Troy vs. LA Lafayette: Recap, Stats, and Box Score

Troy 66

(11-17, 2-11 away)

LA Lafayette 76

(11-17, 10-4 home)

Venue: Cajundome

8:00PM ET / 5:00PM PT, February 21, 2013

Box Score

	1st	2nd	Final
Troy	26	40	66
LA Lafayette	34	42	76

Top Performers

	Points	Rebounds	Assists
Troy	D Jethroe 20	D Jethroe 6	E Jones 6
LA Lafayette	E Payton 23	S Long 9	E Payton 5

Troy lost on their home court to Louisiana 76-66 in conference play on Thursday, Feb. 21. With the loss, the Trojans tie the season series against Louisiana at 1-1. The Trojans got a career-high 20 points and six rebounds from Deonata Jethroe. Emil Jones had nine points and added six assists. For the Ragin Cajuns, Elfrid Payton got a game-high 23 points and nine rebounds (5 Ast 4 Stl). The next game will be on Saturday, Feb. 23 when Troy (11-17, 6-11 Sun Belt) travels to Arkansas State (17-9, 11-6 Sun Belt).

Troy Game Notes

The last time Troy started the season 11-17 was 2007.
Troy has lost 82 percent of the time this season (2-9) after recording 32 or fewer rebounds.
When the opposition records 76 or more total points this season, Troy has lost 100 percent of the time (0-6).
When the opposition shoots a field goal percentage of 48.9 percent or better this season, Troy has lost 100 percent of the time (0-6).
When the opposition records 23 or more free throws made this season, Troy has lost 100 percent of the time (0-3).
Troy has recorded fewer blocks than their opponents for the past six games.
Deonata Jethroe accounted for 30.3 percent of the team's points.
Deonata Jethroe has led the team in rebounding in three out of 28 games this season.
Hunter Williams has three straight double-digit point games.
This marks the first 20-point game of Deonata Jethroe's career.
Deonata Jethroe has three straight double-digit point games.

Louisiana Game Notes

Elfrid Payton accounted for 30.2 percent of the team's points.
Elfrid Payton accounted for 32.1 percent of the team's rebounds.
Elfrid Payton has led the team in scoring 11 times and in rebounding seven times in 28 games this season.
This marks the eighth 20-point game of Elfrid Payton's career.
Elfrid Payton has 15 straight double-digit point games.
This marks the second 20-point game of Alan-Michael Thompson's career.
Alan-Michael Thompson set career highs with seven field goals made and six three-pointers.
Shawn Long has four straight double-digit point games.

TROY Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
A	Deonata Jethroe	28	20	6	0	0	0	1
A	Emil Jones	32	9	5	6	1	0	2
B	Hunter Williams	37	14	3	4	1	0	4
B	Ray Chambers	26	15	5	0	0	1	2
C	Josh Warren	14	4	1	0	0	1	1
C	Jeff Mullahey	19	1	4	0	1	0	0
C-	Westley Hinton	12	3	3	0	0	0	2
D+	Antoine Myers	24	0	1	3	2	0	1
-	Tevin Calhoun	8	0	2	0	0	0	2

ULL Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
A+	Elfrid Payton	40	23	9	5	4	0	4
A	Shawn Long	36	18	9	0	0	5	2
A	A. Thompson	38	20	0	1	0	1	0
C+	Kasey Shepherd	7	5	1	0	1	0	1
C	Bryant Mbamalu	36	9	3	0	0	0	3
C	Elridge Moore	26	0	4	4	1	0	3
D+	S. Wronkoski	13	1	0	0	1	0	0