season.
Elfrid Payton has 14 straight double-digit point games.
Elfrid Payton had a career high with a 100 percent three-point percentage.
Shawn Long has three straight double-digit point games.

Florida Atlantic Game Notes

The Owls have lost eight times this season in games decided by five or fewer points. Since 2007, Florida Atlantic is 32-30 in close games.
Jordan McCoy recorded a team season high in rebounds with 17.
Greg Gantt accounted for 31.5 percent of the team's points.
Jordan McCoy accounted for 36.1 percent of the team's rebounds.
Greg Gantt has led the team in scoring 24 times in 28 games this season.
Jordan McCoy has led the team in rebounding 10 times in 28 games this season.
Greg Gantt has 25 straight double-digit point games.
Jordan McCoy recorded the sixth double-digit rebound game of his career.
Jordan McCoy set career highs with 17 rebounds and nine defensive rebounds.

FAU Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
A+	Jordan McCoy	34	8	17	3	1	1	1
A	Dragan Sekelja	8	7	5	0	0	0	2
B+	Pablo Bertone	33	13	7	1	2	0	2
B	Greg Gantt	40	18	3	0	1	0	3
B-	Stefan Moody	40	7	6	2	1	1	3
D+	Kelvin Penn	28	0	3	0	1	2	0
-	Andre Mattison	6	2	0	0	0	0	0
F	Richard Morrow	11	2	0	0	0	0	3

ULL Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
A+	Elfrid Payton	39	14	8	5	5	2	2
A	Shawn Long	21	16	8	0	0	3	2
B	A. Thompson	37	13	3	0	0	1	1
B	S. Wronkoski	19	5	4	1	1	0	1
C+	Bryant Mbamalu	36	10	2	0	1	0	1
D+	Elridge Moore	27	0	4	0	1	2	0
-	Cornell Barnett	7	0	2	0	0	0	0
-	Kasey Shepherd	9	0	2	0	1	0	1
-	Josh Soto	5	0	1	0	0	0	1