Cook 2-4 2-2 6, El Moutaouakkil 4-12 2-5 10, Garnett 3-11 0-0 9, Thomas 1-4 0-0 3, Wright 3-8 1-2 8, Ratliff 4-7 0-0 8, Hardy 2-8 1-3 6, Fields 2-2 0-0 5, White 2-2 1-3 7, Evans 0-3 0-0 0, Ky.Davis 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23-61 7-15 62.
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — Mostapha El Moutaouakkil scored 10 points as Louisiana-Lafayette beat Southern Miss 62-60 on Saturday night. Christian Watson made a jumper to pull Southern Miss to 61-60 with 10 seconds left before Christian Wright split 1 of 2 free throws for the Ragin' Cajuns in the closing seconds.
Voting polls are open for the Louisiana State Senate District 23 special election race between Jesse Regan and Branch Myers.
BOTTOM LINE: Louisiana visits Texas State after Erica Lafayette scored 22 points in Louisiana’s 80-60 win against the UL Monroe Warhawks. The Bobcats have gone 3-10 in home games. Texas State is ninth in the Sun Belt in rebounding averaging 32.5 rebounds. Destiny Terrell paces the Bobcats with 6.9 boards.
The No. 23-ranked Nebraska baseball team lost both its games against Louisiana Saturday at Tigue Moore Field in Lafayette.
Cecilia Vasquez (3-for-4, double, 2 RBI) set up the run rule triumph with a clutch two-out, two-run single in the fifth that advanced the margin to 8-1. An inning later, Savannah White (2-for-3, double, 2 RBI), who pulled the Cajuns even with an RBI double in the second, squeezed in the walk-off tally with a perfectly executed bunt.
The Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns Softball team was unable to overcome the free passes and extra outs allowed to Sam Houston, falling 8-2 on Saturday in the Ragin’ Cajuns Invitational I at Lamson Park.
The UL offense was limited to five hits with Sam Roe and Hayden being the only Cajuns with two hits. The Bearkats left 10 runners on, compared to only five for UL. Sam Houston’s Amy Abke got the win after yielding two runs on seven hits, three walks and striking out four.