GAME 21 | Middle Tennessee Date Opponent Time (CT) N 6 Louisiana College (Exhibition) W, 95-81 Louisiana’S Ragin’ Cajuns (9-11, 5-4) N 14 North Alabama W, 79-67 Vs

2007-08 RAGIN’ CAJUNS MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME DAY NOTEBOOK Men’s Basketball Contact: Chris Yandle (Louisiana-Lafayette, 2004; Marshall, 2007) • E-mail: [email protected] • Oﬃ ce: (337) 482-6330 • Cell: (337) 298-2099 University of Louisiana at Lafayette Sports Information • Cox Communications Athletic Center • 201 Reinhardt Drive • Lafayette, LA 70506 • Main Line: (337) 851-2255 www.RaginCajuns.com

2007-08 Schedule GAME 21 | Middle Tennessee Date Opponent Time (CT) N 6 Louisiana College (Exhibition) W, 95-81 Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns (9-11, 5-4) N 14 North Alabama W, 79-67 vs. Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (8-11, 5-4) N 16 at Louisiana Tech L, 56-64 Thursday, January 31, 2008 • 7:05 p.m. N 20 at Oral Roberts L, 53-62 N 27 UAB L, 72-78 (ot) CAJUNDOME (11,550) • Lafayette, La. N 30 at (11/12) Tennessee L, 70-98 D 11 at UCF L, 52-65 Game Night Story Lines GAME RESET D 13 McNeese State L, 61-67 • Fresh off its convincing 87-66 victory at Troy Sunday, Louisiana looks to gain D 16 at ULM• W, 68-67 momentum in the race for the Sun Belt West Division crown when it hosts TV 44th Outrigger Hotels Rainbow Classic (Honolulu, Hawai’i) the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders Thursday night at the CAJUNDOME. D 19 at Hawaiì W, 61-59 None • The victory over Troy snapped Louisiana’s four-game Sun Belt losing streak D 21 vs. Ohio L, 68-74 and signifi ed the Cajuns’ fi rst road win since a 61-59 upset victory over the RADIO D 22 vs. East Tennessee State W, 82-80 (ot) Hawaiì Rainbow Warriors on Dec. 19. Ragin’ Cajuns Radio Network (Jay D 29 Florida Atlantic• W, 71-52 Walker, P-by-P), SportsRadio ESPN J 3 Arkansas State• W, 73-63 Thursday marks Middle Tennessee’s fi rst trip to the CAJUNDOME to face the • 1420 AM (KPEL), 107.9 FM (KRKA) Cajuns since the 2004-05 regular season. That season, Louisiana silenced the J 5 New Orleans• W, 67-57 The pre-game show begins 30 minutes Blue Raiders 54-44. J 10 at UALR• L, 63-74 prior to tip-off (6:35 p.m.) J 12 at North Texas• L, 65-72 • During Sunday’s blowout victory at Troy, the Cajuns set or tied seven season J 15 Utah Valley University W, 67-59 highs, including points scored and fi eld goals made. INTERNET BROADCAST J 19 Western Kentucky• L, 66-69 www.1079ishot.com J 24 at South Alabama• L, 60-66 • Louisiana’s 87 points against the Trojans were the most since Nov. 24, 2006, J 27 at Troy• W, 87-66 when the Cajuns scored 89 in a two-point OT loss to Cal State Fullerton at LIVE STATS J 31 Middle Tennessee• 7:05 p.m. the CAJUNDOME. It was also the most by the Cajuns in a SBC game since an www.RaginCajuns.com F 6 at Florida International• 6:30 p.m. 85-point showing vs. ULM on Feb. 15, 2007. F 10 at Denver• 1 p.m. WEB STREAM Sunday, the Cajuns shot 50 percent from the fl oor for the fi rst time during F 14 ULM• 7:05 p.m. • www.RaginCajuns.com the 2007-08 season. It marked the fi rst 50-percent eff ort by Louisiana since F 16 at Arkansas State• 7:05 p.m. Feb. 15, 2007 vs. ULM when the Cajuns shot 54.8 percent from the fl oor. F 20 at New Orleans• 7 p.m. THE COACHES F 23 UALR• 7:05 p.m. • Louisiana’s 21-point victory over Troy was the Trojans’ worst home defeat UL: Robert Lee, 4th year (34-51) F 28 North Texas• 7:05 p.m. since Jan. 2, 1999, when they lost to Samford 105-75. MT: Kermit Davis, 6th year (91-78); M 1 Denver• 7:05 p.m. 10th year overall (162-128) Sun Belt Conference Championship (Mobile, Ala.) • After a near-miss at South Alabama and a solid victory at Troy, UL has led by M 5 First Round Games (Campus Sites) TBD 10 or more points in seven of its nine Sun Belt Conference games. SERIES M 9-11 Sun Belt Championship TBD Louisiana leads 7-5 • Freshman Chris Gradnigo snapped his string of 12 consecutive misses from three-point range Thursday night at South Alabama, scoring a team-high 19 LAST MEETING • Denotes Sun Belt Conference Game points. Gradnigo made three triples at South Alabama which were his fi rst Home games (Bold) played at the CAJUNDOME (11,550) of 2008. Jan. 27, 2007 (MT won 71-59) All Times Listed are CENTRAL and SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Tonight’s Promotions Tonight’s Tentative Starters Middle Tennessee Game • Recognition of Dr. Authement University of Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns (9-11, 5-4 Sun Belt West) • McDonald’s Super Shot Contest - one lucky section No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl.-Exp. Ppg Rpg Stats/Notes can win a McDonald’s value meal 23 La’Ryan Gary F 6-7 207 So.-HS 7.6 3.3 Scored 15 points at Troy • Cane’s Challenge - if Louisiana scores 65 points 32 Abray Milson C 6-9 240 Sr.-1L 2.9 3.3 Did not score at Troy or more, then every fan in attendance will receive a 21 David Dees G 6-5 209 Sr.-1L 9.4 3.9 Held to two points at Troy Sunday coupon to buy one Raising Cane’s combo meal and 3 Elijah Millsap G 6-6 211 So.-1L 10.6 5.7 Scored game-high 21 points at Troy 2 Randell Daigle G 5-10 177 So.-HS 8.1 2.9* Dished out game-high six assists at Troy get one free! • UPC Student Shoot Out - one lucky student will have Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (8-11, 5-4 Sun Belt East) a chance to shoot a three-pointer to win money No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl.-Exp. Ppg Rpg Notes • What’s in the Box? - one of this year’s most exciting 21 Dino Hair F 6-9 206 r-So. 3.6 1.8 Scored 10 points vs. North Texas game promotions 31 Desmond Yates F 6-7 220 r-So. 14.9 4.1 Averaging 19.3 points in 9 Sun Belt games 5 Kevin Kanaskie G 6-2 182 Jr.-2L 10.5 3.6* scored 18 points vs. North Texas 11 Nigel Johnson G 6-2 185 Jr.-JC 6.1 3.4* Pulled down 10 rebounds vs. North Texas 23 Demetrius Green G 6-4 200 r-So. 11.7 4.8 Second on team with 11.7 ppg in SBC games * Assists per game

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Commonly Asked Media Relations Questions and Answers Athletics Media Relations HOW DO I GET SINGLE-GAME (OR SEASON) CREDENTIALS? Chris Yandle (Men’s Basketball Contact) Assistant Sports Information Director • All requests for press, photo and broadcast credentials for 2007-08 UL home basketball games must be made in Offi ce: (337) 482-6330 writing AT LEAST FIVE DAYS IN ADVANCE of each game OR prior to the season if all home game credentials are Cell: (337) 298-2099 requested. All requests should be e-mailed to Chris Yandle, Louisiana-Lafayette Assistant Sports Information Home: (337) 706-8050 Director, at [email protected]. Media credentials will be issued to working media members only. [email protected] WHERE DO I PICK UP MY CREDENTIALS? Daryl Cetnar (Women’s Basketball Contact) • During the week, credentials may be picked up in the Louisiana-Lafayette Athletics Media Relations Offi ce Sports Information Director located in the Cox Communications Athletic Center, Room 140. Offi ce: (337) 482-6331 Cell: (337) 654-6923 Home: (337) 291-2918 WHAT IF I CAN’T PICK UP MY PASSES PRIOR TO THE GAME? [email protected] • Credentials will be mailed (time permitting), but credentials which cannot be mailed will be left at the Media Will Call table located at the Media Entrance of the CAJUNDOME in the rear of the building. Credential requests Chris Whitehead for opponent media outlets will be overnight mailed to the opponent’s SID offi ce unless otherwise requested. Graduate Assistant Offi ce: (337) 482-6329 HOW CAN I REQUEST AN INTERVIEW WITH COACH LEE AND/OR STUDENT-ATHLETES? [email protected] • Head coach Robert Lee will be available for phone and in-person interviews on most non-game weekdays Heather Warren during the season. Coach Lee will, depending upon his schedule, be available for brief comments following Student Assistant the conclusion of practice each day. Please coordinate all requests at least one day in advance through Chris Offi ce: (337) 851-2255 Yandle in the UL Athletics Media Relations offi ce at (337) 482-6330. [email protected] WHERE DO I PARK AT THE CAJUNDOME? Jessica Lemoine • Media parking at the CAJUNDOME is located on the north side of the arena (adjacent to Congress Street). Student Assistant Offi ce: (337) 851-2255 Parking lot entrance number 8 must be used exclusively. Passes must be displayed in the front windshield at [email protected] all times (you will not be allowed in the parking lot area without a parking pass).

Lance Dunn, Kimmie Lyles WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE GAME IS COMPLETED? Student Aides • Coaches address their respective teams during the NCAA-mandated 10-minute cooling off period. • For home games, coach Lee will conduct his post-game press conference in the Vermilion Room on the ground CAJUNDOME Press Row: (337) 262-2284 level in the green quadrant (northeast) of the CAJUNDOME. Coach Lee will be in the interview room as soon as Media Relations Main Line: (337) 851-2255 Media Relations Fax: (337) 482-6529 he completes his post-game radio responsibilities. Media members are asked to refrain from congregating around the post-game radio show in an attempt to conduct an interview as soon as it is fi nished. Mailing Address • On the road, media members can visit with Lee outside the locker room or in the home team’s interview area (if Cox Communications Athletic Center so requested). 201 Reinhardt Drive • Post-game player interviews are also conducted in the Vermilion Room at home. Lafayette, LA 70506 • All player interviews, along with the opposing head coach, will be conducted prior to Coach Lee’s comments. INTERVIEW POLICY • Head coach Robert Lee will be available for WHAT IS THE PRESS ROW NUMBER? phone and in-person interviews on most • To phone into the CAJUNDOME press row, please call (337) 262-2284. non-game weekdays during the season. • Please coordinate all requests at least 24 IS THERE WIRELESS SERVICE AVAILABLE? hours in advance through Chris Yandle in • There are two wireless access points located throughout the arena. The fi rst one is located in the Media the UL Athletic Media Relations offi ce at (337) Workroom (CD Room 1.161) which is in the Green Quadrant of the CAJUNDOME. The second access point is in 482-6330. the main arena and is accessible anywhere along Press Row. Please be reminded that these are two separate • Coach Lee will, depending upon his schedule, be available for brief comments following the wireless networks and you will need to re-connect if you leave either area. For log-in information and help, conclusion of practice each day. please see Assistant SID Chris Yandle. • On the road, Coach Lee will be available after team practices and in the lobby of the team hotel on the day prior to the game. What’s in a Name? • Coach Lee WILL NOT conduct any interviews, home or away, prior to the game on game day. WE ARE THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE. Athletically, please refer to us as Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns on fi rst reference. On second reference, please refer to us as Louisiana, Ragin’ Cajuns, Cajuns’ or UL. Please DO NOT CALL US LAFAYETTE (Lafayette College is located in Easton, Pa.).

UL MEN’S BASKETBALL WEEKLY MEDIA PLANNER (WEEK 12: Middle Tennessee) All practices are closed. For more information on coverage of UL’s men’s basketball, please contact Assistant SID Chris Yandle at (337) 482-6330. MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY January 28 January 29 January 30 January 31 February 1 February 2 February 3

Practice Press Conference Practice Game #21 Practice Practice Practice 3 p.m. 12 p.m. 3 p.m. Middle Tennessee TBA TBA TBA CAJUNDOME at Louisiana Practice CAJUNDOME 3 p.m. 7:05 p.m.

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hank you for your interest in Ragin’ Cajuns men’s basketball. The Louisiana- • Post-game player interviews are also conducted in the Vermilion Room at home. All Lafayette Athletics Media Relations Offi ce has produced the 2007-08 player interviews, along with the opposing head coach, will be conducted prior to Tmen’s basketball gameday notes package to assist in your coverage of the Coach Lee’s comments. Ragin’ Cajuns. If you have any questions, comments or concerns, please feel free to contact any member of the UL SID staff . Interviews • Head coach Robert Lee will be available for phone and in-person interviews on most Parking non-game weekdays during the season. • Media parking at the CAJUNDOME is located on the north side of the arena (adjacent • Please coordinate all requests at least one day in advance through Chris Yandle in to Congress Street). Parking lot entrance number 8 must be used exclusively. the UL Athletics Media Relations offi ce at (337) 482-6330. • Passes must be displayed in the front windshield at all times (you will not be • Coach Lee will, depending upon his schedule, be available for brief comments allowed in the parking lot area without a parking pass). following the conclusion of practice each day. • On the road, Coach Lee will be available at team practices and in the lobby of the hotel on the day prior to the game. Coach Lee WILL NOT conduct any interviews, Media Room Services home or away, prior to a game on game day. • The Louisiana-Lafayette Athletics Media Relations staff provides the working news • UL players will be available for interviews after most practices if interviews requested media with a media workroom with the sole purpose of 24 hours in advance through Chris Yandle in the Athletics writing and transmitting stories. Media Relations offi ce. NO INTERVIEWS will be permitted • It is located on the ground level of the north quadrant Media Luncheon Dates once the players are on the court to begin practice warm- of the CAJUNDOME. Access to the press room is limited up. to those with working credentials ONLY. Monday, Nov. 5 (1 p.m.) • After-practice phone interviews may also be requested • The media workroom opens approximately two hours as well. NO players will be available for interviews on the prior to tip-off . Tuesday, Nov. 13 road prior to the game. • A pre-game meal and drinks will be available an hour Monday, Nov. 26 (1 p.m.) • Student-athlete’s apartments, dorm rooms, locker prior to tip-off . room and training room ARE OFF LIMITS to media • At least three phone lines (collect and credit card calls Friday, Dec. 7 representatives AT ALL TIMES. only) and possibly four are available in the media Friday, Dec. 14 workroom on a fi rst-come, fi rst-serve basis. • Pre-game notes, programs, media guides and statistics Wednesday, Jan. 2 Web Sites • Louisiana-Lafayette reserves the right to deny media along with other information will be provided to all Tuesday, Jan. 8 media members in the media workroom approximately credentials to any individual whose web site is not an hour prior to tip-off or earlier upon request. Monday, Jan. 14 affi liated with an offi cial news-gathering organization or • Halftime and fi nal statistics, along with a complete Monday, Jan. 21 publication. Credentials will be issued to offi cial online play-by-play will be provided in the media workroom. services of national, over-the-air or cable networks or Unoffi cial and offi cial stats will be indicated upon Tuesday, Jan. 29 established publications which are staff ed by full-time release. Tuesday, Feb. 12 employees (i.e. ESPN, SI.com, CBSsportsline.com, etc.) and then with a maximum of ONE credential. • Louisiana-Lafayette and the United State Basketball Monday, Feb. 18 Writers Association jointly remind you that the • Credentials WILL NOT be granted to any online agency CAJUNDOME press row area is a working press facility Monday, Feb. 25 operating sites that are in any way affi liated with gambling, or to “freelance” or “fan-based” sites (i.e. and that cheering for either team will not be tolerated. Monday, March 3 Violators will be asked to leave by security personnel. Rivals.com) that are not affi liated with a legitimate news Wednesday, March 12 gathering organization. • Membership in a writer’s association (i.e. USBWA) does Phone Lines not automatically qualify an individual or agency with • Phone lines WILL NOT be available along press row Because of University holidays, there will be credentials. because the CAJUNDOME crew converts the arena NO luncheons for the following dates: for other functions immediately following a game. In addition, the press row tables are not available for Practices Week of Nov. 19 (Thanksgiving) • Media members are asked to please contact Chris Yandle extended periods of time after the completion of a Weeks of Dec. 17 & Dec. 24 game. at (337) 482-6330 for home games and (337) 298-2099 (Christmas Break) for road games before planning to attend any practice • Media members are asked to move to the media Week of Feb. 4 (Mardi Gras) workroom after the game to help facilitate the arena’s session. Practices at home are usually conducted in crew in their conversion eff orts. the auxiliary gymnasium of the Leon Moncla Indoor • Phone lines will be available on a fi rst-come, fi rst-serve Practice Facility. If the team intends to practice at the basis to writers and photographers in the media workroom. CAJUNDOME, the media will be notifi ed. • Interviews will be allowed at the practice site, for non-game days, but must be conducted well in advance before practice begins or immediately after practice has Photography concluded. • Louisiana-Lafayette will follow NCAA and Sun Belt Conference rules regarding • No interviews will be granted for practices on the day of a game. media representatives photographing the games. • Still and video cameras will be allowed during the fi rst 20 minutes of practice • Photographers are and will be limited to working the designated space along the ONLY. end line of the playing court. • NO credentialed media will be permitted to shoot from the sidelines. All photographers must remain seated on the fl oor areas directly in front of fans along Radio Rights the baseline. • One (1) offi cial radio network for the visiting team must be designated by the • Flash cameras ARE NOT permitted for using during UL games. team’s athletic director or media relations director. Visiting radio stations should coordinate all credential needs through Chris Yandle. Only those working on the radio broadcast will be given credentials for that area. Post-Game Press Conference • The visiting radio will be reserved at a maximum two seats next to the team bench • It is the policy of head coach Robert Lee and UL that the locker room is closed to ALL (visiting team bench is located on the far end of the court from the locker rooms). media after all games, home and away. For home games, coach Lee will conduct his • Radio networks wishing to broadcast should also contact Jay Walker, Director of the post-game press conference in the Vermilion Room on the ground level in the green UL Sports Network, at (337) 233-7003 or via e-mail at [email protected]. quadrant (northeast) of the CAJUNDOME. Coach Lee will be in the interview room • Only the “offi cial” radio outlet of the visiting team is permitted to originate a live as soon as he completes his post-game radio responsibilities. broadcast without written permission of the UL Athletics Department. • Media members are asked to refrain from congregating around the post-game radio show in an attempt to conduct an interview as soon as it is fi nished. • On the road, media members can visit with Lee outside the lock room or in the home team’s interview area (if so requested).

2007-08 Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns Men’s Basketball Game Day Notebook The Middle Tennessee Game • 3 2007-08 Men’s Basketball Roster HOMEGROWN... Grambling (1) AND READY TO RUN The 2007-08 Louisiana men’s basketball roster boasts 13 players from the state of Louisiana - the most among Louisiana’s 13 NCAA Division I men’s basketball programs. Since head coach Robert Lee took over the program prior to the 2003-04 season, UL has had 16 players from the state of Louisiana.

Louisiana-born Players at the Division I level in Louisiana 1. LOUISIANA 13 2. Northwestern State 12 3. ULM 9 McNeese State 9 Nicholls State 9 Baton Rouge (1) 6. Grambling State 7 7. LSU 6 Gonzales (1) Mandeville (1) Southern 6 Lake Charles (1) Edgard (1) Lafayette (3) 9. New Orleans 5 Maurice (1) Reserve (1) 10. Louisiana Tech 4 Southeastern Louisiana 4 New Orleans (3) 12. Centenary 3 Tulane 3

Roster Breakdown Numerical Roster By State NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. CL.-EXP. ACADEMIC MAJOR HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL (LAST SCHOOL) • Louisiana (13): Corey Bloom, Travis 1 Tyren Johnson F 6-8 195 So.-1L Education Edgard, La./West St. John Bureau, Randell Daigle, Brandon 2 Randell Daigle G 5-10 177 So.-HS Business Administration Lafayette, La./Northside Dison, La’Ryan Gary, Chris Gradnigo, 3 Elijah Millsap G 6-6 211 So.-1L Business Administration Grambling, La./Grambling Tyren Johnson, Phillip Jones, Willie 4 Phillip Jones* G 5-11 175 Fr.-HS Business Administration Maurice, La./North Vermilion Lago, Elijah Millsap, Abray Milson, 5 Brandon Dison G 6-6 170 So.-HS Sports Management New Orleans, La./Westfi eld (TX) Courtney Wallace, Sutton Yanosky 11 Corey Bloom G 6-6 199 So.-TR Business Administration New Orleans, La./Brother Martin (Houston) • Maryland (1): Maurice Barksdale 12 Willie Lago G 6-1 182 So.-1L Management Info Sys. Reserve, La./East St. John 13 Sutton Yanosky* G 6-0 166 Fr.-HS Athletic Training Mandeville, La./Fontainebleau • Ohio (2): David Dees, Stephen Dees 15 Chris Gradnigo F 6-7 215 Fr.-HS Sports Management Lake Charles, La./LaGrange 21 David Dees G 6-5 209 Sr.-1L General Studies Dayton, Ohio/Dayton Christian (Liberty) By Class 22 Travis Bureau F 6-7 180 Fr.-HS Kinesiology Gonzales, La./St. Amant • Seniors (3): Maurice Barksdale, 23 La’Ryan Gary G/F 6-7 207 So.-HS Sports Management Lafayette, La./Carencro David Dees, Abray Milson 25 Stephen Dees G 6-1 188 So.-1L Business Administration Dayton, Ohio/Chaminade Julienne • Sophomores (9): Corey Bloom, 31 Maurice Barksale G 5-11 187 Sr.-1L General Studies Baltimore, Md./Dunbar (Blinn College) Randell Daigle, Stephen Dees, 32 Abray Milson C 6-9 240 Sr.-1L General Studies Lafayette, La./St. Thomas More (Southern Idaho) Brandon Dison, La’Ryan Gary, Tyren 42 Courtney Wallace F/C 6-8 238 So.-1L Marketing New Orleans, La./Woodlawn Johnson, Willie Lago, Elijah Millsap, Courtney Wallace • Freshmen (4): Travis Bureau, Chris Alphabetical Roster Gradnigo, Phillip Jones, Sutton NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. CL.-EXP. ACADEMIC MAJOR HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL (LAST SCHOOL) Yanosky 31 Maurice Barksale G 5-11 187 Sr.-1L General Studies Baltimore, Md./Dunbar (Blinn College) 11 Corey Bloom G 6-6 199 So.-TR Business Administration New Orleans, La./Brother Martin (Houston) By Major 22 Travis Bureau F 6-7 180 Fr.-HS Kinesiology Gonzales, La./St. Amant • Athletic Training (1): Sutton 2 Randell Daigle G 5-10 177 So.-HS Business Administration Lafayette, La./Northside Yanosky 21 David Dees G 6-5 209 Sr.-1L General Studies Dayton, Ohio/Dayton Christian (Liberty) • Business Administration (5): Corey 25 Stephen Dees G 6-1 188 So.-1L Business Administration Dayton, Ohio/Chaminade Julienne Bloom, Randell Daigle, Stephen 5 Brandon Dison G 6-6 170 So.-HS Sports Management New Orleans, La./Westfi eld, Texas 23 La’Ryan Gary G/F 6-7 207 So.-HS Sports Management Lafayette, La./Carencro Dees, Phillip Jones, Elijah Millsap 15 Chris Gradnigo F 6-7 215 Fr.-HS Sports Management Lake Charles, La./LaGrange • Education (1): Tyren Johnson 1 Tyren Johnson F 6-8 195 So.-1L Education Edgard, La./West St. John • General Studies (3): Maurice 4 Phillip Jones* G 5-11 175 Fr.-HS Business Administration Maurice, La./North Vermilion Barksdale, David Dees, Abray Milson 12 Willie Lago G 6-1 182 So.-1L Management Info Sys. Reserve, La./East St. John • Kinesiology (1): Travis Bureau 3 Elijah Millsap G 6-6 211 So.-1L Business Administration Grambling, La./Grambling • Marketing (1): Courtney Wallace 32 Abray Milson C 6-9 240 Sr.-1L General Studies Lafayette, La./St. Thomas More (Southern Idaho) • MIS (1): Willie Lago 42 Courtney Wallace F/C 6-8 238 So.-1L Marketing New Orleans, La./Woodlawn • Sports Management (3): Brandon 13 Sutton Yanosky* G 6-0 166 Fr.-HS Athletic Training Mandeville, La./Fontainebleau Dison, La’Ryan Gary, Chris Gradnigo Returning letterwinners listed in bold | * Walk-on | Redshirted players for 2007-08 season in italics Pronunciation Guide Support Staff Tyren Johnson TY-REN Head Coach: Robert Lee (Nicholls State, 1991), Fourth season as head coach (12th season overall at UL) Randell Daigle ran-DELL Assistant Coach: Rick LeBato (Louisiana-Lafayette, 1979), Second season at Louisiana-Lafayette Brandon Dison DYE-sun Assistant Coach: Johnny Simmons (Louisiana Tech, 1984), Third season at Louisiana-Lafayette Willie Lago LAY-go Assistant Coach: Jai Steadman (Nebraska, 1997), First season at Louisiana-Lafayette Abray Milson AY-bree Managers: Chase Mancuso, Aaron Naquin and Perry Dennis Chris Gradnigo Grad-nuh-go Assistant Athletic Trainer: B.J. Duplantis (Northwestern State, 2002; 2004) Sports Information Director: Chris Yandle (Louisiana-Lafayette, 2004; Marshall, 2007)

