LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - Elfrid Payton scored 24 points and Shawn Long added his sixth straight double-double with 23 points and 13 rebounds as Louisiana-Lafayette dominated North Texas 105-74 Wednesday night.
Bryant Mabamalu added 18 points to help Louisiana-Lafayette (8-15, 4-8 Sun Belt Conference) snap a three-game losing streak and hand North Texas its biggest loss of the season.
Trailing 45-37 at halftime, North Texas (8-15, 3-9) got within four, 47-43.
The Ragin' Cajuns, who cracked 100 points for the first time since 2004, used an 11-2 run to make it 58-45.
After cutting the lead to 10, 71-61 with 9:14 left, Louisiana-Lafayette pulled away with an 18-0 run to go up 28, 89-61 with 4:53 remaining. Long made a 3-pointer during the stretch and Elridge Moore ended the spurt with a dunk.
Louisiana-Lafayette shot 62.9 percent (22 of 35) in the second half.
Jordan Williams scored a career-high 31 points for North Texas.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| North Texas (8-15) | 37 | 37 | 74 |
| Louisiana-Lafayette (8-15) « | 45 | 60 | 105 |
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| North Texas Mean Green | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Mitchell, F | 25 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| N. Stojiljkovic, F | 12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Williams, G | 38 | 12-17 | 5-11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 31 |
| P. Hardwick, G | 27 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| R. Franklin, G | 26 | 4-10 | 2-2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Williams | 36 | 5-10 | 4-5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 |
| J. Patton | 17 | 0-4 | 2-2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| K. Coleman | 10 | 1-3 | 3-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| C. Overlander | 8 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| A. Mitchell | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 27-55 | 17-26 | 27 | 9 | 16 | 74 | |
| 49.1% | 65.4% | ||||||
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| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Long, F | 32 | 9-20 | 2-3 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 23 |
| E. Moore, F | 30 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| E. Payton, G | 36 | 7-13 | 10-13 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 24 |
| S. Wronkoski, G | 31 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| A. Thompson, G | 20 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Mbamalu | 28 | 6-15 | 4-4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 18 |
| J. Soto | 10 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| K. Shepherd | 7 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| B. Lazare | 4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| A. Leblanc | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 38-71 | 18-23 | 38 | 19 | 17 | 105 | |
| 53.5% | 78.3% | ||||||
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