Western Kentucky vs. LA Lafayette: Full Game Preview
By on February 24, 2013
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| Points | Rebounds | Assists | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Western Kentucky | T Price 14.7 | G Fant 6.6 | J Crook 4.4 |
| LA Lafayette | E Payton 16.0 | S Long 10.4 | E Payton 5.2 |
On Saturday, Western Kentucky travels to Cajundome to take on Louisiana. It takes place at 8:30 p.m. EST and you can see it on CSS or ESPN3.com. The Hilltoppers defeated the Ragin Cajuns 72-49 on Jan. 17 and are 4-2 against them over the past four years.
Louisiana and Western Kentucky are packed together in the conference, holding down seventh and sixth place, respectively.
The 15 points and 7 rebounds by T.J. Price helped the Hilltoppers to a 75-57 cakewalk over Louisiana-Monroe on Feb. 21. His 14.7 points per game is the highest mark on the team. In a 76-66 victory over Troy on Feb. 21, Elfrid Payton put up 23 points and 9 rebounds for the Ragin Cajuns. He contributes a team-leading 16 points per game, 5.2 assists per game, and 2.4 steals per game.
Louisiana StatSmack
- Western Kentucky is taller. The average height of the top 8 players on Western Kentucky is 77.2 inches compared to 76.0 inches for Louisiana.
- Western Kentucky allows fewer rebounds (33.0 allowed per game vs. 38.9 allowed per game) than Louisiana this season.
- George Fant is ranked 9th in the Sun Belt in rebounds.
- Western Kentucky has a better scoring defense (65.8 allowed per game vs. 73.2 allowed per game) than Louisiana this season.
- The Western Kentucky three-point leader (T.J. Price, 63 three-pointers) has more three-pointers than the Louisiana three-point leader (Bryant Mbamalu, 42 three-pointers).
- Western Kentucky is ranked higher than Louisiana in the Sun Belt (No. 6 vs. No. 7).
- Even computers respect Western Kentucky more. Western Kentucky has a better RPI this season than Louisiana (RPI: No. 193 vs. No. 226).
- Western Kentucky has a much better overall winning percentage over the last 10 years (63.0 percent to 47.3 percent).
- Boom! Western Kentucky humiliated Louisiana by 23 points the last time they played (Jan 17, 2013).
- Western Kentucky has an average margin of victory of 9 over Louisiana in 23 wins since 1991.
- T.J. Price is ranked 10th in the Sun Belt in points and 3rd in the Sun Belt in three-pointers.
| WKU Players | Mins | Pts | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | |
| C+ | Jamal Crook | 30 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| C+ | T.J. Price | 33 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| C | George Fant | 29 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| C | Brandon Harris | 30 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D+ | Teeng Akol | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| D+ | Kevin Kaspar | 25 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| D | O`Karo Akamune | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D | Aleksejs Rostov | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D | Eddie Alcantara | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D | Stephon Drane | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D | Percy Blade | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D | Kene Anyigbo | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D | Spence Sheldon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | Caden Dickerson | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D- | Marcus Vasquez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ULL Players | Mins | Pts | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | |
| B- | Elfrid Payton | 0 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| B- | Shawn Long | 31 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| C | Bryant Mbamalu | 33 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| D | Elridge Moore | 26 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| D | A. Thompson | 23 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D | S. Wronkoski | 26 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| D | Kevin Brown | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D | Kasey Shepherd | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D- | Josh Soto | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| F | Aaron Leblanc | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| F | D. Williams | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| F | Braylon Lazare | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| F | Matthew Moss | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| F | Cornell Barnett | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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