2007-08 Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns Men’s Basketball Game Day Notebook The Middle Tennessee Game • 4 Opponent Information MIDDLE TENNESSEE BLUE RAIDERS (8-11, 5-4 SBC East) MIDDLE TENNESSEE QUICK FACTS Men’s Basketball Quick Facts Location: Murfreesboro, Tenn. University Information School ______University of Louisiana at Lafayette Founded: 1911 Location ______Lafayette, La. Enrollment: 22,863 Founded ______1900 Enrollment ______17,075 (2005-06 academic year) President: Dr. Sidney McPhee Nickname ______Ragin’ Cajuns Director of Athletics: Chris Massaro Colors ______Vermilion (PMS 193) and White Affi liation ______NCAA Division I Affi liation: NCAA Division I Conference ______Sun Belt (West Division) Arena ______CAJUNDOME (11,550) Conference: Sun Belt President ______Dr. Ray P. Authement Nickname: Blue Raiders Director of Athletics ______David Walker Ticket Offi ce Phone ______(337) 265-2100 Colors: Royal Blue and White Univeristy Web Site ______www.louisiana.edu Arena: Murphy Center (11,520) Athletics Web Site ______www.ragincajuns.com Head Coach: Kermit Davis (Mississippi State, 1982) Athletics Administration Career Record: 162-128 (10th season) Senior Associate AD ______Scott Farmer Record at MT: 91-78 (6th season) Associate AD/SWA ______Sherry LeBas Associate AD/Athletic Training ______John Porche Record vs. UL: 2-5 Assistant AD/Compliance ______Jessica Clarke MBB Media Relations Contact: Tony Stinnett Assistant AD/Internal Aff airs ______John Dugas Offi ce: (615) 904-8209 | Cell: (615) 631-9521 | Fax: (615) 898-5626 Arena Information E-mail: [email protected] | Athletics Website: www.goblueraiders.com Name ______CAJUNDOME Capacity ______11,550 Year Opened ______1985 2007-08 STATISTICAL COMPARISON First Game ______Nov. 10, 1985 All-Time Record in Facility ______213-81 (.724) LOUISIANA [20 games] CATEGORY MIDDLE TENNESSEE [19 games] Press Row ______(337) 265-2284 67.1 points/gm Scoring Off ense 67.3 points/gm 67.9 points/gm Scoring Defense 71.9 points/gm Coaching Staff Head Coach ______Robert Lee (Nicholls State, 1991) -0.9 points/gm Scoring Margin -4.7 points/gm Record at UL ______34-51 (4th season) .417 [465-of-1116] Field Goal Percentage .445 [452-of-1016] Career Record ______Same Assistant Coaches ______Rick LeBato, Johnny Simmons, .441 [463-of-1050] Field Goal Percentage Defense .464 [454-of-978] Jai Steadman 7.2 3fg/gm [143] Three-Point Field Goals Made Per Game 5.7 3fg/gm [108] .335 [143-of-427] Three-Point Field Goal Percentage .345 [108-of-313] 2006-07 Review .646 [268-of-415] Free Throw Percentage .711 [266-of-374] Overall Record ______9-21 Sun Belt Record (Finish) ______7-11 (6th, West) 12.6 OR/gm [251] Off ensive Rebounds Per Game 9.6 OR/gm [182] Sun Belt Tournament Finish ______First Round 20.6 DR/gm [412] Defensive Rebounds Per Game 21.5 DR/gm [408] L, 93-78 at North Texas 2006-07 Final Ranking ______N/A -1.8 rebounds/gm Rebounding Margin -1.8 rebounds/gm 2006-07 Postseason ______N/A 11.5 assists/gm [229] Assists Per Game 12.9 assists/gm [246] 3.2 blocks/gm [63] Blocked Shots Per Game 2.0 blocks/gm [38] Team Information Letterwinners Returning/Lost ______8/6 7.6 steals/gm [152] Steals Per Game 5.9 steals/gm [112] Starters Returning/Lost ______3/3 .450 [9-11] Won-Lost Percentage .421 [8-11] Newcomers ______9 14.9 turnovers/gm [297] Turnovers Per Game 14.7 turnovers/gm [280] 20.5 fouls/gm [410] Personal Fouls Per Game 20.4 fouls/gm [388] Basketball History First Season of Basketball ______1911-12 Seasons Played ______96th season All-Time Record ______1,237-912 (.574) *All-Time Record includes games later vacated due to NCAA Sanctions Series History following the 1971-72, 1972-73, 2003-04 and 2004-05 seasons. Actual all-time on-court record is 1,271-926 (.578). • Middle Tennessee makes its trip to the CAJUNDOME since the 2004-05 season when the Cajuns All-Time Sun Belt Record (16 seasons) __ 143-101 (.592) *All-Time Sun Belt Record includes games later vacated due to NCAA easily defeated the Blue Raiders 54-44 on Jan. 29, 2005. Sanctions following the 2003-04 and 2004-05 seasons. Actual all-time Sun Belt on-court record is 165-106 (.618). • Louisiana, which leads the all-time series 7-5, had won fi ve straight against the Blue Raiders at one Sun Belt Regular Season Titles 4 (1991,92, 1999-00; SBC point, but MT has won the last two meetings. West 2001-02 & 2002-03) 2003-04 Vacated Sun Belt Tournament Titles ______3 (1992, 1994, 2000) • Louisiana is 3-0 vs. Middle Tennessee at the CAJUNDOME and 3-1 at home in the series. The Blue 2004 & 2005 Vacated Raiders handed the Cajuns an 85-79 loss at Blackham Coliseum on Jan. 25, 1959. NCAA Tournament Record ______1-5 (5 appearances) 1972, 1973, 2004 & 2005 appearances Vacated • Thursday’s contest will mark the eighth meeting between the schools in the month of January. Last NCAA Appearance _____ 2000 NCAA South Regional Result ______L, 58-63 to #4 Tennessee The Blue Raiders have won four of seven previous meetings in January. NIT Record ______6-6 (5 appearances) Last NIT Appearance ______2003 First Round Result ______L, 82-80 at UAB

2007-08 Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns Men’s Basketball Game Day Notebook The Middle Tennessee Game • 5 2007-08 Sun Belt Conference Men’s Basketball Round-Up

2007-08 Sun Belt Conference Men’s Basketball Standings Dees, Millsap Tabbed Preseason All-SBC MOBILE, Ala. - Two Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns men’s Conference Overall basketball players were named to the Preseason All-Sun Belt Conference Team Monday at the league’s annual Men’s and Eastern Division W L Pct. Streak W L Pct. Streak Women’s Basketball Media Days. On the men’s side, senior South Alabama 9 0 1.000 W9 17 3 .850 W13 guard David Dees (Dayton, Ohio) was a second team Western Kentucky 8 1 .889 W6 16 3 .842 W6 selection, while reigning Sun Belt Freshman of the Year Elijah Middle Tennessee 5 4 .556 W1 8 11 .421 W1 Millsap (Grambling, La.) earned third team honors. The men were picked to fi nish fi fth in the West Division by Florida Atlantic 3 7 .300 L1 7 14 .333 L1 the league’s 13 coaches. UL’s men’s team, which fi nished 9-21 Florida International 3 6 .333 W1 6 13 .316 W1 overall a season ago, enters the fourth year of the Robert Lee Troy 2 7 .222 L2 9 11 .450 L2 coaching era. Last season, Dees, who transferred from Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., averaged 17.4 points per game, while fi nishing Conference Overall fourth among the league’s top scorers. Dees led the Cajuns Western Division W L Pct. Streak W L Pct. Streak in fi ve diff erent categories during his debut season in Cajun UALR 6 3 .667 W2 14 6 .700 W2 Country. The senior scored 20 or more points nine times last season, LOUISIANA 5 4 .556 W1 9 11 .450 W1 including a pair of 30-point performances. He scored a career- Denver 4 4 .500 L2 8 11 .421 L2 high 37 points in an overtime loss to Cal State Fullerton at the New Orleans 4 5 .444 L2 14 7 .667 L2 CAJUNDOME. Millsap took the league by storm, earning the top rookie Arkansas State 4 6 .400 L1 9 11 .450 L1 honor after leading all Sun Belt freshmen in scoring (12.4) North Texas 3 5 .375 L3 12 7 .632 L3 and rebounding (7.3). His rebounding total ranked fourth in ULM 2 6 .250 W2 8 12 .400 W2 the league, while fi nishing 22nd overall in scoring. Millsap led the Cajuns in rebounds, despite playing in seven fewer games. The sophomore scored in double fi gures in 16 of his 23 games SUN BELT COMPOSITE SCHEDULE played and also pulled down at least fi ve rebounds 17 times, hitting double digits seven times. Millsap also had a string of Past Results Upcoming Games 12 straight games scoring in double digits, while scoring in Jan. 7 North Texas 78, ULM 57 Jan. 30 New Orleans at Florida Atlantic 6 p.m. double fi gures 15 times against SBC competition. Arkansas State at Utah Valley 8:05 p.m. Jan. 9 Florida International 74, Troy 49 2007-08 Men’s Preseason All-Sun Belt Team Middle Tennessee 61, Florida Atlantic 57 Jan. 31 UALR at Western Kentucky 7 p.m. First Team All-Sun Belt New Orleans 65, Denver 49 South Alabama at North Texas 7 p.m. Adrian Banks (Arkansas State, Sr., G) Middle Tennessee at Louisiana 7:05 p.m. Carlos Monroe (Florida Atlantic, Jr., F) Jan. 10 North Texas 74, Arkansas State 63 ULM at Troy 7:30 p.m. Bo McCalebb (New Orleans, Sr., G) UALR 74, Louisiana 63 FIU at Denver 8:30 p.m. Demetric Bennett (South Alabama, Sr., G) Western Kentucky 71, ULM 44 Courtney Lee (WKU, Sr., G/F) Feb. 2 Troy at New Orleans 2:30 p.m. Jan. 12 Florida Atlantic 93, Troy 88 South Alabama at ULM 3 p.m. Second Team All-Sun Belt Western Kentucky 76, FIU 60 Savannah State at Florida Atlantic 6 p.m. Alex Galindo (Florida International, Jr., F) Denver at Western Kentucky 7 p.m. North Texas 72, Louisiana 65 David Dees (Louisiana, Sr., G) South Alabama 97, New Orleans 88 FIU at North Texas 7 p.m. Tony Hooper (Louisiana-Monroe, Jr., G) Arkansas State 89, ULM 82 Jan. 31 UALR at Western Kentucky 7 p.m. O’Darien Bassett (Troy, Sr., G) Jan. 13 Denver 54, UALR 40 South Alabama at North Texas 7 p.m. Tyrone Brazelton (WKU, Sr., G) Middle Tennessee at Louisiana 7:05 p.m. Jan. 15 Louisiana 67, Utah Valley 59 ULM at Troy 7:30 p.m. Third Team All-Sun Belt FIU at Denver 8:30 p.m. Elijah Millsap (Louisiana, So., G) Jan. 16 Western Kentucky 80, Florida Atlantic 62 Kevin Kanaskie (Middle Tennessee, Jr., G) Middle Tennessee 65, Troy 64 Feb. 4 M. Tennessee at Arkansas State 7:05 p.m. Quincy Williams (North Texas, Sr., F) South Alabama 85, FIU 73 Keith Wooden (North Texas, Sr., F/C) Feb. 6 Louisiana at FIU 6:30 p.m. Daon Merrit (South Alabama, Sr., G) Jan. 17 New Orleans 83, North Texas 61 Florida Atlantic at ULM 7:30 p.m. UALR 59, ULM 57 Preseason Player of the Year Denver 59, Arkansas State 52 Feb. 7 Western Kentucky at North Texas 7 p.m. Bo McCalebb (New Orleans, Sr., G) UALR at Middle Tennessee 7 p.m. Jan. 19 Florida Atlantic 86, North Texas 81 Arkansas State at South Alabama 7:05 p.m. New Orleans 82, Middle Tennessee 75 (OT) Troy at Denver 8:30 p.m. 2007-08 Men’s Preseason Coaches Poll ULM 68, Florida International 66 As voted on by all 13 league head coaches; fi rst-place South Alabama 72, UALR 65 Feb. 9 Arkansas State at Florida Atlantic 6 p.m. votes in parentheses Western Kentucky 69, Louisiana 66 Middle Tennessee at FIU 6:30 p.m. Troy 89, Arkansas State 80 North Texas at UALR 7 p.m. East Division Points ULM at New Orleans 7 p.m. 1. Western Kentucky (13) 78 Jan. 23 Western Kentucky 73, New Orleans 55 2. South Alabama 59 Feb. 10 Louisiana at Denver 1 p.m. 3. Middle Tennessee 51 Jan. 24 Florida Atlantic 70, Denver 68 (OT) South Alabama at Troy 1 p.m. 4. Florida Atlantic 43 South Alabama 66, Louisiana 60 5. Florida International 25 Arkansas State 68, FIU 59 Feb. 11 Longwood at Florida Atlantic 6 p.m. 6. Troy 17 ULM 82, Middle Tennessee 69 UALR 63, Troy 61 Feb. 13 UALR at FIU 6:30 p.m. West Division Points Troy at Western Kentucky 7 p.m. 1. Louisiana-Monroe (9) 85 Jan. 27 FIU 75, New Orleans 62 2. North Texas (1) 71 Louisiana 87, Troy 66 3. Arkansas State (2) 62 Western Kentucky 77, Arkansas State 68 Middle Tennessee 69, North Texas 60 4. New Orleans (1) 61 South Alabama 71, Denver 33 5. Louisiana 37 UALR 80, Florida Atlantic 76 6. UALR 35 7. Denver 13

2007-08 Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns Men’s Basketball Game Day Notebook The Middle Tennessee Game • 6 The Last Time... The Last Time A Louisiana Player Had... The Last Time a Louisiana Team... 25-29 Points Won by 20-24 Points Home 26 by Elijah Millsap vs. UAB, 11/27/07 Home 95-74 (+21) vs. Oral Roberts, 12/15/05 Away 26 by David Dees at Arkansas State, 2/8/07 Away 87-66 (+21) at Troy, 1/27/08 Neutral 25 by Tiras Wade vs. Florida International, 3/7/05 Neutral 84-63 (+21) vs. Louisiana Tech, 11/19/04

30-34 Points Won by 25-29 Points Home 33 by Anthony Johnson vs. North Texas, 1/24/02 Home 85-56 (+29) vs. Louisiana-Monroe, 2/15/07 Away 30 by David Dees at Florida Atlantic, 1/24/07 Away 88-62 (+26) at Arkansas-Little Rock, 2/10/00 Neutral 84-58 (+26) vs. South Alabama, 3/6/04 35-39 Points Home 37 by David Dees vs. Cal State Fullerton, 11/24/06 Won by 30-34 Points Away 37 by Tiras Wade at N.C. State, 12/15/04 Home 89-57 (+32) vs. Loyola-New Orleans, 11/24/03 Away 89-58 (+31) at North Texas, 1/30/03 40-plus Points Neutral 100-70 (+30) vs. Texas, 3/18/72 Home 40 by Sydney Grider vs. Louisiana Tech, 2/24/89 Away 41 by Sydney Grider vs. Mississippi, 12/24/89 Won by 35-39 Points Home 103-67 (+36) vs. Louisiana College, 11/18/00 15-19 Rebounds Away 91-51 (+40) at Louisiana Tech, 2/26/94 Home 17 by Valentino Hart vs. Tennessee, 11/27/06 Neutral 96-59 (+37) vs. Alcorn State, 12/29/93 Away 16 by Dwayne Mitchell at Louisiana State, 12/17/05 Won by 40-plus Points 20-plus Rebounds Home 91-49 (+42) vs. New Mexico State, 2/17/05 Home 22 by Lonnie Thomas vs. Siena, 1/2/00 Away 91-51 (+40) at Louisiana Tech, 2/26/94 Away 20 by Dwayne Mitchell at Tennessee, 11/22/05 Neutral Never Happened

10-plus Assists Won an Overtime Game Home 17 by Brad Boyd vs. North Texas, 1/24/02 Home 72-69 (+3) vs. Denver, 2/11/03 Away 10 by Chris Snowden at Texas-Pan American, 1/18/97 Away 65-59 (+6) at UTEP, 12/11/05 Neutral 10 by Randell Daigle vs. East Tennessee State, 12/22/07 Neutral 82-80 (+2) vs. East Tennessee State, 12/22/07

6-plus Turnovers Held a 10-point lead Home 6 by Elijah Millsap vs. UAB, 11/27/07 Home +12 (31-19) vs. Utah Valley, 1/15/08 Away 7 by Randell Daigle at UALR, 1/10/08 Away +21 (87-66) at Troy, 1/27/08 Neutral 6 by Elijah Millsap vs. Ohio, 12/21/07 Neutral +10 (49-39) vs. East Tennessee State, 12/21/07

LAST SERIES MEETING Box Score UL (5-17, 3-9) FG-A FT-A Reb PF TP Ast Blk Stl Min at Middle Tennessee Elijah Millsap (g) 4-13 4-7 7 2 13 0 1 1 30 Ross Mouton (g) 5-12 2-3 8 2 14 0 0 2 33 Louisiana 59 Stephen Dees (g) 2-2 1-1 1 0 6 0 0 0 8 Derek Gray (g) 2-3 2-5 3 3 7 5 0 4 19 Adam James (c) 0-0 0-0 1 4 0 0 0 0 11 Middle Tennessee 71 Tyren Johnson 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Willie Lago 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Jan. 27, 2007 • Murphy Center Alphonso Williams 0-2 2-4 1 1 2 1 0 1 14 David Dees 4-11 0-0 3 0 8 0 0 0 36 Murfreesboro, Tenn. • Attendance: 4,982 Rhett Hebert 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - Louisiana’s road woes continued Saturday evening, Courtney Wallace 3-5 3-4 1 4 9 0 1 1 17 as the Cajuns dropped their 11th consecutive road game of the season by a fi nal Valentino Hart 0-1 0-1 4 4 0 0 1 0 16 score of 71-59 at Middle Tennessee. TEAM 3 Louisiana (5-17, 3-9) struggled all night on the defensive end, allowing Middle Totals 20-50 14-25 32 21 59 6 3 9 200 Tennessee (10-11, 6-5) to shoot 51 percent for the game, including 60 percent in the second half, en route to the Blue Raiders fi rst home conference victory of the MT (10-11, 6-5) FG-A FT-A Reb PF TP Ast Blk Stl Min season. Calvin O’Neal (g) 6-9 3-5 1 0 17 0 0 1 34 The Cajuns led for just 31 seconds of the fi rst half and for 93 seconds early in Kevin Kanaskie (g) 6-9 2-3 2 4 18 13 0 0 38 the second half. Darren Avery (g) 1-3 0-0 5 1 3 0 1 1 17 The Blue Raiders slim halftime lead was gone 80 seconds into the second Tim Blue (f) 0-3 2-4 6 5 2 1 0 1 21 half. A dunk by David Dees and free throw by Derek Gray tied the game at 29- Kyle Young (c) 3-6 4-8 9 3 10 2 2 1 33 29. Dees’ next basket gave the Cajuns their fi rst lead since the game’s opening Nigel Johnson 2-3 0-0 0 1 4 2 0 1 11 basket by Ross Mouton. Dino Hair 0-1 0-0 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 Kevin Kanaskie single handedly pushed MT back in front. His three-pointer, Desmond Yates 5-12 2-2 3 1 13 0 0 0 28 driving lay-up and pair of free throws sparked a 9-0 run which gave the hosts a Theryn Hudson 2-3 0-0 4 3 4 0 1 0 16 38-31 edge at 14:08. UL let their defi cit slip into double fi gures, 49-39, at the 8:48 TEAM 3 mark. Totals 25-49 13-22 34 22 71 18 4 5 200 A pair of Kanaskie triples minutes later moved the Blue Raiders lead up to 15 points, 62-47, with 5:16 remaining. The Cajuns couldn’t muster a run in the fi nal Halftime: MT 27, UL 26. 3-pt Field Goals: UL 5-9 (Mouton 2-4; S. Dees 1-1; Gray minutes. 1-1; Millsap 1-2; D. Dees 0-1), MT 8-13 (Kanaskie 4-6; O’Neil 2-2’ Avery 1-2; Yates Mouton led the Cajuns with 14 points. Elijah Millsap was the only other Cajun 1-2; Johnson 0-1). Turnovers: MT 13, UL 11. Offi cials: R-Steve Pyatt, U1-Jeff in double fi gures with 13 points. Kanaskie led all players with 18 points and 13 Malham, U2-Barry Mathis. A: 4,982. assists. Three other Blue Raiders fi nished in double fi gures.

