LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - Shawn Long scored 10 of his 16 points in the first half and Alan-Michael Thompson came off the bench for 18 as Louisiana-Lafayette built a 19-point first-half lead en route to a 77-60 win over Lamar on Tuesday.
Elfrid Payton led the Ragin' Cajuns with 17 points. Both Payton and Long recorded 11 rebounds and went 7 of 14 from the field.
Louisiana-Lafayette opened the game with back-to-back layups, then Long, a freshman, scored the next seven points to put the Ragin' Cajuns up 11-0.
Lamar rallied to cut the deficit to 25-17 with 3:49 left in the first half but Josh Soto hit a 3-pointer, and Thompson scored eight straight points for the Ragin' Cajuns to create the halftime deficit.
Rhon Mitchell had 21 points for Lamar (1-8), which has lost eight of nine to open the season after going 23-12 last season.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Lamar (1-8) | 19 | 41 | 60 |
| Louisiana-Lafayette (4-6) « | 37 | 40 | 77 |
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| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Mitchell, F | 38 | 9-17 | 2-4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 21 |
| S. Brown, F | 23 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| A. Wilson, F | 20 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| D. Minor, G | 39 | 6-12 | 0-0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| D. Minton, G | 17 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Muepo | 19 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| H. Webb | 18 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| K. Blanks | 13 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| N. Acosta | 10 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| S. Norman | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 25-57 | 9-13 | 39 | 5 | 19 | 60 | |
| 43.9% | 69.2% | ||||||
| Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin Cajuns | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Long, F | 23 | 7-14 | 1-2 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 16 |
| E. Moore, F | 22 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| E. Payton, G | 34 | 7-14 | 2-4 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 17 |
| B. Mbamalu, G | 28 | 4-8 | 1-2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| S. Wronkoski, G | 26 | 0-5 | 2-2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Thompson | 20 | 5-9 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 |
| K. Shepherd | 19 | 2-9 | 3-4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| J. Soto | 12 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| B. Lazare | 10 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Leblanc | 6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 27-68 | 15-20 | 36 | 11 | 14 | 77 | |
| 39.7% | 75% | ||||||
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