2007-08 Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns Men’s Basketball Game Day Notebook The Middle Tennessee Game • 7 Notes & Trends Middle Tennessee Preview • Junior guard Kevin Kanaskie moved past two players as he continued to climb the all-time 3- 07-08 Louisiana Trends point fi eld goals made list at Middle Tennessee. Kanaskie’s four second-half 3-pointers against Controlling the tip: 8-9 Scoring fi rst: 4-5 North Texas give him 116 for his career, which is fi fth all-time. The four 3-pointers are a season- Leading at the half: 6-3 high for Kanaskie, who also tied his season high for fi eld goals made (5). The 18 points were a Trailing at the half: 3-6 season-high for the junior point guard. Tied at half: 0-2 • Nigel Johnson pulled a career-high 10 rebounds against North Texas to lead all players from Leading with 5:00 left: 7-2 either team in that category. It’s Johnson’s fi rst double-fi gure rebounding game but he has had Trailing with 5:00 left: 2-9 fi ve or more rebounds in a game six times this season. Tied with 5:00 left: 0-0 • Demetrius Green easily had his best game as a Blue Raider in the 69-60 win against North In Overtime: 1-1 Texas. The junior guard had a game-high 21 points on 10-of-16 shooting and he also had fi ve Double Overtime: 0-0 assists and fi ve steals, establishing personal best in each category. Green scored 13 consecutive UL outrebounds opp.: 6-1 points for the Blue Raiders during an eight-minute stretch from the end of the fi rst half into the UL is outrebounded: 3-7 start of the second. Rebounds are equal: 0-3 • Middle Tennessee only made it to the line 11 times against North Texas but the Blue Raiders UL commits more TO: 2-5 knocked down all 11 charity tosses, including 8-of-8 in the fi nal 2:51. UL forces more TO: 6-5 • Middle Tennessee improved to 4-0 against North Texas at Murphy Center, including 3-0 under Turnovers are equal: 1-1 Head Coach Kermit Davis...The Blue Raiders improved to 57-41 all-time under Davis after Jan. UL has more FTA: 4-2 1...Middle Tennessee’s 52 Sun Belt wins since 2002-03 are fourth-most among Sun Belt teams... Opp. has more FTA: 5-9 Junior center Theryn Hudson missed his third straight game with a foot injury. FT attempts are equal: 0-0 UL shoots better than 50%: 1-0 After the Middle Tennessee game... UL shoots less than 50%: 8-11 • Louisiana returns to the road in Sun Belt play when they face the FIU Golden Panthers in Miami Opp. shoots better than 50%: 1-5 on Wednesday, Feb. 6, at 6:30 p.m. Opp. shoots less than 50%: 3-6 Opp. shoots less than 40%: 5-0 A Win by Louisiana... UL outshoots opp. (%) 7-3 Opp. outshoots UL (%) 2-8 • would give the Ragin’ Cajuns a two-game Sun Belt winning streak and move them to within Shooting is tied (%) 0-0 one game of .500. UL hits 40% of 3FG: 3-1 UL hits less than 40% of 3FG: 6-10 A Loss by Louisiana... UL outshoots opp. (3FG): 4-3 would drop the Cajuns to 9-12 overall and 5-5 in the Sun Belt West Division. • UL hits at least 70% of FTA: 2-4 UL hits at least 60% of FTA: 4-5 There You Go, Gradnigo UL bench outscores opp.: 9-8 • Entering Thursday’s contest at South Alabama, freshman Chris Gradnigo had missed his last Opp. bench outscores UL: 0-2 12 three-point fi eld goals and was 0-for-2008 from downtown. Bench scoring is equal: 0-1 • Gradnigo answered the call, scoring a game-high 19 points, while draining a career-high-tying Following a UL win: 4-4 eight fi eld goals, including three triples. Following a UL loss: 4-7 • Prior to his 19-point eff ort, Gradnigo had managed just 23 points in his previous six games. 3 score in double fi gures: 3-2 • Gradnigo added 10 points in Sunday’s win at Troy, fi nishing the week 12-of-16 from the fl oor. 4 score in double fi gures: 5-0 5+ in double fi gures: 0-0 Double-Digit Turnaround... • Thursday, Louisiana led by as many as 13 points in the fi rst half, leading South Alabama 34- Uniforms 21 with less than three minutes remaining until halftime. However, after the Jaguars cut the White uniforms: 5-4 Cajuns’ lead to seven at the half, South Alabama out-scored the Cajuns by 13 points in the Red uniforms: 4-7 second stanza to hand Louisiana its fourth straight Sun Belt loss. • It was Louisiana’s third double-digit lead relinquished in the last six games. Months of the Year In November: 1-4 20-Plus In December: 4-3 In January: 4-4 • Louisiana’s 21-point thumping of the Troy Trojans Sunday was the largest margin of victory for In February: 0-0 the Cajuns this season. In March: 0-0 • The Ragin’ Cajuns have only held a 20-point lead twice this season - both have come against SBC competition. UL led by as many as 29 points vs. Florida Atlantic on Dec. 29 before winning Days of the Week by 19. Monday 0-0 Tuesday: 1-3 Bench Comes Up Strong Wednesday: 2-0 • Louisiana’s starters managed just 28 points Thursday night at South Alabama, while the bench Thursday 1-3 came up with 32 points in the 66-60 loss. Chris Gradnigo accounted for 19 of those 32 points, Friday: 0-3 making eight of the bench’s 14 fi eld goals. Saturday: 3-2 Sunday: 2-0

2007-08 Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns Men’s Basketball Game Day Notebook The Middle Tennessee Game • 8 Notes & Trends High-Percentage Shooting ESPN/USA Today Top 25 • Louisiana shot a season-high 85.7 percent (18-of-21) from the free throw line in last Saturday’s Release Date: Jan. 21, 2008 69-66 loss to Western Kentucky. It marked the Cajuns’ best free throw shooting night against a SBC foe since Jan. 28, 2006, when they shot 88.9 percent (16-of-18) at Middle Tennessee. Rk Team (1st Place Votes) Record 1. Memphis (21) 17-0 Five Alive 2. Kansas (10) 18-0 • David Dees’ season-high fi ve triples in Tuesday’s night win marked the fourth time this season 3. Duke 15-1 that a Cajun has hit fi ve treys in a game. All four single-game performances have come in the 4. North Carolina 18-1 Cajuns’ last eight games. Dees joined Chris Gradnigo (5 vs. Ohio, 6 vs. ETSU) and Randell 5. Tennessee 16-1 Daigle (5 at North Texas) as the only players to make fi ve threes in a single game this season. 6. Washington State 16-1 7. UCLA 16-2 What’s Your Name? 8. Indiana 16-1 • For the fi rst time in the 2007-08 season, Louisiana wore name plates on the back of its jerseys 9. Georgetown 14-2 against Western Kentucky on January 19. 10. Michigan State 16-2 11. Wisconsin 15-2 Crowd Pleasers 12. Texas 14-3 • Saturday night’s crowd 6,190 was the largest at the CAJUNDOME this season and the most 13. Vanderbilt 17-2 since February 2005. Through eight home games, UL is averaging 4,155 fans per game, posting 14. Butler 17-2 a 5-3 record at the ‘DOME. 15. Mississippi 15-2 • This season alone, the Cajuns have had two crowds of 5,000-plus. Prior to the 2007-08 season, 16. Texas A&M 15-3 the Cajuns did not have a home crowd of 5,000 or more in the last 25 home games (dating back 17. Pittsburgh 15-3 to the 2004-05 season). 18. Villanova 13-3 19. Dayton 14-2 Another First-Half Meltdown 20. Marquette 13-4 • Louisiana held a 12-point lead over Utah Valley with 2:34 remaining in the fi rst half before the 21. Stanford 15-3 Wolverines closed the gap to night at the break. UV fi nally overpowered the Cajuns at the 10:50 22. Xavier 15-4 mark of the second half, taking a one-point lead, 43-42. That 12-point lead was the second- 23. Drake 16-1 largest lead the Cajuns have surrendered this season. 24. St. Mary’s 15-2 • Nearly 17 minutes into the fi rst half at UALR, Louisiana opened up the Sun Belt contest with 25. Clemson 14-4 an 11-point lead, 31-20, and appeared to be well on its way to its fi fth straight win in league play. However, the Trojans made a furious rally, rattling off 13 straight points, as the Cajuns Associated Press Top 25 committed fi ve turnovers down the stretch. UALR entered the break with a 33-31 lead - its fi rst Release Date: Jan. 21, 2008 lead of the fi rst half. Rk Team (1st Place Votes) Record • The Cajuns’ 11-point lead at UALR was the third-largest lead Louisiana has blown this 1. Memphis (49) 17-0 season. Last month, the Cajuns blew a 15-point lead to East Tennessee State at the Outrigger 2. Kansas (23) 18-0 Hotels Rainbow Classic. UL would eventually tie the game late to force overtime, ultimately 3. Tennessee 16-1 winning 82-80. 4. Duke 15-1 5. North Carolina 18-1 Role Reversal 6. Washington State 16-1 • Sophomore point guard Randell Daigle was one of the main catalysts for Louisiana’s 6-1 run 7. Indiana 16-1 to get the Cajuns back to .500 at 7-7. However, last Thursday night, Daigle committed a career- 8. UCLA 16-2 high seven turnovers as the Cajuns saw their four-game win streak snapped, 74-63, at UALR. 9. Georgetown 14-2 • Prior to UALR, Daigle dished out a team-high 35 assists, while turning the rock over just 13 10. Michigan State 16-2 times in the previous seven games. But, Daigle’s seven turnovers Thursday night accounted for more than half of his previous seven-game total. 11. Wisconsin 15-2 12. Texas 14-3 Bench Silence 13. Pittsburgh 15-3 • For just the second time this season, Louisiana’s bench was out-scored by the opposition. UALR’s 14. Vanderbilt 17-2 reserves stymied the Cajuns, out-scoring their non-starters 25-17. The only other occurrence of 15. Butler 17-2 Louisiana’s bench being out-scored was at Louisiana Tech on Nov. 16. 16. Dayton 14-2 • Louisiana’s seven reserves went 4-of-15 from the fl oor at UALR and 1-of-6 from three-point 17. Mississippi 15-2 land. However, the Cajuns’ non-starters did hit eight of Louisiana’s 11 free throws. 18. Villanova 13-3 Texas A&M 15-3 Four Score...And the Cajuns are 5-0 20. Stanford 15-3 • When Louisiana has four or more players scoring in double fi gures, the Ragin’ Cajuns are 5-0 21. Marquette 13-4 this season. 22. Drake 16-1 23. Xavier 15-4 Three Score...And the Cajuns are 8-2 24. Arizona State 14-3 • When Louisiana has three or more players scoring in double fi gures, the Cajuns are 8-2. 25. Baylor 15-2

2007-08 Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns Men’s Basketball Game Day Notebook The Middle Tennessee Game • 9 Notes & Trends BY THE NUMBERS Louisiana in Sun Belt Conference Home Games • Louisiana is 91-30 (75.8 percent) all-time in Sun Belt Conference games at the CAJUNDOME. In 16 previous seasons, Louisiana has won six or more SBC home games 11 times. 13 The Streak is Over • With UALR’s 74-63 victory, Louisiana saw its four-game winning streak snapped - its longest of Louisiana held a 13-point lead with the season. Louisiana’s four-game streak was the longest by a Cajuns squad since the end of the 2:50 remaining in the ﬁ rst half at South 2005-06 season. Alabama

Home, Sweet Dome • The 2007-08 campaign marks the 23rd season of Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns men’s basketball at the 11,550-seat CAJUNDOME. Louisiana is 215-84 (.720) all-time at the facility and welcomes 23 four fi rst-time visitors to the ‘DOME this season. Louisiana led by as many as 23 points Sunday at Troy Bouncing Back • In the last two seasons, Louisiana is 16-30 following a loss (7-8 in 2005-06; 5-15 in 2006-07) under fourth-year head coach Robert Lee. 4:18 In Search of the Century Mark • It has been 124 games and more than three seasons since Louisiana has eclipsed the 100-point Louisiana held south Alabama without a mark in a game. Louisiana’s last 100-point game was Jan. 29, 2004, at Western Kentucky (110- fi eld goal for the fi nal 4:18 Thursday 102). Louisiana is 120-3 (.976) all-time in 100-point contests, including a 25-2 (.925) mark away from the CAJUNDOME. UL is an impressive 30-1 (.968) at home in games when reaching the century mark. 12 Bench is More, Once Again • Louisiana’s bench has out-scored the opposition an astounding 145-47 in its fi rst four games Chris Gradnigo snapped his streak of 12 in the Sun Belt this season. During Saturday’s huge win vs. UNO, Louisiana’s bench out-scored straight misses from three-point range New Orleans’ non-starters 41-0. with three triples Thursday • In Louisiana’s overtime victory at ULM in the SBC opener for both schools, the Cajuns’ bench out-scored ULM 45-12! Even more impressive is that the Cajuns’ reserves scored 40 of their 45 points in the second half. Of those 45 bench points, 38 came from a trio of Cajuns rookies - Chris Gradnigo (15), Randell Daigle (12) and Travis Bureau (11). In the second half, the trio 0 scored 33 of its 38 points in the second half. Number of three-pointers Gradnigo had made in 2008 prior to Thursday’s game Road Warriors • Louisiana is 14-43 on the road under fourth-year head coach Robert Lee. UL fi nished 1-10 on the road during the month of November under Lee. Louisiana is 9-16 on the road in December under Lee. 18 CAJUNDOME Close Calls Louisiana pulled down a Robert Lee-era • Twenty-three (24) of the last 41 games in the CAJUNDOME have been decided by 10 low 18 rebounds in Thursday’s lost, tying points or less, including 11 by fi ve points or less: a school-low for rebounds in a SBC game

Date Opponent Result Jan. 19, 2008 Western Kentucky L, 66-69 Feb. 24, 2007 North Texas L, 70-72 85.7% Feb. 3, 2007 New Orleans W, 67-64 Louisiana shot 85.7 percent (18-of-21) Jan. 16, 2007 South Alabama L, 69-73 from the free throw line vs. WKU Jan. 6, 2007 FIU W, 74-71 Jan. 4, 2007 Denver W, 66-64 Dec. 28, 2006 UALR L, 55-59 Dec. 2, 2006 Louisiana Tech W, 65-60 9 Nov. 24, 2006 Cal State Fullerton L, 89-91 (OT) Feb. 18, 2006 Stephen F. Austin W, 66-63 Louisiana committed just nine turnovers Jan. 5, 2005 Southern Illinois W, 63-61 at Troy - the fewest this season

2007-08 Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns Men’s Basketball Game Day Notebook The Middle Tennessee Game • 10 Head Coach Robert Lee LEE AT A GLANCE robert Birthdate LEE March 12, 1968 Hometown New Roads, La.

Year at UL Head Coach 12th (Fourth as head coach) Fourth Season Nicholls State, 1991 UL Coaching Record 34-51

He paid his dues. Now it’s his turn to call the shots. That was the motto under which Louisiana’s Career Coaching Record Ragin’ Cajuns men’s basketball head coach Robert Lee entered the 2004-05 season with – his Same fi rst as the top boss of the program. Lee had spent the previous eight seasons as an assistant coach on the Ragin’ Cajuns bench Alma Mater under former head coaches Marty Fletcher and Jessie Evans. During the off season following Nicholls State, 1991 the 2003-04 season, Lee was elevated to head coach rewarding him for his outstanding service to the program while an assistant. Family Now, Lee enters his fourth season as the head coach of the men’s basketball program. wife Donique, daughter Jourdan and son Trei In his fi rst year as head coach, he posted an even 3-3 mark on the court. His second season at the helm in Cajun Country didn’t go as smooth as the fi rst – the Ragin’ Cajuns suff ered their fi rst losing season since 1998-99. But, to his credit Lee was able to make some late season adjustments in the team’s style of play to fi t his personnel – a trait which makes him one of the top strategists in the Sun Belt Conference. UL was sitting at 5-14 at the end of February and could have mailed it in down the stretch. Lee wouldn’t allow his team to do so. He took a group of guys and taught them to value the “team” concept and not worry about the individual statistics. The end result was his squad ending the regular season 7-1 in February and advancing to the semifi nals of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament. To transform a team that looked disorganized for nearly two-thirds of the season into a conference contender in the fi nal fi ve weeks speaks volumes of the determination that Lee has to see the Louisiana-Lafayette program succeed. More valuable in Lee’s character is importance on preparing young men for the future. More memorable than wins and losses in the 2005-06 season was Lee’s molding of Michael Southall into a dominant basketball player once more. Southall who had spent the previous two seasons away from basketball with off -court issues was given a second chance with the Ragin’ Cajuns. Lee looked at it as an opportunity for a young man to prepare for the future. The chance given to Southall allowed him to play competitively once more to improve his chances at a spot in the NBA and allowed Lee to teach him the values of being a well-rounded citizen. Last season, the Ragin’ Cajuns suff ered the fewest wins (9) since the 1986-87 season when UL won just 11 contests. It was also UL’s fi rst non-winning record at the Cajundome since 1994-95. Even though Lee has only been the UL head coach for three full seasons, he has already laid down the foundation for a program that will focus on winning in the game of life fi rst and letting the chips fall where they may on the basketball court.

The Basics The veteran of the Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns men’s basketball staﬀ , now in his 12th season with the program overall and fourth season as the head coach, Robert Lee was elevated

LEE CAREER BY THE NUMBERS As an Assistant Coach at UL Overall Conference Season School W L PCT. W L PCT. NOTES 1996-97 Louisiana-Lafayette 12 16 .429 9 9 .500 1997-98 Louisiana-Lafayette 18 13 .581 12 6 .667 Cajuns advanced to Sun Belt Tournament title game 1998-99 Louisiana-Lafayette 13 16 .448 7 7 .500 Home win over Texas Tech 1999-00 Louisiana-Lafayette 25 9 .735 13 3 .813 Won Sun Belt Tournament; School Record 25 Wins; Advanced to NCAA Tournament 2000-01 Louisiana-Lafayette 16 13 .522 10 6 .625 Tied for Second in Sun Belt West Division 2001-02 Louisiana-Lafayette 20 11 .645 11 4 .733 Tied for First in Sun Belt West Division; Advanced to NIT Opening Round 2002-03 Louisiana-Lafayette 20 10 .667 12 3 .800 Finished First in Sun Belt West Division; Advanced to NIT First Round 2003-04 Louisiana-Lafayette 6 5 .545 1 1 .500 *Season includes games later vacated due to NCAA sanctions. Actual on-court record was 20-9 in 2003-04. Career 130 93 .583 75 39.658

As Head Coach at UL Overall Conference Season School W L PCT. W L PCT. NOTES 2004-05 Louisiana-Lafayette 3 3 .500 0 1 .000 *Season includes games later vacated due to NCAA sanctions. Actual on-court record was 20-11 in 2004-05. 2005-06 Louisiana-Lafayette 13 16 .448 7 8 .467 2006-07 Louisiana-Lafayette 9 21 .300 7 11 .389 2007-08 Louisiana-Lafayette 9 11 .450 5 4 .556 Won home opener for third time in four years Career 34 51 .400 19 24 .442 2007-08 Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns Men’s Basketball Game Day Notebook The Middle Tennessee Game • 11 Head Coach Robert Lee LEE VS. THE OPPOSITION

Sun Belt Conference Arkansas State 3-2 Denver 4-3 Florida Atlantic 1-1 Florida International 3-2 Louisiana-Monroe 2-1 Middle Tennessee 2-2 New Orleans 6-1 North Texas 3-5 South Alabama 3-3 Troy 3-2 UALR 1-3 Western Kentucky 1-4

Non-Conference Cal State Fullerton 0-2 Charlotte 0-3 East Tennessee State 1-0 Georgia State 2-2 Hawai’i 1-0 Kansas 0-1 to the position of head coach on Aug. 17, 2004, when he was offi cially introduced as the program’s Louisiana State 0-2 top boss after an eight-year stint as a valued assistant. Louisiana Tech 2-2 Lee, 39, is a New Roads, La., native and 1991 graduate of Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisville 0-1 La. McNeese State 2-2 He spent eight seasons as an assistant coach at Louisiana-Lafayette serving on the staff s of former head coaches Marty Fletcher (1996-97) and Jessie Evans (1997-2004) before taking over as Mississippi 0-1 head coach prior to the 2004-05 season. Nevada 0-2 In his involvement with the Ragin’ Cajuns men’s basketball program, Lee saw the program win the New Mexico State 2-0 2000 Sun Belt Tournament championship, while making an NCAA appearance that same season North Alabama 1-0 and win two more Sun Belt Western Division crowns. North Carolina State 0-1 Prior to Louisiana-Lafayette Ohio 0-1 Lee joined the Ragin’ Cajuns basketball program during the summer of 1996 after serving four Oral Roberts 0-2 years as head coach at nearby Opelousas High School. Lee guided OHS to four consecutive 20-win Ouachita Baptist 1-0 seasons including a 29-5 mark in his year in 1995-96, which also included a berth in the state Class Rice 1-0 4A quarterfi nals. He was named the District 5-4A Coach of the Year for those eff orts. Lee also directed the Tigers to the state quarterfi nals one year earlier in 1994-95 with a 29-8 St. Mary’s (Texas) 1-0 record, when he was named St. Landry Parish’s Coach of the Year for the second straight year. The Southern Illinois 1-1 fi rst of those honors came in the 1993-94 season when Opelousas High advanced to the Top 28 Stephen F. Austin 1-1 state tournament and compiled a 31-6 record. Tennessee 0-3 He began his prep coaching career in 1992-93 at OHS where he guided the Tigers to the bi- district playoff s and a 20-10 record. He was named the Coach of the Year on the All-Acadiana team UAB 0-1 by the Lafayette Daily Advertiser that season, and the successes of the next three years gave him a UCF 0-1 career-prep record of 109-29 (.790) including four straight playoff appearances. Utah Valley 1-0 Before launching his coaching career at Opelousas High, Lee served for one year as a student UTEP 1-0 assistant at Nicholls State in 1990-91 under head coach Ricky Broussard. Vanderbilt 0-1 While at Louisiana-Lafayette During his tenure at Louisiana-Lafayette, Lee has been a part of a program which has advanced to the Sun Belt Tournament semifi nals in six of the last seven seasons, won the Sun Belt Tournament in 2000, advanced to the NCAA Tournament once and the NIT twice, while claiming two Sun Belt West Division championships. In working with the Louisiana-Lafayette backcourt, Lee helped guide two Cajun guards into career 1,000-point members and shaped Antoine Landry into a career year during his senior season. Lee worked with Blane Harmon and Brad Boyd, both of whom joined the 1,000-point club. In the 2003- 04 season, Boyd became the Cajuns’ all-time leader in three-point fi eld goals made.

Personal Lee was a four-year letterwinner at Nicholls State and served as team captain in his senior season in 1989-90 under then Colonels head coach Gordon Stouﬀ er. Lee received his bachelor’s degree in general studies from Nicholls State on May 17, 1991, while earning both President’s List and Dean’s List honors for his academic achievement. Lee and his wife Donique are the parents of one daughter, Jourdan, and one son, Trei.

2007-08 Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns Men’s Basketball Game Day Notebook The Middle Tennessee Game • 12 2007-08 Superlatives INDIVIDUAL Category Louisiana Opponent Points Scored 26 - Elijah Millsap vs. UAB (11/27/07) 27 - Kevin Tiggs, East Tennessee State (12/22/07) Field Goals Made 10 - Elijah Millsap vs. UAB (11/27/07) 11 - Kevin Tiggs, East Tennessee State (12/22/07) Field Goals Attempted 22 - Elijah Millsap vs. UAB (11/27/07) 18 - Bo McCalebb, New Orleans (1/5/08) Field Goal Percentage (min. 5 made) .857 [6-of-7] - David Dees vs. Arkansas State (1/3/08) .875 [7-of-8] - Quincy Williams, North Texas (1/12/08) 1.000 [5-of-5] - Sean Alarcon, Florida Atlantic (12/29/07) 3-Point Field Goals Made 6 - Chris Gradnigo vs. East Tennessee State (12/22/07) 5 - Jordan Howell, Tennessee (11/30/07) 3-Point Field Goals Attempted 10 - Randell Daigle at North Texas (1/12/08) 8 - Courtney Pigram, East Tennessee State (12/22/07) 10 - Randell Daigle at Hawaiì (12/19/07) 8 - Jordan Howell, Tennessee (11/30/07) 3-Point Field Goal Percentage (min. 3 made) .833 [5-of-6] - David Dees vs. Utah Valley (1/15/08) 1.000 [3-of-3] - Sean Alarcon, Florida Atlantic (12/29/07) .750 [3-of-4] - Justin Orr, Ohio (12/21/07) .750 [3-of-4] - Yemi Ogunoye, Oral Roberts (11/20/07) .750 [3-of-4] - Quinn Beckwith, North Alabama (11/14/07) Free Throws Made 13 - David Dees vs. McNeese State (12/13/07) 11 - Bo McCalebb, New Orleans (1/5/08) 13 - Elijah Millsap at UCF (12/11/07) 11 - Leon Williams, Ohio (12/21/07) Free Throws Attempted 16 - David Dees vs. McNeese State (12/13/07) 14 - Bo McCalebb, New Orleans (1/5/08) Free Throw Percentage (min. 4 made) 1.000 [4-of-4] - La’Ryan Gary vs. Florida Atlantic (12/29/07) 1.000 [5-of-5] - Demetric Bennett, South Alabama (1/24/08) 1.000 [4-of-4] - Chris Gradnigo at ULM (12/16/07) 1.000 [5-of-5] - Jordan Payne, ULM (12/16/07) .929 [13-of-14] - Elijah Millsap at UCF (12/11/07) 1.000 [4-of-4] - Riley Luettgerodt, Hawaiì (12/19/07) 1.000 [4-of-4] - Orren Times, Louisiana Tech (11/16/07) .888 [8-of-9] - Collin Dennis, North Texas (1/12/08) Off ensive Rebounds 8 - La’Ryan Gary at UCF (12/11/07) 5 - Leon Williams, Ohio (12/21/07) 5 - Duke Crews, Tennessee (11/30/07) Defensive Rebounds 9 - Elijah Millsap vs. North Alabama (11/14/07) 8 - Four Players Most recently by DeAndre Coleman, South Alabama (1/24/08) Total Rebounds 11 - Elijah Millsap at Hawaiì (12/19/07) 12 - DeAndre Coleman, South Alabama (1/24/08) Assists 10 - Randell Daigle vs. East Tennessee State (12/22/07) 8 - Tyler Smith, Tennessee (11/30/07) Steals 6 - Elijah Millsap vs. North Alabama (11/14/07) 3 - Seven Players Most recently by Ben Bell, North Texas (1/12/08) Blocked Shots 4 - Tyren Johnson at UCF (12/11/07) 4 - Stanley Billings, UCF (12/11/07) Turnovers 7 - Randell Daigle at UALR (1/10/08) 8 - Robert Vaden, UAB (11/27/07) Minutes Played 40 - Elijah Millsap vs. UAB (11/27/07) 44 - Kevin Tiggs, East Tennessee State (12/22/07) TEAM Louisiana High Louisiana Low Category Opponent Low Opponent High 87 at Troy (1/27/08) 52 at UCF (12/11/07) Points Scored 52, Florida Atlantic (12/29/07) 98, Tennessee (11/30/07) 35 at Troy (1/27/08) 13 at UCF (12/11/07) Field Goals Made 17, New Orleans (1/5/08) 35, Tennessee (11/30/07) 17, Florida Atlantic (12/29/07) 68 at Troy (1/27/08) 47 vs. Western Kentucky (1/19/08) Field Goals Attempted 39, Oral Roberts (11/20/07) 68, ETSU (12/22/07) 47 vs. Utah Valley (1/15/08) .515 at Troy (1/27/08) .232 at UCF (12/11/07) Field Goal Percentage .315, New Orleans (1/5/08) .571, UAB (11/27/07) 14 vs. ETSU (12/22/07) 2 at Louisiana Tech (11/16/07) 3-Point Field Goals Made 1, Louisiana Tech (11/16/07) 12, Tennessee (11/30/07) 29 vs. Ohio (12/21/07) 15 vs. Western Kentucky (1/19/08) 3-Point Field Goals Attempted 4, Louisiana Tech (11/16/07) 25, Tennessee (11/30/07) 15 at Hawaiì (12/19/07) .519 vs. ETSU (12/22/07) .111 at Louisiana Tech (11/16/07) 3-Point Field Goal Percentage .133, Hawaiì (12/19/07) .583, ETSU (12/22/07) 22 vs. McNeese State (12/13/07) 9 at South Alabama (1/24/08) Free Throws Made 9, North Alabama (11/14/07) 23, UALR (1/10/08) 33 at Hawaiì (12/19/07) 12 at South Alabama (1/24/08) Free Throws Attempted 10, North Alabama (11/14/07) 32, North Texas (1/12/08) 32, Oral Roberts (11/20/07) .857 vs. Western Kentucky (1/19/08) .480 vs. North Alabama (11/14/07) Free Throw Percentage .581, UAB (11/27/07) .900, North Alabama (11/14/07) 22 at UCF (12/11/07) 5 at South Alabama (1/24/08) Off ensive Rebounds 6, Troy (1/27/08) 19, ETSU (12/22/07) 6, Arkansas State (1/3/08) 33 at Troy (1/27/08) 13 at South Alabama (1/24/08) Defensive Rebounds 17, UALR (1/10/08) 31, UAB (11/27/07) 49 vs. North Alabama (11/14/07) 18 at South Alabama (1/24/08) Total Rebounds 26, Arkansas State (1/3/08) 41, ETSU (12/22/07) 41, Hawaiì (12/19/07) 41, ULM (12/16/07) 41, Tennessee (11/30/07) 41, UAB (11/27/07) 22 vs. ETSU (12/22/07) 3 at UCF (12/11/07) Assists 3, New Orleans (1/5/08) 25, Tennessee (11/30/07) 12 at UCF (12/11/07) 3 vs. McNeese State (12/13/07) Steals 2, South Alabama (1/24/08) 11, Tennessee (11/30/07) 12 vs. North Alabama (11/14/07) 2, Hawaiì (12/19/07) 2, McNeese State (12/13/07) 7 at Troy (1/27/08) 0 at Oral Roberts (11/20/07) Blocked Shots 0, Utah Valley (1/15/08) 7, UCF (12/11/07) 7 at UALR (1/10/08) 0, Florida Atlantic (12/29/07) 7 vs. North Alabama (11/14/07) 22 at UCF (12/11/07) 9 at Troy (1/27/08) Turnovers 10, New Orleans (1/5/08) 27, UAB (11/27/07) 29 vs. UAB (11/27/07) 10 vs. North Alabama (11/14/07) Fouls 14, Troy (1/27/08) 24, McNeese State (12/13/07) 14, South Alabama (1/24/08) 2 at #11 Tennessee (11/30/07) 0, 11Times Fouled Out 0, 16 Times 1, Two Times 47 (2) at ULM (12/16/07) 21 (1) at ULM (12/16/07) Points/Half 23 (1), Florida Atlantic (12/29/07) 52 (2), Tennessee (11/30/07) 47 (2) vs. North Alabama (11/14/07) .667 (ot) vs. ETSU (12/22/07) .125 (ot) vs. UAB (11/27/07) FG Percentage/Half .259 (2), New Orleans (1/5/08) .593 (1), Ohio (12/21/07)

2007-08 Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns Men’s Basketball Game Day Notebook The Middle Tennessee Game • 13 2007-08 Team Miscellanea Points-Rebounds-Assists 1 2 3 5 11 12 15 21 22 23 25 Tyren Randell Elijah Brandon Corey Willie Chris David Travis La’Ryan Stephen Opponent Johnson Daigle Millsap Dison Bloom Lago Gradnigo Dees Bureau Gary Dees North Alabama 3-1-1 0-0-1 21-10-4 2-1-0 2-1-2 6-2-6 15-1-0 12-7-4 DNP 10-4-1 0-2-1 at Louisiana Tech 2-5-0 0-1-0 15-10-1 4-2-0 0-0-0 5-1-1 2-1-3 11-10-1 DNP 11-4-0 0-0-0 at Oral Roberts 5-2-1 3-0-1 9-6-2 7-5-1 3-1-1 1-0-1 4-0-0 10-4-1 DNP 0-0-0 DNP UAB 0-3-1 5-1-1 26-5-0 3-2-0 0-1-1 0-0-2 14-4-1 7-2-3 DNP 2-0-0 0-1-1 at Tennessee 0-3-1 8-1-2 12-6-2 6-1-2 3-0-1 2-1-5 15-1-3 14-5-1 DNP 2-3-0 0-0-0 at UCF 3-3-1 6-1-0 13-8-1 4-4-1 0-0-0 0-1-0 3-2-0 13-8-1 DNP 9-8-0 DNP McNeese State 0-1-0 11-2-0 1-3-0 4-2-0 6-2-0 3-2-2 3-2-0 21-9-3 DNP 4-1-0 DNP at ULM 2-1-2 12-2-2 5-8-2 0-0-0 DNP 5-0-0 15-1-2 4-1-0 11-5-2 12-4-0 0-2-1 at Hawai’i 2-1-0 13-0-5 5-11-1 2-1-0 4-0-0 0-1-0 9-1-0 6-2-0 3-1-1 10-4-0 DNP vs. Ohio 1-2-0 7-0-7 6-3-2 4-3-0 0-0-0 3-0-0 22-4-0 3-2-1 11-3-1 5-4-2 DNP vs. East Tennessee State DNP 14-4-10 6-6-2 DNP DNP 3-0-1 21-6-2 2-1-0 15-4-3 16-2-2 DNP Florida Atlantic 4-8-1 9-1-4 9-4-1 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-2-1 10-2-0 0-1-0 12-1-0 10-1-2 DNP Arkansas State 0-0-0 14-1-5 16-8-2 DNP DNP 0-0-0 2-5-0 17-4-4 8-1-0 6-5-1 DNP New Orleans 2-6-1 13-4-2 2-5-0 2-1-2 8-0-0 5-0-1 0-3-0 14-6-0 4-2-1 7-6-1 DNP at UALR 6-3-1 8-2-1 10-2-0 DNP 0-0-0 4-1-2 11-4-1 6-3-1 0-0-1 11-6-2 DNP at North Texas 2-3-1 17-0-4 3-6-2 2-0-0 6-0-1 5-0-0 8-2-1 7-3-0 DNP 2-0-0 0-0-0 Utah Valley State 0-6-3 3-1-1 16-3-1 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 20-1-2 3-2-1 9-5-0 0-0-0 Western Kentucky 5-3-0 4-0-2 9-1-2 0-0-0 DNP 2-1-0 2-1-2 11-5-1 11-2-0 6-2-0 DNP at South Alabama 0-0-0 6-0-3 7-2-1 6-3-1 3-1-0 DNP 19-3-1 8-3-2 0-0-0 5-0-1 DNP at Troy 4-7-3 8-4-6 21-6-4 4-3-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 10-3-1 2-1-1 16-3-3 15-6-1 0-0-0 Middle Tennessee at FIU at Denver ULM at Arkansas State at New Orleans UALR North Texas Denver

31 32 42 Maurice Abray Courtney LOUISIANA STARTING LINEUPS (GAME-BY-GAME) Opponent Barksdale Milson Wallace Opponent G G G F C North Alabama 0-0-0 4-6-1 4-7-0 North Alabama Lago D. Dees Millsap Gary Milson at Louisiana Tech 2-0-0 4-1-0 0-2-0 Louisiana Tech Lago D. Dees Millsap Gary Milson at Oral Roberts 2-0-1 2-5-1 7-2-0 Oral Roberts Lago D. Dees Millsap Gary Milson UAB 4-2-2 2-2-0 9-4-0 UAB Barksdale Millsap Gradnigo (f) Gary Milson at Tennessee 2-0-1 3-2-0 6-6-0 Tennessee Lago Millsap Gradnigo (f) Gary Milson at UCF DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 McNeese State 0-0-0 2-4-0 6-4-0 UCF D. Dees Dison Millsap Gradnigo Milson at ULM DNP 2-4-1 0-0-0 McNeese State Daigle D. Dees Millsap Dison (g) Milson at Hawai’i 2-0-0 0-8-0 5-9-0 Louisiana-Monroe S. Dees D. Dees Millsap Gary Milson vs. Ohio 0-0-1 0-2-0 6-0-0 Hawai’i Daigle D. Dees Millsap Gary Milson vs. East Tennessee State DNP 4-3-1 1-1-1 Ohio Daigle Millsap Gradnigo (f) Gary Milson Florida Atlantic 0-0-0 3-3-0 13-5-0 East Tennessee State Daigle Millsap Gradnigo (f) Gary Milson Arkansas State DNP 6-4-0 2-3-0 Florida Atlantic Daigle Millsap Gradnigo (f) Gary Milson New Orleans DNP 4-5-1 6-9-0 Arkansas State Daigle Millsap Gradnigo (f) Gary Milson at UALR 1-2-0 6-5-0 0-1-0 New Orleans Daigle Millsap Gradnigo (f) Gary Milson at North Texas 0-0-0 10-6-1 3-6-1 UALR Daigle Millsap Gradnigo (f) Gary Milson Utah Valley State DNP 2-2-0 14-5-0 North Texas Daigle Millsap Gradnigo (f) Gary Milson Western Kentucky 3-1-0 4-0-1 9-8-1 Utah Valley State Daigle D. Dees Bureau (f) Gary Milson at South Alabama 0-0-4 2-1-0 4-1-0 Western Kentucky Daigle D. Dees Millsap Gary Milson at Troy 0-1-0 0-1-1 7-3-0 South Alabama Daigle D. Dees Millsap Gary Milson Middle Tennessee Troy Daigle D. Dees Millsap Gary Milson at FIU Middle Tennessee at Denver FIU ULM Denver at Arkansas State Louisiana-Monroe at New Orleans Arkansas State UALR New Orleans North Texas UALR Denver North Texas Denver

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#1 TYREN JOHNSON #2 RANDELL DAIGLE #3 ELIJAH MILLSAP 6-8 • 195 • Sophomore • 1L 5-10 • 177 • Sophomore • HS 6-6 • 211 • Sophomore • 1L Forward Guard Guard Edgard, La. (West St. John) Lafayette, La. (Northside) Grambling, La. (Grambling) 07-08 SEASON HIGHS 07-08 SEASON HIGHS 07-08 SEASON HIGHS

Points 6 at UALR (Jan. 10, 2008) Points 17 at North Texas (Jan. 12, 2008) Points 26 vs. UAB (Nov. 27, 2007) Rebounds 8 vs. Florida Atlantic (Dec. 29, 2007) Rebounds 4, Twice Rebounds 11 at Hawai`i (Dec. 19, 2007) last vs. New Orleans (Jan. 5, 2008) Field Goals Made 2, Three Times Field Goals Made 10 vs. UAB (Nov. 27, 2007) Field Goals Made 5, Three Times last at UALR (Jan. 10, 2008) 3-Pt Field Goals Made 3, Twice last at North Texas (Jan. 12, 2008) 3-Pt Field Goals Made 1, Twice last vs. Florida Atlantic (Dec. 29, 2007) last at Oral Roberts (Nov. 20, 2007) 3-Pt Field Goals Made 5 at North Texas (Jan. 12, 2008) Free Throws Made 13 at UCF (Dec. 11, 2007 Free Throws Made 3 at UCF (Dec. 11, 2007) Free Throws Made 4 vs. New Orleans (Jan. 5, 2008) Assists 4, Twice Assists 3, Twice Assists 10 vs. ETSU (Dec. 22, 2007) last at Troy (Jan. 27, 2008) last at Troy (Jan. 27, 2007) Steals 4 at UCF (Dec. 11, 2007) None Steals 6 vs. North Alabama (Nov. 14, 2007) Steals 2, Six Times Blocks Minutes 34, Twice Blocks 1, Three Times last at Troy (Jan. 27, 2007) last vs. Arkansas State (Jan. 3, 2008) last vs. Florida Atlantic (Dec. 29, 2007) Blocks 4 at UCF (Dec. 11, 2007) Minutes 40 vs. UAB (Nov. 27, 2007) Minutes 22 at UCF (Dec. 11, 2007) CAREER HIGHS CAREER HIGHS CAREER HIGHS Points 17 at North Texas (Jan. 12, 2008) Rebounds 4, Twice Points 26 vs. UAB (Nov. 27, 2007) Points 9 vs. Louisiana Tech (Dec. 2, 2006) last vs. New Orleans (Jan. 5, 2008) 14 at FIU (Feb. 22, 2007) Rebounds 8 vs. Florida Atlantic (Dec. 29, 2007) Field Goals Made 5, Three Times Rebounds Field Goals Made 3, Twice last at North Texas (Jan. 12, 2008) Field Goals Made 10 vs. UAB (Nov. 27, 2007) last at Charlotte (Feb. 13, 2007) 3-Pt Field Goals Made 5 at North Texas (Jan. 12, 2008) 3-Pt Field Goals Made 3, Twice last vs. Florida Atlantic (Dec. 29, 2007) 3-Pt Field Goals Made 1, Several Times Free Throws Made 4 vs. New Orleans (Jan. 5, 2008) last at Oral Roberts (Nov. 20, 2007) Assists 10 vs. ETSU (Dec. 22, 2007) Free Throws Made 13 at UCF (Dec. 11, 2007 Free Throws Made 3, Twice Steals 4 at UCF (Dec. 11, 2007) Assists 4 vs. North Alabama (Nov. 14, 2007) last at UCF (12/11/07) Blocks None Steals 6 vs. North Alabama (Nov. 14, 2007) Assists 3 vs. Utah Valley (Jan. 15, 2008) Minutes 34, Twice Blocks 3 at New Orleans (Dec. 13, 2006) Steals 2, Six Times last vs. Arkansas State (Jan. 3, 2008) Minutes 40 vs. UAB (Nov. 27, 2007) last at Troy (Jan. 27, 2007) Blocks 4 at UCF (Dec. 11, 2007) Minutes 26 vs. Louisiana Tech (Dec. 2, 2006)

JOHNSON CAREER BY THE NUMBERS Season G-GS Min Avg FG-FGA Pct 3P-3PA Pct FT-FTA Pct Oﬀ Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2007-08 19-0 304 16.0 14-52 .269 3-21 .143 10-15 .667 23 35 58 3.1 42 2 17 17 19 16 41 2.2 2006-07 25-2 217 8.7 15-48 .313 6-17 .353 5-11 .455 21 21 42 1.7 16 0 3 16 7 4 41 1.6 Career 44-2 521 11.8 29-100 .290 9-38 .237 15-26 .577 44 56 100 2.3 58 2 20 33 26 20 82 1.9

DAIGLE CAREER BY THE NUMBERS Season G-GS Min Avg FG-FGA Pct 3P-3PA Pct FT-FTA Pct Oﬀ Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2007-08 20-13 487 24.4 52-136 .382 41-105 .390 16-18 .889 5 20 25 1.3 32 1 57 33 0 23 161 8.1

MILLSAP CAREER BY THE NUMBERS Season G-GS Min Avg FG-FGA Pct 3P-3PA Pct FT-FTA Pct Oﬀ Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2007-08 20-19 470 23.5 71-187 .380 18-48 .375 52-83 .627 39 74 113 5.7 48 1 29 64 5 30 212 10.6 2006-07 23-18 579 25.2 111-244 .455 11-28 .393 52-98 .531 67 101 168 7.3 72 4 21 63 12 30 285 12.4 Career 43-37 1049 24.4 182-431 .422 29-76 .382 104-181 .575 106 175 281 6.5 120 5 50 127 17 60 497 11.6

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#5 BRANDON DISON #11 COREY BLOOM #12 WILLIE LAGO 6-6 • 170 • Sophomore • HS 6-6 • 199 • Sophomore • TR 6-1 • 182 • Sophomore • 1L Guard Guard Guard New Orleans, La. (Westﬁ eld, Texas) New Orleans, La. (Houston) Reserve, La. (East St. John) 07-08 SEASON HIGHS 07-08 SEASON HIGHS 07-08 SEASON HIGHS

Points 7 at Oral Roberts (Nov. 20, 2007) Points 8 vs. New Orleans (Jan. 5, 2008) Points 6 vs. North Alabama (Nov. 14, 2007) Rebounds 5 at Oral Roberts (Nov. 20, 2007) Rebounds 2 vs. McNeese State (Dec. 13, 2007 Rebounds 2, Three Times Field Goals Made 3, Three Times Field Goals Made 3 vs. New Orleans (Jan. 5, 2008) last vs. Florida Atlantic (Dec. 29, 2007) last at South Alabama (Jan. 24, 2008) 3-Pt Field Goals Made 2, Twice Field Goals Made 2, Four Times 3-Pt Field Goals Made None last at North Texas (Jan. 12, 2008) last at North Texas (Jan. 12, 2008) Free Throws Made 2 vs. Ohio (Dec. 21, 2007) Free Throws Made 2 at Hawai`i (Dec. 19, 2007) 3-Pt Field Goals Made 1, Six Times Assists 2, Twice Assists 2 vs. North Alabama (Nov. 14, 2007) last at North Texas (Jan. 12, 2008) last vs. New Orleans (Jan. 5, 2008) Steals 1 vs. New Orleans (Jan. 5, 2008) Free Throws Made 3 vs. North Alabama (Nov. 14, 2007) Assists 6 vs. North Alabama (Nov. 14, 2007) Steals 3 at UCF (Dec. 11, 2007) Blocks None Steals 1 at ULM (Dec. 16, 2007) Blocks None Minutes 15 vs. McNeese State (Dec. 13, 2007) Blocks None Minutes 30 at UCF (Dec. 11, 2007) Minutes 23, Twice CAREER HIGHS last at Louisiana Tech (Nov. 16, 2007) CAREER HIGHS Points 13 vs. Florida Tech (Nov. 22, 2005)# CAREER HIGHS Points 7 at Oral Roberts (Nov. 20, 2007) Rebounds 2, Twice 5 at Oral Roberts (Nov. 20, 2007) last vs. McNeese State (Dec. 13, 2007) Rebounds Points 11 vs. Arkansas State (Dec. 17, 2006) Field Goals Made 3, Twice Field Goals Made 4, Twice Rebounds 5, Twice last at #11 Tennessee (Nov. 30, 2007) last at Rice (Jan. 11, 2006)# last vs. Louisiana-Monroe (Feb. 15, 2007) 3-Pt Field Goals Made None 3-Pt Field Goals Made 3 at Rice (Jan. 11, 2006)# Field Goals Made 4, Twice Free Throws Made 2 vs. Ohio (Dec. 21, 2007) Free Throws Made 3 vs. Florida Tech (Nov. 22, 2005)# last at Western Kentucky (Jan. 13, 2007) Assists 2, Twice Assists 2 vs. North Alabama (Nov. 14, 2007) 3-Pt Field Goals Made 2 vs. Arkansas State (Dec. 17, 2006) last vs. New Orleans (Jan. 5, 2008) Steals 1, Four Times Free Throws Made 3, Twice Steals 3 at UCF (Dec. 11, 2007) last vs. New Orleans (Jan. 5, 2008) vs. Louisiana-Monroe (Feb. 15, 2007) Blocks None Blocks None Assists 7 at FIU (Feb. 22, 2007) Minutes 30 at UCF (Dec. 11, 2007) Minutes 17 vs. Florida Tech (Nov. 22, 2005)# Steals 1, Three Times # Denotes career-high set playing at Houston last at FIU (Feb. 22, 2007) Blocks 1, Twice last at Charlotte (Feb. 13, 2007) Minutes 33 vs. Cal State Fullerton (Nov. 24, 2006)

DISON CAREER BY THE NUMBERS Season G-GS Min Avg FG-FGA Pct 3P-3PA Pct FT-FTA Pct Oﬀ Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2007-08 16-2 185 11.6 23-46 .500 0-0 .000 4-7 .571 9 19 28 1.8 14 0 7 9 0 8 50 3.1

BLOOM CAREER BY THE NUMBERS Season G-GS Min Avg FG-FGA Pct 3P-3PA Pct FT-FTA Pct Oﬀ Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2007-08 16-0 106 6.6 12-33 .364 8-26 .308 3-5 .600 3 3 6 0.4 5 0 6 3 0 1 35 2.2 2006-07 Did Not Play (NCAA Transfer Rules) 2005-06* 22-1 134 6.1 11-44 .250 8-32 .250 10-14 .714 3 4 7 0.3 11 0 0 4 0 3 40 1.8 Career 38-1 240 6.5 23-77 .299 16-58 .276 13-19 .684 6 7 13 0.4 16 0 6 7 0 4 75 2.0 * Played 2005-06 season at the University of Houston

LAGO CAREER BY THE NUMBERS Season G-GS Min Avg FG-FGA Pct 3P-3PA Pct FT-FTA Pct Oﬀ Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2007-08 19-4 181 9.5 15-41 .366 6-18 .333 10-19 .526 3 9 12 0.6 14 0 22 22 0 1 46 2.4 2006-07 30-14 529 17.6 33-100 .330 8-34 .235 17-26 .654 7 41 48 1.6 56 2 48 55 2 8 91 3.0 Career 49-18 710 14.5 48-141 .340 14-52 .269 27-45 .600 10 50 60 1.2 70 2 70 77 2 9 137 2.9

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#15 CHRIS GRADNIGO #21 DAVID DEES #22 TRAVIS BUREAU 6-7 • 215 • Freshman • HS 6-5 • 209 • Senior • 1L 6-7 • 180 • Freshman • HS Forward Guard Guard Lake Charles, La. (LaGrange) Dayton, Ohio (Liberty) Gonzales, La. (St. Amant) 07-08 SEASON HIGHS 07-08 SEASON HIGHS 07-08 SEASON HIGHS

Points 22 vs. Ohio (Dec. 21, 2007) Points 21 vs. McNeese State (Dec. 13, 2007) Points 16 at Troy (Jan. 27, 2008) Rebounds 6 vs. ETSU (Dec. 22, 2007) Rebounds 10 at Louisiana Tech (Nov. 16, 2007) Rebounds 5 at ULM (Dec. 16, 2007) Field Goals Made 8, Twice Field Goals Made 6, Twice Field Goals Made 7 at Troy (Jan. 27, 2008) last at South Alabama (Jan. 24, 2008) last vs. Utah Valley (Jan. 15, 2008) 3-Pt Field Goals Made 4 vs. ETSU (Dec. 22, 2007) 3-Pt Field Goals Made 6 vs. ETSU (Dec. 22, 2007) 3-Pt Field Goals Made 5 vs. Utah Valley (Jan. 15, 2008) Free Throws Made 3 vs. ETSU (Dec. 22, 2007) Free Throws Made 4 at ULM (Dec. 16, 2007) Free Throws Made 13 vs. McNeese State (Dec. 13, 2007) Assists 3, Twice Assists 3, Twice Assists 4 vs. Arkansas State (Jan. 3, 2008) last at Troy (Jan. 27, 2008) last at #11 Tennessee (Nov. 30, 2007) Steals 2, Three Times Steals 2 vs. Florida Atlantic (Dec. 29, 2007) Steals 2 vs. ETSU (Dec. 22, 2007) Blocks 2, Three Times Blocks 3 vs. UAB (Nov. 27, 2007) last vs. McNeese State (Dec. 13, 2007) last at Troy (Jan. 27, 2008) Minutes 37 vs. Ohio (Dec. 21, 2007) Blocks 1, Twice last at Hawai`i (Dec. 19, 2007) Minutes 24 vs. ETSU (Dec. 22, 2007) Minutes 35 vs. McNeese State (Dec. 13, 2007) CAREER HIGHS CAREER HIGHS Points 22 vs. Ohio (Dec. 21, 2007) CAREER HIGHS Rebounds 6 vs. ETSU (Dec. 22, 2007) Points 16 at Troy (Jan. 27, 2008) Field Goals Made 8 vs. Ohio (Dec. 21, 2007) Points 37 vs. Cal State Fullerton (Nov. 24, 2006) Rebounds 5 at ULM (Dec. 16, 2007) 3-Pt Field Goals Made 6 vs. ETSU (Dec. 22, 2007) Rebounds 12 vs. Shenandoah (Dec. 4, 2004)# Field Goals Made 7 at Troy (Jan. 27, 2008) Free Throws Made 4 at ULM (Dec. 16, 2007) Field Goals Made 12 vs. Cal State Fullerton (Nov. 24, 2006) 3-Pt Field Goals Made 4 vs. ETSU (Dec. 22, 2007) Assists 3, Twice 3-Pt Field Goals Made 6 at Charleston So.(Jan. 5, 2004)# Free Throws Made 3 vs. ETSU (Dec. 22, 2007) last at #11 Tennessee (Nov. 30, 2007) Free Throws Made 12 at Florida Atlantic (Jan. 24, 2007) Assists 3, Twice Steals 2 vs. ETSU (Dec. 22, 2007) Assists 7 at Denver (Feb. 17, 2007) last at Troy (Jan. 27, 2008) Blocks 3 vs. UAB (Nov. 27, 2007) Steals 4 at Florida Atlantic (Jan. 24, 2007) Steals 2 vs. Florida Atlantic (Dec. 29, 2007) Minutes 37 vs. Ohio (Dec. 21, 2007) Blocks 3 vs. Coastal Carolina (Feb. 14, 2005)# Blocks 2, Three Times Minutes 44 vs. Cal State Fullerton (Nov. 24, 2006) last at Troy (Jan. 27, 2008) # Denotes career-high set playing at Liberty Minutes 24 vs. ETSU (Dec. 22, 2007)

GRADNIGO CAREER BY THE NUMBERS Season G-GS Min Avg FG-FGA Pct 3P-3PA Pct FT-FTA Pct Oﬀ Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2007-08 20-10 413 20.7 71-171 .415 28-66 .424 15-21 .714 12 35 47 2.4 46 1 17 19 8 10 185 9.3

DAVID DEES CAREER BY THE NUMBERS Season G-GS Min Avg FG-FGA Pct 3P-3PA Pct FT-FTA Pct Oﬀ Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2007-08 20-11 409 20.5 51-128 .398 18-56 .321 68-104 .654 31 46 77 3.9 28 0 25 32 3 12 188 9.4 2006-07 29-24 1031 35.6 164-406 .404 27-107 .252 149-192 .776 55 99 154 5.3 57 1 86 67 10 30 504 17.4 2005-06 Did Not Play (NCAA Transfer Rules) 2004-05* 27-26 889 32.9 136-336 .405 48-142 .338 117-151 .775 52 85 137 5.1 59 1 54 56 12 14 437 16.2 2003-04* 33-1 645 19.5 117-261 .448 56-149 .376 57-69 .826 20 53 73 2.2 42 0 34 39 3 10 347 10.5 Career 109-62 2974 27.2 468-1131 .413 149-454 .330 391-516 .758 158 283 441 4.0 186 2 199 194 28 66 1476 13.5 * Played 2003-04 and 2004-05 seasons at Liberty University

BUREAU CAREER BY THE NUMBERS Season G-GS Min Avg FG-FGA Pct 3P-3PA Pct FT-FTA Pct Oﬀ Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2007-08 12-1 223 18.6 32-79 .405 19-59 .322 11-13 .846 10 14 24 2.0 13 0 13 7 6 7 94 7.8

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#23 LA’RYAN GARY #25 STEPHEN DEES #31 MAURICE BARKSDALE 6-7 • 207 • Sophomore • HS 6-1 • 188 • Sophomore • 1L 5-11 • 187 • Senior • 1L Guard/Forward Guard Guard Lafayette, La. (Carencro) Dayton, Ohio (Chaminade Julienne) Baltimore, Md. (Blinn College) 07-08 SEASON HIGHS 07-08 SEASON HIGHS 07-08 SEASON HIGHS

Points 16 vs. ETSU (Dec. 22, 2007) Points None Points 4 vs. UAB (Nov. 27, 2007) Rebounds 8 at UCF (Dec. 11, 2007) Rebounds 2, Twice Rebounds 2, Twice Field Goals Made 6 at Troy (Jan. 27, 2008) last at ULM (Dec. 16, 2007) last at UALR (Jan. 10, 2008) 3-Pt Field Goals Made 1 at UALR (Jan. 10, 2008) Field Goals Made None Field Goals Made 1, Three Times Free Throws Made 8 vs. ETSU (Dec. 22, 2007) 3-Pt Field Goals Made None last vs. Western Kentucky (Jan. 19, 2008) Assists 2, Four Times Free Throws Made None 3-Pt Field Goals Made 1 vs. Western Kentucky (Jan. 19, 2008) last at UALR (Jan. 10, 2008) Assists 1, Three Times Free Throws Made 2, Four Times Steals 3, Twice last at ULM (Dec. 16, 2007) last at Hawai`i (Dec. 19, 2007) last at Troy (Jan. 27, 2008) Steals 1 vs. UAB (Nov. 27, 2007) Assists 4 at South Alabama (Jan. 24, 2008) Blocks 2, Three Times Blocks None Steals 3 vs. Florida Atlantic (Dec. 29, 2007) last at Troy (Jan. 27, 2008) Minutes 4, Three Times Blocks None Minutes 39 vs. ETSU (Dec. 22, 2007) last at ULM (Dec. 16, 2007) Minutes 22 vs, UAB (Nov. 27, 2007) CAREER HIGHS CAREER HIGHS CAREER HIGHS

Points 16 vs. ETSU (Dec. 22, 2007) Points 6 at Middle Tennessee (Jan. 27, 2007) Points 23 at UTEP (Dec. 11, 2005) Rebounds 8 at UCF (Dec. 11, 2007) Rebounds 2, Three Times Rebounds 6, Twice Field Goals Made 6 at Troy (Jan. 27, 2008) last at ULM (Dec. 16, 2007) last at Denver (Jan. 7, 2006) 3-Pt Field Goals Made 1 at UALR (Jan. 10, 2008) Field Goals Made 2, Twice Field Goals Made 6 at UTEP (Dec. 11, 2005) Free Throws Made 8 vs. ETSU (Dec. 22, 2007) last at Middle Tennessee (Jan. 27, 2007) 3-Pt Field Goals Made 5 at UTEP (Dec. 11, 2005) Assists 2, Four Times 3-Pt Field Goals Made 1 at Middle Tennessee (Jan. 27, 2007) Free Throws Made 8 vs. Oral Roberts (Dec. 15, 2005) last at UALR (Jan. 10, 2008) Free Throws Made 2 at Charlotte (Feb. 13, 2007) Assists 6, Twice Steals 3, Twice Assists 3 at Louisiana-Monroe (Dec. 30, 2006) last vs. Troy (March 5, 2006) last at Troy (Jan. 27, 2008) Steals 1, Twice Steals 6 vs. Troy (March 5, 2006) Blocks 2, Three Times last vs. UAB (Nov. 27, 2007) Blocks None last at Troy (Jan. 27, 2008) Blocks None Minutes 40 at UTEP (Dec. 11, 2005) Minutes 39 vs. ETSU (Dec. 22, 2007) Minutes 8 at Middle Tennessee (Jan. 27, 2007)

GARY CAREER BY THE NUMBERS Season G-GS Min Avg FG-FGA Pct 3P-3PA Pct FT-FTA Pct Oﬀ Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2007-08 19-17 414 21.8 48-93 .516 1-14 .071 40-61 .656 31 29 60 3.2 46 1 12 28 11 14 137 7.2

STEPHEN DEES CAREER BY THE NUMBERS Season G-GS Min Avg FG-FGA Pct 3P-3PA Pct FT-FTA Pct Oﬀ Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2007-08 8-1 25 3.1 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0 5 5 0.6 2 0 3 2 0 1 0 0.0 2006-07 16-2 61 3.8 4-7 .571 1-3 .333 4-5 .800 2 7 9 0.6 4 0 6 5 0 1 13 0.8 Career 24-3 86 3.7 4-8 .500 1-4 .250 4-6 .667 2 12 14 0.6 6 0 9 6 0 2 13 0.6

BARKSDALE CAREER BY THE NUMBERS Season G-GS Min Avg FG-FGA Pct 3P-3PA Pct FT-FTA Pct Oﬀ Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2007-08 14-1 111 7.9 3-19 .158 1-11 .091 10-14 .714 1 5 6 0.4 14 0 9 11 0 6 17 1.2 2006-07 Did Not Play (Injured) 2005-06 29-15 836 28.8 52-160 .325 29-90 .322 61-83 .735 17 72 89 3.1 58 0 75 78 0 54 194 6.7 Career 43-16 947 22.0 55-179 .307 30-101 .297 71-97 .732 18 77 95 2.2 72 0 84 89 0 60 211 4.9

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#32 ABRAY MILSON #42 COURTNEY WALLACE 6-9 • 240 • Senior • 1L 6-8 • 238 • Sophomore • 1L Center Forward/Center Lafayette, La. (Southern Idaho) New Orleans, La. (Woodlawn) 07-08 SEASON HIGHS 07-08 SEASON HIGHS

Points 10 at North Texas (Jan. 12, 2008) Points 14 vs. Utah Valley (Jan. 15, 2008) Rebounds 8 at Hawai`i (Dec. 19, 2007) Rebounds 9, Twice Field Goals Made 4 at North Texas (Jan. 12, 2008) last vs. New Orleans (Jan. 5, 2008) 3-Pt Field Goals Made None Field Goals Made 5, Twice Free Throws Made 2, Twice last vs. Utah Valley (Jan. 15, 2008) 3-Pt Field Goals Made None last vs. Western Kentucky (Jan. 19, 2008) Free Throws Made 4 v.s Utah Valley (Jan. 15, 2008) Assists 1, Eight Times Assists 1, Three Times last at Troy (Jan. 27, 2008) last vs. Western Kentucky (Jan. 19, 2008) Steals 2, Three Times Steals 2 at #11 Tennessee (Nov. 30, 2007) last at UALR (Jan. 10, 2008) Blocks 2 vs. North Alabama (Nov. 14, 2007) Blocks 1, Three Times Minutes 34 vs. UAB (Nov. 27, 2007) last vs. Western Kentucky (Jan. 19, 2008) Minutes 29 vs. ETSU (Dec. 22, 2007) CAREER HIGHS

CAREER HIGHS Points 14 vs. Utah Valley (Jan. 15, 2008) Rebounds 9, Twice Points 12 at New Orleans (Dec. 13, 2006) last vs. New Orleans (Jan. 5, 2008) Rebounds 10 vs. UALR (Dec. 28, 2006) Field Goals Made 5, Four Times Field Goals Made 6 at New Orleans (Dec. 13, 2006) last vs. Utah Valley (Jan. 15, 2008) 3-Pt Field Goals Made None 3-Pt Field Goals Made None Free Throws Made 2, Three Times Free Throws Made 4, Twice last vs. Western Kentucky (Jan. 19, 2008) last vs. Utah Valley (Jan. 15, 2008) Assists 1, 10 Times Assists 1, Nine Times last vs. Western Kentucky (Jan. 19, 2008) last vs. Western Kentucky (Jan. 19, 2008) Steals 2, Three Times Steals 2, Five Times last at #11 Tennessee (Nov. 30, 2007) last at UALR (Jan. 10, 2008) Blocks 3 vs. North Texas (Nov. 24, 2007) Blocks 3 vs. Johnson & Wales-Denver (Jan. 31, 2004)# Minutes 34 vs. UAB (Nov. 27, 2007) Minutes 29 vs. ETSU (Dec. 22, 2007)

MILSON CAREER BY THE NUMBERS Season G-GS Min Avg FG-FGA Pct 3P-3PA Pct FT-FTA Pct Oﬀ Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2007-08 20-20 352 17.6 26-39 .667 0-0 .000 5-9 .556 30 35 65 3.3 56 3 8 18 3 14 57 2.9 2006-07 26-8 260 10.0 25-41 .610 0-0 .000 4-7 .571 24 28 52 2.0 46 0 1 21 7 12 54 2.1 2003-04* 22-1 150 6.8 19-33 .576 0-0 .000 1-6 .167 15 22 37 1.7 23 1 1 9 12 7 39 1.8 Career 68-29 763 11.3 70-113 .623 0-0 .000 10-22 .455 69 85 155 2.3 125 4 10 48 22 33 150 2.1 * Played 2003-04 season at Utah Valley State prior to transferring to the College of Southern Idaho

WALLACE CAREER BY THE NUMBERS Season G-GS Min Avg FG-FGA Pct 3P-3PA Pct FT-FTA Pct Oﬀ Def Tot Avg PF FO Ast TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2007-08 20-0 338 16.9 41-79 .519 0-1 .000 21-42 .500 26 51 77 3.9 47 1 3 22 6 6 103 5.2 2006-07 26-8 367 14.1 41-83 .494 0-1 .000 22-44 .500 32 31 63 2.4 61 1 6 33 14 10 104 4.0 Career 46-8 705 15.3 82-162 .506 0-2 .000 43-86 .500 58 82 140 3.0 108 2 9 55 20 16 207 4.5

2007-08 Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns Men’s Basketball Game Day Notebook The Middle Tennessee Game • 19 2007-08 Box Scores GAME 1 GAME 2 GAME 3 North Alabama Louisiana Tech Oral Roberts North Alabama 67 Louisiana 56 Louisiana 53 Louisiana 79 Louisiana Tech 64 Oral Roberts 62 November 14, 2007 • CAJUNDOME November 16, 2007 • Thomas Assembly Center November 20, 2007 • Mabee Center Lafayette, La. • Attendance: 3,975 Ruston, La. • Attendance: 1,827 Tulsa, Okla. • Attendance: 4,613 LAFAYETTE - Sophomore Elijah Millsap scored a game- RUSTON - Louisiana’s recent road struggles continued TULSA, Okla. - Despite shooting 35.1 percent from the and career-high tying 21 points as the Louisiana’s Ragin’ Friday night as the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs defeated the fl oor, Louisiana’s men’s basketball squad was in the hunt Cajuns men’s basketball team pulled out a 79-67 season- Ragin’ Cajuns 64-56 at the Thomas Assembly Center. for its fi rst road victory of the season for the majority of the opening victory over North Alabama Wednesday night at Louisiana (1-1) pulled to within a point, 55-54, with 2:38 game. However, a second-half scoring spurt by Oral Roberts the CAJUNDOME. remaining in the game, but a 9-2 run by Louisiana Tech (1-1) was the diff erence as the Golden Eagles held off the Ragin’ Louisiana (1-0) improved to 18-4 all-time in home openers put the game out of reach for the Cajuns. Louisiana has now Cajuns 62-53 Tuesday night at the Mabee Center. at the CAJUNDOME, while head coach Robert Lee won his lost its last eight games in Ruston. Louisiana (1-2) lost its fourth straight road game, dating opener for third time in four seasons. Elijah Millsap led all players with a game-high 15 points back to last season. Tuesday’s defeat marked the second Wednesday marked the homecoming of former Ragin’ and 10 rebounds, marking his second consecutive double- straight loss for the Cajuns at the Mabee Center. The win Cajuns assistant coach and Lafayette native Bobby double to start the season. David Dees fi nished the night snapped Oral Roberts’ (2-2) two-game losing streak. Champagne who now serves as North Alabama’s head men’s with 11 points and 10 rebounds, shooting 1-for-7 from the Oral Roberts’ Robert Jarvis led all players with 19 points, coach. fl oor and 9-for-14 at the free throw line. while Marcus Lewis and Yemi Ogunoye each added 13 Freshman Chris Gradnigo added 15 points. Senior guard Keith Smith paced the Bulldogs with 14 points on 6-of- points. Ogunoye and Marchello Vealy, who made his season David Dees chipped in 12 points and seven rebounds. 7 shooting, while J.C. Clark and Orren Tims each added 12 debut after serving a three-week suspension, grabbed a North Alabama’s Quinn Beckwith led the Lions with 15 points. game-high eight boards. points. Casey Holt chipped in 14 points on 7-of-11 shooting, Like the fi rst half, UL again fell behind to the Bulldogs early Louisiana was paced by senior David Dees, who chipped while Thomas Fraise added 14 points and a team-high nine in the second period as Tech extended its lead to fi ve points, in 10 points. Elijah Millsap added nine points and six rebounds. 36-31, after three minutes. The Cajuns responded with a 5-0 rebounds. Louisiana’s fi rst-half struggles carried over into the second run to knot it up at 36 apiece just before the under-16 media Oral Roberts scored the fi rst two buckets in the opening half. Inexperience coupled with turnovers kept North timeout. minutes of the second half to help jumpstart a 9-2 run, Alabama within fi ve points in the early stages of the second Tech followed with a fi ve-point run of its own to take a giving the Golden Eagles a 36-27 edge. UL responded with a stanza. 41-36 lead, forcing the Cajuns use a 30-second timeout with long Corey Bloom three-pointer to cut the defi cit to 36-30. With the Cajuns clinging to a 43-40 lead with less than 12:33 left to play. ORU’s double-digit would soon return in the second 14 minutes left in regulation, North Alabama’s Phil Collins Tech continued to frustrate the Cajuns on the defensive half as the Golden Eagles then went on a 7-0 run to take a provided the equalizer at the 13:39 mark. end, while Louisiana was unable to catch a break on off ense. commanding 13-point edge, 43-30, with 10:34 remaining. A trio of free throws and two Millsap lay-ups broke the The Bulldogs then would build its lead to as many as nine But, just like ORU’s earlier run in the second half, the Cajuns game open, providing the home team with a 50-43 lead with points, 50-41. would answer with a triple – this time from Dees. Dees’ three 11:11 remaining in the second half. Louisiana had a chance UL responded with an 11-4 run, cutting the Tech lead to and a Dison free throw would briefl y cut the lead to less than to close the door on the Lions early and add to its run, but 54-52 with 2:49 remaining in regulation. Tech added a free 10 points, 43-34. Dees missed a wide-open dunk just before the under-12 throw for a three-point lead, 55-52, before Chris Gradnigo Louisiana eventually pulled to within fi ve points, 50-45, media timeout. cut it to one, 55-54, on a lay-up. with 3:33 left in regulation. The Cajuns had their share of Louisiana’s lead increased to as many as 13 points late A turn-around jump shot by Smith with 49 seconds left on chances to get closer, but missed shots and inopportune in the second half, taking a 76-63 lead with 35 seconds the clock sealed the Cajuns’ fate and a Tech victory. fouls down the stretch were the diff erence. remaining in regulation. Louisiana struggled early on in the fi rst half as the Cajuns La’Ryan Gary, making his fi rst career start, scored the fell behind 4-0 after a shot clock violation and a pair of game’s fi rst points to give Louisiana a quick 2-0 edge. missed jumpers. Tech would keep the Cajuns at bay until a Louisiana’s lead would grow to as many as six points, 15-9. quick 4-0 run by UL gave the visitors their fi rst lead, 12-11, of However, a 10-3 North Alabama run gave the visiting Lions the game at the 12:15 mark. a 19-18 advantage, silencing the CAJUNDOME crowd with 10:05 left to play in the fi rst half.

Box Score Box Score Box Score UNA (1-2) FG-A FT-A Reb PF TP Ast Blk Stl Min UL (1-1) FG-A FT-A Reb PF TP Ast Blk Stl Min UL (1-2) FG-A FT-A Reb PF TP Ast Blk Stl Min Dusko Stojnic (c) 1-4 0-0 3 1 2 0 0 0 12 La’Ryan Gary (f) 5-10 1-2 4 3 11 0 0 1 30 La’Rayn Gary (f) 0-2 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 1 14 Quinn Beckwith (g) 5-10 2-2 3 3 15 1 0 0 30 Abray Milson (c) 2-3 0-0 1 3 4 0 0 1 12 Abray Milson (c) 1-2 0-0 5 4 2 1 0 0 19 Kenny Johnson (g) 3-11 3-3 5 1 10 6 0 1 38 Willie Lago (g) 2-7 0-0 1 4 51 1 0 0 23 Elijah Millsap (g) 4-14 0-0 6 2 9 2 0 3 26 Casey Holt (g) 7-11 0-0 5 4 14 0 2 0 38 David Dees (g) 1-7 9-14 10 0 11 1 1 1 33 Willie Lago (g) 0-2 1-2 0 1 1 1 0 0 13 Isaac Gay (g) 1-8 0-0 5 3 3 1 0 1 29 Elijah Millsap (g) 5-15 4-5 10 1 15 1 0 2 29 David Dees (g) 3-9 2-2 4 2 10 1 0 2 20 Andrew Chesney 1-1 2-2 0 1 4 0 0 0 9 Tyren Johnson 1-6 0-0 5 5 2 0 0 2 17 Tyren Johnson 2-3 0-0 2 2 5 1 0 2 19 Phil Collins 1-2 0-0 0 0 3 0 0 2 10 Randell Daigle 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 Randell Daigle 1-3 0-0 0 3 3 1 0 0 11 David Ricks 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Brandon Dison 2-3 0-0 2 0 4 0 0 0 10 Brandon Dison 3-6 1-2 5 0 7 1 0 1 21 Thomas Morris 1-1 0-1 3 1 2 0 0 0 12 Corey Bloom 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Corey Bloom 1-3 0-0 1 2 3 1 0 0 13 Trent McCants 0-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Chris Gradnigo 1-5 0-0 1 2 2 3 1 1 17 Chris Gradnigo 2-7 0-0 0 4 4 0 0 0 13 Thomas Fraise 6-14 2-2 8 3 14 3 0 1 19 Stephen Dees 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Maurice Barksdale 0-3 2-2 0 3 2 1 0 0 16 Totals 26-65 9-10 33 17 67 11 2 5 200 Maurice Barksdale 1-2 0-0 0 1 2 0 0 0 9 Courtney Wallace 3-3 1-3 2 2 7 0 0 1 15 Courtney Wallace 0-1 0-0 2 4 0 0 1 0 8 Totals 20-57 7-11 27 27 53 10 0 10 200 UL (1-0) FG-A FT-A Reb PF TP Ast Blk Stl Min Totals 20-59 14-21 37 23 56 6 3 8 200 La’Ryan Gary (f) 4-7 2-3 4 1 10 1 1 2 19 ORU (2-2) FG-A FT-A Reb PF TP Ast Blk Stl Min Abray Milson (c) 2-2 0-1 7 2 4 1 1 0 18 Tech (1-1) FG-A FT-A Reb PF TP Ast Blk Stl Min Yemi Ogunoye (f) 4-5 2-3 8 1 13 4 1 1 34 Willie Lago (g) 1-3 3-6 6 2 6 6 0 0 23 Adrian Rogers (f) 1-3 1-4 1 1 3 0 1 0 14 Marcus Lewis (f) 6-7 1-3 4 3 13 1 0 0 25 David Dees (g) 4-6 3-6 6 2 12 3 0 1 23 Keith Smith (f) 6-7 2-2 6 3 14 1 0 0 23 Shawn King (c) 3-7 2-3 6 4 8 1 1 0 12 Elijah Millsap (g) 9-14 2-5 10 2 21 4 1 6 30 Drew Washington (g) 1-3 0-0 1 4 2 1 0 1 29 Adam Liberty (g) 0-1 5-6 1 3 5 0 0 0 18 Tyren Johnson 1-4 0-0 1 1 3 1 1 1 14 J.C. Clark (g) 5-10 1-1 7 1 12 1 0 2 33 Moses Ehambe (g) 1-10 1-2 2 1 3 1 0 0 33 Corey Bloom 1-3 0-0 1 0 2 2 0 0 11 Kyle Gibson (g) 2-8 3-4 5 5 7 1 0 0 30 Andre Hardy 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 Chris Gradnigo 6-12 2-2 1 1 15 0 1 1 24 James Loe 2-4 6-8 4 0 10 1 0 3 23 Curtis Allen 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 Randell Daigle 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 Brandon Mims 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 Robert Javis 4-6 10-12 7 3 19 3 0 1 33 Damon Forest 0-2 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 Dwayne Lathan 1-3 2-3 3 3 4 0 1 0 18 Marchello Vealy 0-3 1-3 8 2 1 1 0 1 31 Stephen Dees 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 Orren Tims 4-8 4-4 7 4 12 0 0 0 28 Totals 18-39 22-32 40 18 62 11 2 3 200 Maurice Barksdale 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Totals 22-47 19-26 37 21 64 5 4 6 200 Courtney Wallace 2-6 0-2 8 1 4 0 2 1 12 Halftime: ORU 27, UL 25. 3-point goals: UL 6-20 (Dees 2-5; Johnson 1-2; Brandon Dison 1-3 0-0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 Halftime: Tech 30, UL 28. 3-point goals: UL 2-18 (Millsap 1-4; Lago 1-2; Gary Millsap 1-2; Bloom 1-3; Daigle 1-3; Barksdale 0-2; Lago 0-2; Gary 0-1), ORU Totals 31-65 12-25 49 10 79 20 7 12 200 0-4; Johnson 0-3; Dees 0-2; Gradnigo 0-2; Barksdale 0-1), Tech 1-4 (Clark 1-2; 4-12 (Ogunoye 3-4; Jarvis 1-2; Vealy 0-1; Ehambe 0-5).Turnovers: ORU 18, UL Gibson 0-2).Turnovers: Tech 18, UL 15. Offi cials: R-Eddie Jackson, U1-Bobby 13. Offi cials: R-Eddie Jackson, U1-Bo Boroski, U2-Bradley Batt. A: 4,613. Halftime: UL 32, UNA 31. 3-point goals: UNA 6-17 (Beckwith 3-4; Johnson Jacobs, U2-Ronnie Hernandez. A: 1,827. 1-1; Collins 1-2; Gay 1-4; Fraise 0-1; McCants 0-2; Holt 0-3), UL 5-18 (Dees 1-1; Johnson 1-2; Lago 1-2; Gradnigo 1-3; Millsap 1-3; Barksdale 0-1; Daigle 0-1; Forest 0-1; Gary 0-1; Wallace 0-1; Bloom 0-2).Turnovers: UNA 17, UL 12. Offi cials: R-Hal Lusk, U1-Bobby Jacobs, U2-Patrick Adams. A: 3,975.

2007-08 Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns Men’s Basketball Game Day Notebook The Middle Tennessee Game • 20 2007-08 Box Scores GAME 4 GAME 5 GAME 6 UAB Tennessee UCF UAB 78 Louisiana 70 Louisiana 52 Louisiana 72 11/12 Tennessee 98 UCF 65 November 27, 2007 • CAJUNDOME November 30, 2007 • Thompson-Boling Arena December 11, 2007 • New UCF Arena Lafayette, La. • Attendance: 3,359 Knoxville, Tenn. • Attendance: 19,401 Orlando, Fla. • Attendance: 3,604 LAFAYETTE - Sophomore Elijah Millsap poured in a KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Tyler Smith scored a game-high 22 ORLANDO, Fla. - UCF held Louisiana to a season-low 23.2 career-high 26 points and had Louisiana on pace for its points as the 11th-ranked Tennessee Volunteers held off fi eld goal percentage as the Knights capitalized on several second home victory of the season. However, a late UAB Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns 98-70 Friday night at Thompson- Ragin’ Cajuns mistakes, taking a 65-52 victory Tuesday night rally proved to be the diff erence as the Blazers squeaked Boling Arena. at the New UCF Arena. past the Ragin’ Cajuns 78-72 in overtime Tuesday night at Tennessee (7-1) handed Louisiana (1-4) its fourth straight Despite a tough shooting night from the fl oor, Louisiana the CAJUNDOME. loss of the season as well as its fourth straight loss to the (1-5) shot a season-best 77.8 percent from the free throw Louisiana (1-3) suff ered its third straight loss on the young Volunteers. line. Sophomore Elijah Millsap led the way at the charity season, while UAB (5-3) won for the third straight time. Despite holding Tennessee’s leading scorer Chris Lofton stripe, knocking down 13-of-14 attempts, fi nishing the Millsap went 10-of-22 from the fi eld, while hitting 3-of-4 to seven points, four other Volunteers reach double fi gures, night with 13 points. Millsap did not make a fi eld goal in the shots from three-point range. The sophomore also added including Jordon Howell (17), JaJuan Smith (15), Ramar game – just the second occurrence in his career. fi ve rebounds to his career total. Freshman Chris Gradnigo Smith (14) and Duke Crews (10). Senior guard David Dees also chipped in 13 points, going tallied 14 points and four rebounds, while Courtney Freshman forward Chris Gradnigo scored a career- 4-for-8 from the fi eld. Dees and Millsap also tied for the Wallace chipped in a season-high nine points. high-tying 15 points before fouling out in the second half. team lead with eight rebounds. UAB’s Walter Sharpe led the Blazers with 23 points, while Sophomore point guard Randell Daigle recorded a career- Jermaine Taylor led all scorers with 18 points, while Dave Robert Vaden added 19 points. high eight points. David Dees chipped in a season-best 14 Noel added 14. UAB outscored the Ragin’ Cajuns 9-3 in the fi nal period to points, while Elijah Millsap added 12 points. Similar to UCF’s start to the fi rst half, Louisiana opened take the road victory. Randell Daigle’s three-pointer with Louisiana opened the second half with a Dees triple from the second half with fi ve straight points, cutting the defi cit 1:50 on the clock in overtime tied the game at 72 all. But, the top of the key to cut Tennessee’s advantage to 46-30. to 33-32. However, the Knights responded with a torrid 10-0 it was not enough as the Blazers held off the Cajuns for the But, the Vols then went on an 8-0 run thanks to a couple run to take a commanding 11-point lead, 43-32, with 15:18 win. of transition baskets to give the 11th-ranked team in the remaining in regulation. Clinging to a fi ve-point advantage at the start of the nation a 24-point lead, 54-30. A Dees triple in transition snapped UCF’s run, cutting the second half, Louisiana looked to be in the driver’s seat for Trailing 63-36 with 15:36 remaining in regulation, Knights lead back to single digits, 43-35. its second victory of the season. The Cajuns’ lead would Louisiana went on a 10-2 run to cut the defi cit to less than However, UCF forced Louisiana to take too many ill- reach 40-34 early on in the second stanza, but an 8-3 UAB 20 points, 65-46. That would be the closest the Cajuns advised shots, while taking advantage of several Cajuns run silenced the home crowd as the Blazers pulled to within could close the gap as the Volunteers pulled away mid-way miscues. UCF extended its lead to 13 points, 55-42, with one, 43-42, with 16:42 remaining in regulation. through the second half. 8:48 remaining in the second half. That lead would continue After a 30-second timeout, Millsap hit three straight Tennessee would seal the victory down the stretch late in to increase as the Knights held Louisiana without a fi eld jumpers, while David Dees added another to aid the Cajuns the second half as the Volunteers were victorious by their goal for more than six minutes. on an 8-2 run to take a 50-44 lead. largest margin of the game (28 points). Trailing by 19 points, Louisiana fi nally put in its fi rst basket However, the Blazers would not back down. The visitors cut Tennessee opened the fi rst half with on a 9-2 run heading in more than nine minutes with a Brandon Dison fl oater in the Cajuns’ lead to two points, 54-52, on a Lawrence Kinnard into the stanza’s fi rst media timeout at the 15:57 mark. For the lane with 3:15 remaining in the game. three-pointer at the 11:36 mark. UAB would continue hang the fi fth time this season, Louisiana controlled the game’s UCF opened the contest with fi ve straight points, taking close despite Louisiana’s suff ocating defense. opening tip. However, Willie Lago’s errant pass sailed past an early 5-0 lead, before Dison’s running jumper along the UAB held the lead for the time since the 7:11 mark of the a wide-open Millsap on a back-door cut. baseline gave Louisiana its fi rst points at the 16:56 mark. fi rst half when it took a 61-60 edge with 4:02 remaining in The Vols responded with a Lofton fast-break trey for a 3-0 The Knights would continue to frustrate the Cajuns on the second half. However, that lead lasted just 29 seconds lead. Louisiana answered with a Gradnigo fade-away along both ends of the court. Trailing 13-5, Louisiana cut the UCF before Gradnigo drained a triple from the corner, giving the the baseline. Tennessee then added six more points to take lead to four points on back-to-back trips to the free throw Cajuns a 63-61 lead. a seven-point lead. line by Tyren Johnson and Millsap.

Box Score Box Score Box Score UAB (5-3) FG-A FT-A Reb PF TP Ast Blk Stl Min UL (1-4) FG-A FT-A Reb PF TP Ast Blk Stl Min UL (1-5) FG-A FT-A Reb PF TP Ast Blk Stl Min Lawrence Kinnard (f) 3-5 0-0 6 3 7 3 1 0 35 La’Rayn Gary (f) 1-4 0-0 3 2 2 0 1 1 18 Chris Gradnigo (f) 1-10 0-0 2 2 3 0 0 0 14 Walter Sharpe (f) 10-16 3-7 9 3 23 1 3 2 37 Abray Milson (c) 0-1 0-0 2 3 0 0 0 0 13 Abray Milson (c) 0-1 0-0 0 3 0 0 0 0 11 Reggie Huff man (f) 5-6 0-2 5 0 10 0 0 1 39 Elijah Millsap (g) 5-10 1-3 6 5 12 2 0 0 27 Elijah Millsap (g) 0-5 13-14 8 2 13 0 0 2 21 Aaron Johnson (g) 1-4 7-10 3 4 9 1 0 3 28 Willie Lago (g) 1-1 0-0 1 0 2 5 0 0 10 Brandon Dison (g) 2-7 0-1 4 2 4 1 0 3 30 Robert Vaden (g) 6-13 5-6 5 3 19 3 1 2 40 Chris Gradnigo (g) 6-12 0-0 1 5 15 3 0 1 25 David Dees (g) 4-8 3-4 8 2 13 1 0 1 30 Ed Berrios 0-2 2-4 3 1 2 1 0 0 17 Tyren Johnson 0-1 0-2 3 1 0 1 1 0 10 Tyren Johnson 0-5 3-4 3 2 3 1 4 2 22 Frank Holmes 2-2 0-0 3 3 4 0 0 0 11 Randell Daigle 3-6 0-0 1 1 8 2 0 0 20 Randell Daigle 2-8 0-0 1 2 6 0 0 4 30 Mike Davis, Jr. 1-1 1-2 3 2 4 2 0 0 17 Brandon Dison 3-5 0-0 1 0 6 2 0 2 9 Corey Bloom 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Howard Crawford 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Corey Bloom 1-4 0-0 0 0 3 1 0 0 12 Willie Lago 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 Totals 28-49 18-31 41 19 78 11 5 8 225 David Dees 3-9 5-6 5 1 14 1 0 0 23 La’Ryan Gary 4-11 1-2 8 3 9 0 2 0 22 Stephen Dees 0-0 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Courtney Wallace 0-1 1-2 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 UL (1-3) FG-A FT-A Reb PF TP Ast Blk Stl Min Maurice Barksdale 0-2 2-2 0 0 2 1 0 0 5 Totals 13-56 21-27 39 18 52 3 6 12 200 Chris Gradnigo (f) 5-11 2-2 4 2 14 1 3 0 29 Courtney Wallace 2-4 2-2 6 3 6 0 0 2 24 La’Ryan Gary (f) 1-2 0-0 0 4 2 0 0 0 8 Totals 25-59 10-16 30 21 70 18 2 6 200 UCF (5-4) FG-A FT-A Reb PF TP Ast Blk Stl Min Abray Milson (c) 1-1 0-0 2 5 2 0 0 1 9 Kenrick Zondervan (f) 1-1 1-2 3 4 3 0 1 0 12 Elijah Millsap (g) 10-22 3-5 5 3 26 0 0 1 40 TENN (7-1) FG-A FT-A Reb PF TP Ast Blk Stl Min Stanley Billings (c) 2-5 2-4 6 1 6 0 4 2 26 Maurice Barksdale (g) 1-3 2-4 2 4 4 2 0 0 22 Tyler Smith (f) 6-9 8-9 7 2 22 8 9 1 25 Jermaine Taylor (g) 5-14 6-7 2 1 18 2 0 1 28 Tyren Johnson 0-4 0-0 3 0 0 1 0 2 19 Duke Crews (f) 4-7 2-5 9 2 10 1 0 2 25 Dave Noel (g) 4-8 5-6 1 1 14 3 0 3 34 Corey Bloom 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 JaJuan Smith (g) 6-11 0-0 3 3 15 4 0 2 26 Mike O’Donnell (g) 3-7 0-1 2 4 7 1 0 0 28 Willie Lago 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 2 0 0 4 Chris Lofton (g) 2-5 2-2 3 1 7 4 0 2 30 Tony Davis 3-7 2-2 8 3 9 1 1 0 25 Randell Daigle 2-4 0-0 1 3 5 1 0 2 15 Jordan Howell (g) 6-10 0-0 2 1 17 2 0 0 19 Chip Cartwright 2-4 0-0 2 4 4 1 0 2 13 David Dees 2-7 3-6 2 2 7 3 0 2 23 Wayne Chism 4-9 0-0 5 3 9 0 2 1 20 Drew Speraw 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 Stephen Dees 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 1 0 1 3 Quinn Cannington 1-1 0-0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 Taylor Young 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 2 0 0 15 Courtney Wallace 4-9 1-4 4 4 9 0 0 0 34 Ramar Smith 5-8 4-6 2 2 14 3 0 0 21 Andre Thornton 2-3 0-2 3 0 4 0 0 1 4 Brandon Dison 1-2 12 2 0 3 0 0 1 15 Steven Pearl 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Cordell Pope 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 Totals 27-66 12-23 30 29 72 12 3 10 225 Tanner Wild 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Jean Michael Yotio 0-1 0-0 1 3 0 1 0 1 9 Josh Tabb 0-3 0-0 4 1 0 2 0 3 22 Totals 22-52 16-24 36 22 65 11 7 10 200 Halftime: UL 37, UAB 32. 3-point goals: UAB 4-11 (Vaden 2-7; Davis 1-1; Ryan Childress 0-1 0-0 2 1 0 0 0 0 8 Kinnard 1-2; Sharpe 0-1), UL 6-20 (Millsap 3-4; Gradnigo 2-4; Daigle 1-2; R. Daniels-Mulholland 1-1 0-0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 Halftime: UCF 33, UL 27. 3-point goals: UL 5-20 (Dees 2-5; Daigle 2-6; Dees 0-5; Barksdale 0-2; Johnson 0-2; Gary 0-1).Turnovers: UAB 27, UL 16. Totals 35-65 16-22 41 16 98 25 2 11 200 Gradnigo 1-3; Millsap 0-1; Gary 0-2; Johnson 0-3), UCF 5-11 (Taylor 2-5; Davis Offi cials: R-Mike Thibodeaux, U1-Donnee Gray, U2-Patrick Adams. A: 3,359. 1-1; Noel 1-1; O’Donnell 1-2; Pope 0-2).Turnovers: UL 22, UCF 21. Offi cials: Halftime: UT 46, UL 27. 3-point goals: UL 10-25 (Dees 3-4; Gradnigo 3-8; R-Steve Welmer, U1-Ed Hightower, U2-Doug Shows. A: 3,604. Daigle 2-5; Bloom 1-3; Millsap 1-3; Gary 0-2), UT 12-25 (Howell 5-8; J. Smith 3-6; T. Smith 2-2; Chism 1-3; Lofton 1-3; Tabb 0-3).Turnovers: UL 18, UT 13. Offi cials: R-Tony Greene, U1-Doug Sirmons, U2-Mike Nance. A: 19,401.

2007-08 Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns Men’s Basketball Game Day Notebook The Middle Tennessee Game • 21 2007-08 Box Scores GAME 7 GAME 8 GAME 9 McNeese State ULM Hawaiì McNeese State 67 Louisiana 68 Louisiana 61 Louisiana 61 ULM 67 Hawaiì 59 December 13, 2007 • CAJUNDOME December 16, 2007 • Fant-Ewing Coliseum December 19, 2007 • Stan Sheriff Center Lafayette, La. • Attendance: 3,434 Monroe, La. • Attendance: 1,039 Honolulu, O’ahu • Attendance: 6,099 LAFAYETTE - Trailing by two points with 4:43 remaining MONROE - He gave Louisiana its fi rst lead of the game HONOLULU, O’ahu - Louisiana suff ocated Hawaiì all in regulation, Louisiana was held scoreless for the remainder with 43 seconds left on the clock. Then, trailing by two, night on defense, forcing 19 turnovers as the Ragin’ Cajuns of the game, as the McNeese State Cowboys escaped the he delivered the game-winning shot. Freshman Chris stunned the host Rainbow Warriors 61-59 at the Stan Sheriff CAJUNDOME with a 67-61 win Thursday night. Gradnigo’s three-pointer from the left wing gave the Ragin’ Center. Louisiana (1-6) went 0-for-6 from the fi eld in the game’s Cajuns a monumental 68-67 victory over the ULM Warhawks Louisiana (3-6) will face the Ohio Bobcats (7-3) Friday at fi nal four-plus minutes, while McNeese State (5-3) was only Sunday afternoon at Fant-Ewing Coliseum. 11:30 p.m. (CT) in game eight of the 44th Outrigger Hotels able to muster four points down the stretch. Gradnigo fi nished the game with 15 points, including Rainbow Classic. Ohio narrowly defeated St. John’s 71-69 in David Dees led all scorers with 21 points and nine three crucial three-point baskets. Travis Bureau made his the fi rst game of the tournament. rebounds, going 13-of-16 from the free throw line. It marked long-awaited Louisiana debut, chipping in 11 points and fi ve Elijah Millsap fi nished with a game-high 11 rebounds to the second straight game that a Cajun made 13 freebies; rebounds. La’Ryan Gary and Randell Daigle each added 12 go along with two steals, despite shooting 0-for-11. In his Elijah Millsap went 13-of-14 in Louisiana’s loss at UCF points for the Cajuns. last four games, Millsap has gone 2-for-30 (6.7 percent). Late Tuesday night. The win for Louisiana (2-6, 1-0 Sun Belt) snapped a six- in the second half, Millsap dislocated the pinky fi nger on his The Cowboys help Millsap to just one point, while he game losing streak, while giving the Cajuns their fi rst non-shooting hand, but came back in for the game’s fi nal 20 went 0-for-4 from the fi eld. Millsap has now missed his last conference-opening victory since the 2003-04 season. ULM seconds. 10 shots, dating back to the Tennessee game on Nov. 30. (4-6, 0-1 Sun Belt) lost for the fi rst time on its home court this Louisiana shot 31 percent from the fi eld, going 5-of-15 Sophomore point guard Randell Daigle scored a career- season. from beyond the three-point arc. HawaiÌ shot 38.2 percent, high 11 points on 3-of-7 shooting with all three coming Louisiana went 9-of-14 from three-point range in the while shooting a dismal 13.3 percent from three-point from beyond the three-point arc. second half to help erase a nine-point halftime defi cit. range. Jarvis Bradley paced the Cowboys with 18 points, ULM’s Jordan Payne led all scorers with 16 points, while “Last night during our fi lm session, I challenged Elijah to while Kleon Penn and John Ford added 12 and 10 points, Lance Brasher added 13 and 10 rebounds. step up defensively,” Louisiana head coach Robert Lee said. respectively. Penn and John Pichon each grabbed nine Louisiana and ULM exchanged three-point baskets to “I told him I didn’t care if he didn’t score a point, so long as boards. start the second half, but the Warhawks still maintained a he played well on defense. Louisiana began and ended the fi rst half on an 8-2 run, nine-point edge, 33-24. After a ULM turnover, Daigle added “Elijah’s job was to defend,” Lee said. “Of course, I didn’t while McNeese State followed suit with an 8-2 run of its own another triple on the ensuing possession to cut the defi cit to expect him to go 0-for-11, but the defensive job he did on to begin the second half. McNeese State ran back in front, six points, 33-27. Bobby Nash was outstanding. 42-38, at the 16:47 mark of the second half. However, Afam Nweke converted a three-point play to “Even after Elijah dislocated his fi nger, he comes to me McNeese State would eventually run its lead to nine preserve ULM’s previous nine-point lead. A turnover by Gary during the timeout and asked me to go into the game to points, 48-39, after a Penn put-back before calling a timeout. allowed the Warhawks to extended their lead to 12, 39-27, defend Nash. Then, he goes in a steals the ball to help us win Following the break, Pichon added a bucket in the lane to after a Jonas Brown three-point play. the game.” give McNeese a double-digit lead. Daigle’s third trey of the second half cut the defi cit to Sophomore Randell Daigle led the way for Louisiana For the majority of the second half, Louisiana would seem seven points, 39-32, with 17:32 remaining in regulation. with a career-high 13 points on 4-of-12 shooting along with to fi nally get into a rhythm off ensively, cutting into the After the Warhawks again took an 11-point advantage, a career-best fi ve assists. McNeese State lead. However, every time Louisiana made a Louisiana cut it to seven, 50-43, on a Bureau triple from the Both Courtney Wallace and Abray Milson set new career key basket to cut the defi cit, McNeese would respond with a right wing. A pair of Gradnigo free throws later cut the lead rebounding highs, tallying nine and eight respectively. clutch shot of its own to rebuild its lead. to fi ve, 50-45. Matt Gibson and Riley Luettgerodt each chipped in a That trend would begin to change with seven minutes A triple by Bureau with 6:14 on the clock pulled the Cajuns game-high 15 points, while Bobby Nash added 10 points. remaining in regulation. Dees continued his hot shooting to within two points, 52-50. Both teams would go back-and- Louisiana continued to turn up the pressure defensively from the charity stripe, making his 12th and 13th freebies of forth before Louisiana cut it to one, 58-57. on Hawaiì. However, the Cajuns would fall behind early in the night, to trim the McNeese lead to fi ve, 61-56. the second half as the Rainbow Warriors extended their lead to as many as six, 30-24. But, a 5-0 run by Louisiana pulled the Cajuns back to within one, 30-29.

Box Score Box Score Box Score McNEESE (5-3) FG-A FT-A Reb PF TP Ast Blk Stl Min UL (2-6, 1-0) FG-A FT-A Reb PF TP Ast Blk Stl Min UL (3-6) FG-A FT-A Reb PF TP Ast Blk Stl Min Rorey Lawrence (f) 1-4 0-0 2 4 3 2 0 0 16 Abray Milson (c) 1-2 0-0 4 4 2 1 0 0 23 La’Ryan Gary (f) 2-6 6-9 4 2 10 0 1 1 30 John Pichon (f) 4-11 0-1 9 4 8 1 1 0 27 Elijah Millsap (g) 2-10 0-2 8 2 5 2 0 0 25 Abray Milson (c) 0-2 0-0 8 2 0 0 0 0 24 Jarvis Bradley (f) 8-12 2-2 3 3 18 0 0 1 33 David Dees (g) 1-4 2-3 1 1 4 0 0 1 24 Randell Daigle (g) 4-12 2-2 0 0 13 5 0 2 29 Kleon Penn (c) 4-6 4-5 9 4 12 0 1 0 28 La’Ryan Gary (g) 5-7 2-4 4 5 12 0 0 1 24 David Dees (g) 2-6 2-5 2 3 6 0 1 0 16 John Ford (g) 4-11 2-4 4 1 10 2 0 0 37 Stephen Dees (g) 0-1 0-0 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 Elijah Millsap (g) 0-11 5-10 11 1 5 1 0 2 26 Diego Kapelan 2-5 0-0 1 1 5 0 0 0 16 Tyren Johnson 1-1 0-0 1 2 2 2 1 1 20 Tyren Johnson 1-3 0-0 1 1 2 0 0 1 10 Stephan Martin 1-5 4-6 0 3 7 1 0 1 18 Randell Daigle 4-11 0-0 2 1 12 2 0 1 29 Corey Bloom 1-1 2-2 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 C.J. Collins 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Brandon Dison 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 Willie Lago 0-1 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 Aldryan Wardell 1-2 0-0 4 2 2 1 0 0 11 Willie Lago 2-2 1-2 0 1 5 0 0 1 6 Chris Gradnigo 4-10 0-0 1 3 9 0 0 1 16 Adrien Garr 0-2 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 Chris Gradnigo 4-8 4-4 1 2 15 2 0 0 15 Travis Bureau 1-3 0-0 1 1 3 1 0 0 17 Totals 26-59 12-18 35 24 67 8 3 2 200 Travis Bureau 3-7 2-3 5 1 11 2 0 0 21 Maurice Barksdale 0-0 2-2 0 1 2 0 0 0 7 Courtney Wallace 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 Courtney Wallace 2-3 1-3 9 2 5 0 0 0 15 UL (1-6) FG-A FT-A Reb PF TP Ast Blk Stl Min Totals 23-54 11-18 30 20 68 12 2 5 200 Brandon Dison 1-1 0-0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 Abray Milson (c) 1-1 0-0 4 2 2 0 0 0 12 Totals 18-59 20-33 42 18 61 7 2 7 200 Randell Daigle (g) 3-7 2-2 2 3 11 0 0 0 31 ULM (4-6, 0-1) FG-A FT-A Reb PF TP Ast Blk Stl Min David Dees (g) 4-12 13-16 9 4 21 3 0 2 35 Afam Nweke (f) 3-6 1-3 11 2 7 0 2 0 35 HAWAIÌ (3-5) FG-A FT-A Reb PF TP Ast Blk Stl Min Elijah Millsap (g) 0-4 1-1 3 4 1 0 1 1 15 Tony Hooper (g) 2-13 5-6 3 1 9 2 0 2 36 Bobby Nash (f) 3-13 4-4 10 4 10 2 1 0 38 Brandon Dison (g) 2-4 0-0 2 2 4 0 0 0 20 Lance Brasher (g) 5-8 0-0 10 3 13 2 0 1 35 Bill Amis (f) 3-6 0-1 8 4 6 1 2 0 33 Tyren Johnson 0-2 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 Jonas Brown (g) 4-10 2-4 2 4 10 3 0 2 30 Stephen Verwers (c) 2-4 2-3 4 3 6 1 2 0 22 Corey Bloom 2-6 1-2 2 0 6 0 0 0 15 Jordan Payne (g) 5-16 5-5 5 2 16 4 0 0 34 Matt Gibson (g) 5-11 4-5 4 3 15 3 0 1 33 Willie Lago 1-2 0-0 2 0 3 2 0 0 7 Raphelle Turner 2-3 3-3 5 4 7 0 1 1 19 R. Luettgerodt (g) 5-11 4-5 6 3 15 1 0 0 34 Chris Gradnigo 1-6 1-2 2 3 3 0 0 0 16 Kenneth Averette 1-1 0-0 1 0 3 0 0 0 5 Kareem Nitoto 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 La’Ryan Gary 1-2 2-3 1 0 4 0 0 0 15 Mitchell Hampton 1-3 0-0 1 1 2 0 0 0 6 Jared Dillinger 1-5 1-1 1 4 3 2 0 0 21 Maurice Barksdale 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Totals 26-30 16-21 41 17 67 11 3 6 200 P.J. Owsley 2-4 0-0 4 1 4 1 0 0 13 Courtney Wallace 2-5 2-2 4 2 6 0 0 0 20 Totals 21-55 15-19 41 23 59 11 5 2 200 Totals 17-52 22-28 35 21 61 5 1 3 200 Halftime: ULM 30, UL 21. 3-point goals: UL 11-27 (Daigle 4-9; Gradnigo 3- 5; Bureau 3-7; Millsap 1-4; S. Dees 0-1), ULM 5-20 (Brasher 3-5; Averette 0-1; Halftime: Hawaiì 24, UL 22. 3-point goals: UL 5-15 (Daigle 3-10; Bureau 1-2; Halftime: UL 36, MSU 34. 3-point goals: MSU 3-15 (Lawrence 1-2; Martin Payne 1-5; Hooper 0-4; Brown 0-5). Turnovers: ULM 13, UL 10. Offi cials: R- Gradnigo 1-2; Millsap 0-1), Hawaiì 2-15 (Luettergerodt 1-4; Gibson 1-6; Nash 1-2; Kapelan 1-4; Pichon 0-1; Garr 0-2; Ford 0-4), UL 5-21 (Daigle 3-5; Lago Mark Whitehead, U1-Hal Lusk, U2-Rick Randal. A: 1,039. 0-3; Dillinger 02). Turnovers: Hawaiì 19, UL 13. Offi cials: R-Scott Thornley, 1-1; Bloom 1-3; Barksdale 0-1; Johnson 0-1; Millsap 0-2; Dees 0-4; Gradnigo U1-Lonnie Dixon, U2-Tim Gabutero. A: 6,099. 0-4).Turnovers: Tied at 12. Offi cials: R-Curtis Shaw, U1-Mike Thibodeaux, U2-Mark Whitehead. A: 3,434.

2007-08 Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns Men’s Basketball Game Day Notebook The Middle Tennessee Game • 22 2007-08 Box Scores GAME 10 GAME 11 GAME 12 Ohio East Tennessee State Florida Atlantic Ohio 74 East Tennessee State 80 Florida Atlantic 52 Louisiana 68 Louisiana 82 Louisiana 71 December 21, 2007 • Stan Sheriff Center December 22, 2007 • Stan Sheriff Center December 29, 2007 • CAJUNDOME Honolulu, O’ahu • Attendance: 6,075 Honolulu, O’ahu • Attendance: 5,908 Lafayette, La. • Attendance: 3,265 HONOLULU, O’ahu - Louisiana’s hopes of advancing to HONOLULU, O’ahu - Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns overcame LAFAYETTE - A year after a tough three-point loss at the Outrigger Hotels Rainbow Classic championship game a 24-0 run by East Tennessee State mid-way through the Florida Atlantic, Louisiana posted its most dominant rested on the Ragin’ Cajuns last possession. However, a second half to pull away with a solid 82-80 victory over the performance of the season as the Ragin’ Cajuns easily put crucial turnover in the game’s last 20 seconds resulted in Bucs Saturday night at the Stan Sheriff Center. away the Owls 71-52 Saturday night at the CAJUNDOME. a 74-68 defeat to the Ohio Bobcats late Friday night at the The victory gave Louisiana (4-7) its third victory in its last With the win, Louisiana (5-7, 2-0 Sun Belt) clinched its Stan Sheriff Center. four games and a third-place fi nish in the Outrigger Hotels fi rst 2-0 start to its conference schedule since the 2001-02 Louisiana (3-7) will face the East Tennessee State Bucs (5-6) Rainbow Classic. ETSU (5-7) fi nished fourth in the eight-team season. Florida Atlantic (4-9, 0-2 Sun Belt) has now lost 18 of in the third-place game Saturday at 9 p.m. (CT), while Ohio tournament. its last 22 games outside the Sunshine State dating back to (8-3) advances to play St. Mary’s College in the championship Freshman Chris Gradnigo capped off a fabulous week of the start of the 2006-07 season. game. play, leading the Cajuns with 21 points on 7-of-11 shooting. Sophomore Courtney Wallace led Louisiana with a career- Freshman Chris Gradnigo scored a career-high 22 points Gradnigo fi nished with 52 points in three games in the high 13 points on 5-of-6 shooting with fi ve rebounds in 23 on 8-of-14 shooting, including 5-of-9 from three-point tournament. Sophomore La’Ryan Gary added a career-high minutes. Freshman Chris Gradnigo tallied double-digits range. Travis Bureau chipped in a career-high 11 points on 16 points, while Travis Bureau also added a career-high 15 for fourth time in his last fi ve games, chipping in 10 points. 3-of-8 shooting. points. Freshman Travis Bureau added 12 points, while La’Ryan Leon Williams paced the Bobcats with a game-high 23 Sophomore Randell Daigle recorded his fi rst career Gary scored 10. points, including 11-of-13 from the free throw line. Justin double-double, scoring a career-high 14 points, while Tyren Johnson pulled down a game- and career-high Orr added 20 points, while Jerome Tillman chipped in 16. dishing out a career-high 10 assists. The Cajuns distributed eight rebounds. Louisiana improved to 4-0 when having Trailing by 11 points entering the second half, Louisiana 22 assists as a team on 26 fi eld goals. four or more players post double fi gures. The Cajuns’ bench managed to cut the Ohio lead again to single digits thanks East Tennessee State’s Kevin Tiggs led all scorers with out-scored the Owls 30-11 and has now out-scored the to the Cajuns’ persistent defense. The Cajuns forced Ohio to 27 points, while pulling down a game-high 10 rebounds. opposition 151-47 in the last fi ve games. take several ill-advised shots, allowing Louisiana to get back Courtney Pigram added 17 points for the Bucs. FAU’s Carlos Monroe led all scorers with 15 points and to within six, 51-45. Louisiana appeared to have salted the game away on its six rebounds. Sean Alarcon added 13 points on 5-of-5 However, the Bobcats would continue to pad their lead fi rst possessions of the second half. Elijah Millsap’s emphatic shooting. back to double digits despite Louisiana’s eff orts. Louisiana transition dunk gave the Cajuns a 12-point cushion before a The Cajuns’ stranglehold on the Owls continued in the again cut it to six, 59-53, with 8:25 left in the second half on a Gradnigo triple gave Louisiana a 15-point edge. second half as Louisiana built its largest lead of the game, Gradnigo transition lay-up. Then, Bureau buried a triple from However, a 24-0 run by East Tennessee State gave the 52-23, with 17:24 remaining in regulation. Louisiana’s lead the left wing to cut the Ohio lead to 59-56. Bucs a 58-49 lead with 11:11 remaining in the second half. remained 20 or more until the game’s fi nal minute when Randell Daigle brought the Cajuns to within one, 62-61, Louisiana broke ETSU’s run on a David Dees free throw, Alarcon drained a triple to cut it to the fi nal tally. on his fi rst three-pointer of the contest with six minutes left cutting the Bucs lead to 58-50. Louisiana’s successes from across the Pacifi c Ocean carried in regulation. Bureau then tied it at the free throw line, 63-63, Louisiana went 9:41 without a fi eld goal in the second half over into the CAJUNDOME as the Cajuns quickly opened the with 4:29 left on the clock. After an Ohio bucket, Gradnigo until Abray Milson converted a lay-in with 9:15 remaining in game with a six-point cushion, 15-9. Nine of Louisiana’s fi rst gave the Cajuns’ their fi rst lead since early in the fi rst half, regulation, 58-52. 15 points came from the once-struggling Elijah Millsap, 66-65. The Cajuns tied the contest at 60 apiece after Gary who drained three straight treys for the Cajuns. Williams later gave Ohio a 70-68 lead after successfully successfully converted a three-point play with 6:06 on the From there, the Cajuns’ solid shooting continued as the converting a three-point play at the 1:00 mark. A critical clock. Louisiana then completed its comeback after Daigle home team held a double-digit lead for the fi nal seven turnover by David Dees allowed Orr to convert two free knocked down a 22-footer from the top of the key, 63-60, at minutes of the fi rst half. After FAU cut the Louisiana lead throws, icing the game at the charity stripe. the 5:37 mark. That crucial basket capped a 14-2 Cajuns run. to three, 15-12, with 10:23 left in the fi rst half, the Cajuns ETSU then regained the lead after back-to-back baskets, 64- embarked on a 16-5 run to take a 31-17 edge. 63. During the course of the half’s fi nal fi ve minutes, Florida Atlantic wouldn’t get any closer than 10 points, 31-21, before Louisiana closed the door on the Owls.

Box Score Box Score Box Score OHIO (8-3) FG-A FT-A Reb PF TP Ast Blk Stl Min ETSU (5-7) FG-A FT-A Reb PF TP Ast Blk Stl Min FAU (4-9, 0-2) FG-A FT-A Reb PF TP Ast Blk Stl Min Justin Orr (f) 7-10 3-4 1 2 20 1 2 0 29 Andrew Reed (f) 6-15 2-2 3 4 14 0 0 1 30 Jeff Parmer (f) 1-4 4-7 2 4 6 1 0 1 27 Jerome Tillman (f) 7-9 2-2 4 2 16 3 0 1 37 Kevin Tiggs (f) 11-15 4-5 10 2 27 3 0 1 44 Carlos Monroe (f) 5-9 5-8 6 2 15 1 0 0 30 Leon Williams (c) 6-8 11-13 10 4 23 3 0 0 32 Courtney Pigram (g) 5-14 3-4 2 4 17 5 0 3 32 Sammy Hernandez (f) 1-4 1-3 4 2 3 0 0 0 18 Michael Allen (g) 0-1 0-0 4 3 0 7 0 2 32 Jocolby Davis (g) 1-7 0-0 7 1 3 7 0 0 35 Carderro Nwoji (g) 2-8 0-0 4 0 4 3 0 1 38 Bubba Walther (g) 2-7 2-2 4 0 8 3 0 1 32 Mike Smith (g) 3-8 2-2 8 4 9 1 0 1 36 Sean Alarcon (g) 5-5 0-0 0 2 13 0 0 2 36 DeV. Washington 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 Kenyona Swader 0-2 2-2 3 0 2 1 1 0 8 Derrick Simmons 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 Bert Whittington, IV 2-8 0-0 1 2 4 0 0 0 15 Dequan Twilley 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 2 11 Enrique Rodriguez 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Kenneth Van Kempen 0-2 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 9 Travis Strong 0-1 0-0 1 1 0 1 0 0 11 Jamal Owens 0-0 0-2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Allen Hester 1-3 0-0 1 0 3 0 0 0 11 Blake Mishler 3-6 2-2 2 8 0 0 0 0 18 Sanchez Hughley 0-1 2-2 3 0 2 0 0 0 10 Tommy Freeman 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 Totals 29-68 15-17 41 19 80 19 1 8 225 Xavier Perkins 1-4 3-4 1 3 5 0 0 0 19 Totals 25-48 18-21 29 16 74 17 2 5 200 Brett Royster 2-6 0-0 5 2 4 0 0 0 13 UL (4-7) FG-A FT-A Reb PF TP Ast Blk Stl Min Totals 17-42 15-26 27 17 52 5 0 4 200 UL (3-7) FG-A FT-A Reb PF TP Ast Blk Stl Min La’Ryan Gary (f) 4-7 8-11 2 4 16 2 0 3 39 La’Ryan Gary (f) 1-2 3-6 4 4 5 2 0 0 18 Abray Milson (c) 2-2 0-0 3 3 4 1 0 2 29 UL (5-7, 2-0) FG-A FT-A Reb PF TP Ast Blk Stl Min Abray Milson (c) 0-0 0-0 2 5 0 0 0 1 26 Chris Gradnigo (g) 7-11 1-2 6 1 21 2 0 2 35 Chris Gradnigo (f) 3-8 2-2 2 2 10 0 1 0 24 Randell Daigle (g) 3-11 0-0 0 0 7 7 0 3 34 Randell Daigle (g) 5-11 0-0 4 0 14 10 0 1 22 La’Ryan Gary (f) 3-7 4-4 2 1 10 2 0 0 23 Elijah Millsap (g) 3-6 0-1 3 2 6 2 0 1 12 Elijah Millsap (g) 3-6 0-2 6 4 6 2 0 0 28 Abray Milson (c) 1-1 1-2 3 5 3 0 0 1 14 Chris Gradnigo (g) 8-14 1-3 4 3 22 0 0 0 37 Willie Lago 1-5 1-2 0 0 3 1 0 0 19 Randell Daigle (g) 3-8 0-0 1 2 9 4 0 1 27 Tyren Johnson 0-1 1-2 2 2 1 0 0 0 6 David Dees 0-2 2-4 1 0 2 0 0 0 20 Elijah Millsap (g) 3-7 0-0 4 0 9 1 1 1 19 Brandon Dison 1-1 2-2 3 1 4 0 0 0 16 Travis Bureau 4-8 3-3 4 2 15 1 0 0 9 Tyren Johnson 2-4 0-0 8 2 4 1 2 0 20 Corey Bloom 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Courtney Wallace 0-2 1-2 1 5 1 1 0 0 9 Corey Bloom 0-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Willie Lago 1-1 0-0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 Totals 26-54 16-26 31 19 82 22 2 9 225 Willie Lago 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 1 0 0 8 Travis Bureau 3-8 2-2 3 0 11 1 2 1 21 David Dees 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 Courtney Wallace 2-2 2-2 0 1 6 0 0 0 11 Halftime: UL 44, ETSU 34. 3-point goals: ETSU 7-12 (Pigram 4-8; Davis 1-1; Travis Bureau 4-8 3-4 1 4 12 0 0 2 19 Totals 23-49 11-18 24 19 68 14 2 6 200 Smith 1-1; Tiggs 1-1; Strong 0-1), UL 14-27 (Gradnigo 6-8; Bureau 4-7; Daigle Maurice Barksdale 0-0 1-2 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 4-7; Dees 0-1; Lago 0-4).Turnovers: Tied at 20. Offi cials: R-Lonnie Dixon, U1- Courtney Wallace 5-6 3-5 5 4 13 0 0 1 23 Halftime: Ohio 44, UL 33. 3-point goals: Ohio 6-17 (Orr 3-4; Walther 2-6; Mike Giarrantano, U2-Ryan Wells. A: 5,908. Brandon Dison 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 Hester 1-3; Whittington 0-5), UL 11-29 (Gradnigo 5-9; Bureau 3-7; Lago 1-1; Totals 24-52 14-19 31 22 71 9 4 9 200 Dees 1-2; Daigle 1-7; Barksdale 0-1; Millsap 0-1).Turnovers: UL 16, Ohio 15. Offi cials: R-Scott Thornley, U1-Mike Giarratano, U2-Brian Shelley. A: 6,075. Halftime: UL 46, FAU 23. 3-point goals: FAU 3-12 (Alarcon 3-3; Nwoji 0-3; Hernandez 0-2; Parmer 0-1; Simmons 0-1; Hughley 0-1; Perkins 0-1), UL 9-25 (Millsap 3-4; Daigle 3-6; Gradnigo 2-5; Bureau 1-4; Bloom 0-3; Johnson 0-2; Gary 0-1).Turnovers: FAU 18, UL 15. Offi cials: R-Brent Dugas, U1-Brian Allred, U2-Alan Cosby. A: 3,265.

2007-08 Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns Men’s Basketball Game Day Notebook The Middle Tennessee Game • 23 2007-08 Box Scores GAME 13 GAME 14 GAME 15 Arkansas State New Orleans UALR Arkansas State 63 New Orleans 57 Louisiana 63 Louisiana 73 Louisiana 67 UALR 74 January 3, 2008 • CAJUNDOME January 5, 2008 • CAJUNDOME January 10, 2008 • Jack Stephens Center Lafayette, La. • Attendance: 3,871 Lafayette, La. • Attendance: 5,621 Little Rock, Ark. • Attendance: 3,934 LAFAYETTE - Three players scored in double fi gures, LAFAYETTE - After erasing a 12-point second-half defi cit, LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Louisiana squandered an 11-point including a team-high 17 points by David Dees, as Louisiana is off to one of its best Sun Belt Conference starts fi rst-half lead, while UALR forced 21 turnovers as the Trojans Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns improved to 3-0 in the Sun Belt in program history as the Ragin’ Cajuns posted a dominating snapped the Ragin’ Cajuns four-game winning streak, 74-63, Conference standings with a very impressive 73-63 win over 67-57 victory over in-state rival New Orleans Saturday at the Thursday night at the Jack Stephens Center. Arkansas State Thursday night at the CAJUNDOME. CAJUNDOME. Thursday’s night defeat was the fi rst Sun Belt Conference Thursday’s victory marked Louisiana’s (6-7, 3-0 Sun Belt) Saturday night’s crowd of 5,621 was the largest at the blemish for Louisiana (7-8, 4-1 Sun Belt) this season; fi rst 3-0 start in the Sun Belt since the 1999-2000 season CAJUNDOME since Feb. 19, 2005, when 6,954 fans watched however, the Cajuns still lead the West Division by one-half – the year of Louisiana’s last outright conference crown. Louisiana defeat North Texas 80-67. game ahead of UALR (11-4, 3-1 Sun Belt). Dees went 6-of-7 from the fi eld, including 3-of-4 from The 10-point victory marked Louisiana’s (7-7, 4-0) fi rst 4-0 UALR’s Steven Moore led all scorers with 22 points, while three-point range, while adding four rebounds and four start in SBC play since 1999-2000. It was also Louisiana’s fi rst three other Trojans posted double fi gures. The Trojans shot assists. Elijah Millsap chipped in 16 points and eight 3-0 home start in league play since the 2002-03 season. 44.4 percent in both the fi rst and second halves on 12-of-27 rebounds. Randell Daigle added 14 points and fi ve assists. David Dees scored a team-high 14 points with fi ve shooting. Adrian Banks led Arkansas State (6-7, 1-2 Sun Belt) with rebounds, while Randell Daigle chipped in 13 points, Sophomore La’Ryan Gary and freshman Chris Gradnigo a game-high 20 points on 6-of-9 shooting. Ryan Wedel including two late three-point fi eld goals and four critical each scored a team-high 11 points with Gary leading the poured in 15 points, while Yima Chia-Kur added 13. free throws in the last minute. Courtney Wallace pulled team with six rebounds. Sophomore guard Randell Daigle Louisiana took a six-point lead, 40-34, to start the second down a game- and career-high-tying nine rebounds. committed a career- and team-high seven turnovers in the half before the Indians engineered a 9-0 run, taking a 43-40 The most impressive stat of the night was Louisiana’s loss despite chipping in eight points in 24 minutes. edge. But, Travis Bureau buried a running three-pointer to bench, which out-scored UNO’s (11-4, 1-2) reserves 41-0. After a 13-0 run to close the fi rst half, UALR scored the fi rst provide the equalizer at 43 all. Sun Belt Conference Preseason Player of the Year Bo fi ve points of the second half to hold a 38-31 lead. However, After A-State took a 45-43 lead, Daigle gave the lead back McCalebb led all scorers with 26 points. James Parlow added the Cajuns, facing their largest defi cit of the game, slowly to the Cajuns, 46-45, on a fastbreak three-pointer from the 13 points before being ejected after receiving two technical chipped away at the UALR lead. But, a 9-2 Cajuns run tied the top of the key. Both teams later exchanged buckets until fouls late in the game. game at 40 all with just under 15:00 on the clock. Dees gave Louisiana a three-point lead once again, 51-48. After UNO extended its lead to 36-23 in the early stages of UALR responded with an 8-1 run to regain a seven-point The Indians responded with a quick 7-0 run to regain the the second half, Louisiana responded with a quick 6-0 run. advantage, 48-41. lead, 55-51, with 9:03 remaining in regulation. Dees snapped That streak cut the Privateers’ advantage to seven, 36-29, Trailing 54-46, the Cajuns hit back-to-back shots on a A-State’s spurt with an emphatic dunk to cut the defi cit to with 16:03 left in regulation. Tyren Johnson jumper along the baseline and a David 55-53. A pair of key baskets by Travis Bureau brought Louisiana Dees three to cut the UALR lead to 54-51 at the 7:19 mark. Banks then extended the ASU lead to four, 59-55. But, to within fi ve, 38-33, at the 13:13 mark. A lay-in later by Louisiana wouldn’t get any closer than one, 57-56, with the Cajuns slowly chipped away beginning with an Abray Wallace cut the defi cit to 38-35. 5:16 remaining in the game, but the Trojans closed out the Milson lay-in, followed by a Millsap triple, giving UL a 60-59 Three minutes later, Corey Bloom drained a three-pointer contest on a 17-7 run to snap the Cajuns’ win streak. lead. to bring Louisiana to within one, 42-41. Then, on UNO’s Louisiana came into the game fi ring on all cylinders as the On Arkansas State’s ensuing possession, Dees rebounded ensuing possession, McCalebb promptly buried a three to streaking Cajuns silenced the Stephens Center crowd early a Shawn Morgan miss and fi nished with a three-pointer for a give UNO a four-point cushion. However, Bloom answered with a 12-4 cushion. However, the Trojans responded with a four-point UL lead, 63-59. From there, Louisiana out-scored again, draining his second triple in 30 seconds. 7-0 run to cut the UL lead to one, 12-11. ASU 10-4 down the stretch for the 10-point victory. Down by two, Willie Lago gave Louisiana its fi rst lead On the Cajuns’ ensuing possession, Johnson drained a 10- Louisiana opened the fi rst half with a dismal shooting since 16:22 of the fi rst half on a three-pointer from the top foot jumper along the baseline. Abray Milson then added performance, connecting on only one of its fi rst nine shots of the key. Lago’s trey gave UL a slim 47-46 lead with 8:23 a lay-in following a missed Dees three-point try for a 16-11 as the Indians held a 6-4 lead at the 15:42 mark. After the left in regulation. La’Ryan Gary later extended the Cajuns’ lead. Cajuns tied the game, Arkansas State then posted a 13-2 cushion to 49-46 at the 7:22 mark. run, taking a commanding 19-8 lead.

Box Score Box Score Box Score A-STATE (6-7, 1-2) FG-A FT-A Reb PF TP Ast Blk Stl Min UNO (11-4, 1-2) FG-A FT-A Reb PF TP Ast Blk Stl Min UL (7-8, 4-1) FG-A FT-A Reb PF TP Ast Blk Stl Min Shawn Morgan (f) 2-4 1-2 4 3 5 2 1 1 30 Kyndall Dykes (f) 2-8 3-4 5 2 7 0 0 1 31 La’Ryan Gary (f) 4-4 2-4 6 2 11 2 1 1 25 Kewain Gant (f) 2-5 0-0 2 4 4 0 3 0 26 Ben Elias (c) 2-5 0-0 6 3 4 0 0 0 20 Chris Gradnigo (f) 5-10 1-2 4 0 11 1 1 0 25 Yima Chia-Kur (f) 5-9 2-2 5 2 13 0 0 0 35 Bo McCalebb (g) 7-18 11-14 6 1 26 1 1 3 35 Abray Milson (c) 3-5 0-0 3 6 0 0 0 2 26 Ryan Wedel (g) 6-12 2-3 3 1 15 1 0 1 36 James Parlow (g) 3-8 6-7 2 5 13 1 0 0 32 Randell Daigle (g) 3-7 0-0 2 4 8 1 0 2 24 Ifeayni Koggu (g) 1-4 0-0 1 3 2 3 0 0 18 Shaun Reynolds (g) 3-10 0-0 7 1 7 0 0 0 36 Elijah Millsap (g) 4-10 0-0 2 4 10 0 1 0 22 Ashton Farmer 0-2 2-2 5 4 2 1 0 0 11 Jaroslav Tyrna 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 8 Tyren Johnson 2-4 2-2 3 4 6 1 3 0 14 Logan Nutt 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 Jacob Manning 0-1 0-0 0 3 0 0 0 0 13 Corey Bloom 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Adrian Banks 7-10 5-8 3 2 20 1 0 2 27 Kechan Myers 0-4 0-0 0 3 0 1 0 0 16 Willie Lago 1-2 2-2 1 2 4 2 0 0 9 Mike Lance 1-1 0-0 0 0 2 1 0 1 6 A. Souleymane 0-0 0-0 4 0 0 0 2 0 9 David Dees 1-3 3-6 3 2 6 1 0 0 16 P.J. Keaton 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 17-54 20-25 35 20 57 3 3 4 200 Travis Bureau 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 18 Totals 24-47 12-17 26 20 63 9 4 5 200 Maurice Barksdale 0-1 1-2 2 2 1 0 0 1 7 UL (7-7, 4-0) FG-A FT-A Reb PF TP Ast Blk Stl Min Courtney Wallace 0-3 0-0 1 2 0 0 1 0 8 UL (6-7, 3-0) FG-A FT-A Reb PF TP Ast Blk Stl Min Chris Gradnigo (f) 0-5 0-0 3 3 0 0 0 1 15 Totals 23-51 11-18 32 25 63 9 7 6 200 Chris Gradnigo (f) 1-10 0-0 5 3 2 0 0 0 23 La’Ryan Gary (f) 1-4 5-6 6 2 7 1 1 0 25 La’Ryan Gary (f) 3-6 0-2 5 3 6 1 1 2 18 Abray Milson (c) 2-3 0-2 5 1 4 1 1 2 17 UALR (11-4, 3-1) FG-A FT-A Reb PF TP Ast Blk Stl Min Abray Milson (c) 3-3 0-0 4 0 6 0 0 1 22 Randell Daigle (g) 3-7 4-5 4 1 13 2 0 1 30 John Fowler (f) 0-3 2-4 5 2 2 1 1 2 28 Randell Daigle (g) 5-10 1-2 1 2 14 5 0 0 34 Elijah Millsap (g) 1-4 0-0 5 3 2 0 0 0 14 Lekhey. Malone (f) 1-5 2-2 3 1 4 1 0 1 13 Elijah Millsap (g) 4-11 7-9 8 3 16 2 0 1 31 Tyren Johnson 1-3 0-0 6 1 2 1 1 0 14 Mike Smith (f) 4-7 3-4 1 2 11 1 0 0 30 Tyren Johnson 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 15 Corey Bloom 3-5 0-0 0 1 8 0 0 1 9 Steven Moore (g) 6-8 8-10 4 3 22 4 0 1 30 Willie Lago 1-2 0-0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 Willie Lago 2-2 0-0 0 0 5 1 0 0 10 Terrance Akins (g) 3-7 3-3 0 3 10 2 0 1 22 David Dees 6-7 2-2 4 1 17 4 0 0 17 David Dees 5-10 4-7 6 2 14 0 0 0 17 Shane Edwards 1-2 1-1 2 1 3 0 0 0 17 Travis Bureau 3-8 0-0 1 0 8 0 0 1 17 Travis Bureau 2-7 0-0 2 1 4 1 0 1 15 De’Andre Eggins 4-10 0-0 4 1 8 1 0 2 23 Courtney Wallace 1-2 0-0 3 3 2 0 0 0 17 Courtney Wallace 3-7 0-3 9 2 6 0 1 0 23 LaMarvon Jackson 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 Totals 27-59 10-15 35 16 73 12 1 5 200 Brandon Dison 1-4 0-0 1 3 2 2 0 0 11 Rashad Moss 1-1 0-0 2 1 2 1 0 0 10 Totals 24-61 13-23 48 20 67 9 4 6 200 Derick Bails 4-10 4-6 6 1 12 0 0 1 19 Halftime: UL 36, ASU 32. 3-point goals: ASU 3-8 (Banks 1-2; Chia-Kur 1-2; Totals 24-53 23-30 32 16 74 11 1 8 200 Wedel 1-4), UL 9-23 (Dees 3-4; Daigle 3-6; Bureau 2-7; Millsap 1-2; Lago 0-1; Halftime: UNO 32, UL 23. 3-point goals: UNO 3-11 (Reynolds 1-3; McCalebb Gradnigo 0-3).Turnovers: ASU 19, UL 16. Offi cials: R-Mark Whitehead, U1- 1-4; Parlow 1-4), UL 6-23 (Daigle 3-6; Bloom 2-4; Lago 1-1; Johnson 1-1; Halftime: UALR 33, UL 31. 3-point goals: UL 6-20 (Daigle 2-6; Millsap 2-6; Duke Edsall, U2-Tom O’Neill. A: 3,871. Millsap 1-1; Gradnigo 0-2; Dees 0-3; Bureau 0-5).Turnovers: UL 14, UNO 10. Gary 1-1; Dees 1-3; Gradnigo 0-1; Lago 0-1; Bureau 0-2), UALR 3-13 (Moore Offi cials: R-Tim Gattis, U1-Bret Smith, U2-Rick Shoulders. A: 5,621. 2-3; Akins 1-4; Edwards 0-1; Fowler 0-1; Malone 0-1; Stewart 0-1; Eggins 0-2). Turnovers: UL 21, UALR 13. Offi cials: R-Mike Thibodeaux, U1-Les Jones, U2- Steve Olson. A: 3,934.

2007-08 Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns Men’s Basketball Game Day Notebook The Middle Tennessee Game • 24 2007-08 Box Scores GAME 16 GAME 17 GAME 18 North Texas Utah Valley Western Kentucky Louisiana 65 Utah Valley 59 Western Kentucky 69 North Texas 72 Louisiana 67 Louisiana 66 January 12, 2008 • The Super Pit January 15, 2008 • CAJUNDOME January 19, 2008 • CAJUNDOME Denton, Texas • Attendance: 3,453 Lafayette, La. • Attendance: 3,523 Lafayette, La. • Attendance: 6,190 DENTON, Texas - After trailing by as many as 10 points, LAFAYETTE - For just the second time this season, senior LAFAYETTE - Louisiana couldn’t contain WKU’s Courtney Louisiana made a furious second-half rally; however, North guard David Dees posted a 20-point eff ort, as Louisiana’s Lee who scored a game-high 23 points as the Hilltoppers Texas held the Ragin’ Cajuns scoreless for the game’s fi nal Ragin’ Cajuns snapped a two-losing streak with a 67-59 win escaped with a 69-66 win over the Ragin’ Cajuns Saturday four minutes as the Mean Green pulled off a 72-65 triumph over Utah Valley Tuesday at the CAJUNDOME. night at the CAJUNDOME. Saturday night at the Super Pit. Louisiana (8-9) extended its home court winning streak Saturday’s crowd of 6,190 was the largest this season at Louisiana (7-9, 4-2 Sun Belt) took a one-point lead, 65-64, to four games, while Utah Valley (6-13) lost for the fourth the CAJUNDOME for Louisiana (8-10, 4-3 Sun Belt) and the on Randell Daigle’s fi fth three-pointer with 3:59 remaining straight time. largest since Feb. 19, 2005, when 6,954 fans watched UL in regulation. However, that would stand as Louisiana’s last Senior David Dees led all scorers with 20 points on 6-of- defeat North Texas 80-67. Western Kentucky (14-5, 6-1 Sun basket of the night – and its last points – as North Texas (12- 11 shooting in 28 minutes. Dees’ 20 points are the second- Belt) notched its fourth straight victory with the win. 4, 3-2 Sun Belt) closed the game on an 8-0 run for the win. highest by the senior this season. Sophomore guard Elijah Senior David Dees and freshman Travis Bureau paced Daigle scored a career-high 17 points on 5-of-10 shooting Millsap chipped in 16 points, while Courtney Wallace the Cajuns off ensively with a team-high 11 points. Courtney – all from three-point range – while added four assists in 24 added a career-high 14. Wallace and Elijah Millsap each added nine. Randell minutes. Senior center Abray Milson scored a season-high Freshman forward Travis Bureau made his fi rst career Daigle was held to just four points on 1-of-6 shooting and 10 points on 5-of-6 shooting with six rebounds. In all, eleven start for the Cajuns, but only tallied three points and two failed to make a three-pointer for just the third time this of Louisiana’s 13 players scored at least two points. rebounds in 19 minutes. season. It snapped Daigle’s streak of 15 straight games with Quincy Williams led all scorers with 18 points and seven Josh Olsen paced the Wolverines with 13 points, while at least one three-pointer. rebounds, while Collin Dennis chipped in 17 points, going Brett Ravenberg and Jordan Brady each added 10. Louisiana Lee scored 20 of his 23 points in the second half as the 8-of-9 from the free throw line. held Ryan Toolson to just nine points on 1-of-12 shooting in senior went 7-of-17 from the fi eld and 7-of-9 at the free The Mean Green prevented the Cajuns from holding 38 minutes. throw line. Steff phon Pettigrew added 14 points and six a lead for longer than a possession as Louisiana’s largest Louisiana’s fi rst-half nine-point lead quickly dissipated as rebounds in 20 minutes, while Tyrone Brazelton pulled second half lead came on a Milson lay-in, 37-35. Williams the Wolverines pulled to within three, 33-30, before La’Ryan down a game-high eight rebounds and dished out a game- then scored North Texas’ next fi ve points for a 41-39 lead. Gary converted a three-point play, bringing the Cajuns’ lead best fi ve assists. Louisiana tied the game two more times before a 13-3 back to six, 36-30. The Cajuns’ lead grew to as many as eight, After the Cajuns had led for the most of the fi rst half, North Texas run put the Cajuns in a 10-point hole, 56-46. 40-32. Louisiana went ahead of the Toppers only four times in Daigle ended the Mean Green streak, promptly burying a However, a 13-2 run by Utah Valley gave the Wolverines the second half. Leading 37-36 with 15:16 remaining in 22-foot triple to cut it to a seven-point defi cit. a 45-42 advantage with 10:15 remaining in the second half. regulation, Louisiana began to feel the pressure applied by Trailing by 10, the Cajuns made a furious comeback thanks Wallace provided the equalizer at 47 with 7:18 on the clock. WKU. to not one, not two, but three Daigle triples to give Louisiana Two possessions later, the Wolverines extended their lead Western Kentucky then went on a quick 5-0 run to take a a 65-64 lead at the 3:59 mark. The third of Daigle’s triple trio to four, 53-49, on a Richard Troyer three-point in the corner. 41-37 edge at the 13:36 mark. The Cajuns later tied the game gave the sophomore a career-high 17 points before he The Cajuns answered with a wide-open triple from Dees, at 41 all, but the Toppers responded with a torrid run, taking fouled out. cutting the defi cit to one, 53-52. a 57-49 lead with 8:14 left to play. During the run, the closest From that point, the Mean Green closed the game on an Then, Millsap buried a three-pointer at the 4:59 mark to the Cajuns would get was 48-46 after Bureau converted a 8-0 run to take a 72-65 win. give the Cajuns their fi rst lead in more than seven minutes huge four-point play with 10:13 on the clock. North Texas opened the fi rst half an 8-4 lead after Williams as Louisiana took a 55-53 lead. Millsap followed with a tip-in The Cajuns, however, eventually would fall behind by as converted back-to-back baskets in the paint. Louisiana on a Dees miss to put the Cajuns up four, 57-53. many as 12 points, 64-52, at the 4:32 mark of the second half. followed with an 8-0 run thanks to a pair of Daigle triples for Two Wallace free throws extended the Cajuns’ lead to six, WKU would be held without a fi eld goal for the remainder of a 12-8 Cajuns lead. 61-55. Dees then sealed the victory with a 22-footer for a 65- the game. Daigle’s two treys extended the sophomore guard’s streak 57 Cajuns lead with 40 seconds remaining the game. But, an 8-1 run by Louisiana cut the defi cit to fi ve, 65-60. to 14 straight games with at least three-point basket. Daigle After a WKU timeout, Tyren Johnson pulled the Cajuns to has also connected on two or more three-pointers in 11 of within two, 65-63, on a triple from the corner in front of the his last 12 contests. UL bench.

Box Score Box Score Box Score UL (7-9, 4-2) FG-A FT-A Reb PF TP Ast Blk Stl Min UV (6-13) FG-A FT-A Reb PF TP Ast Blk Stl Min WKU (14-5, 6-1) FG-A FT-A Reb PF TP Ast Blk Stl Min La’Ryan Gary (f) 1-1 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 1 18 Richard Troyer (f) 2-8 0-0 6 2 6 1 0 0 28 D.J. Magley (f) 1-1 0-0 4 2 2 1 0 0 22 Chris Gradnigo (f) 4-11 0-0 2 4 8 1 0 1 29 Jordan Brady (f) 4-11 2-2 9 4 10 3 0 1 31 Jeremy Evans (f) 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 Abray Milson (c) 4-5 2-2 6 3 10 1 0 2 21 Brett Ravenberg (c) 5-5 0-0 3 3 10 2 0 0 22 Tyrone Brazleton (g) 4-13 1-5 8 2 9 5 0 2 35 Randell Daigle (g) 5-10 2-2 0 5 17 4 0 1 24 Ryan Toolson (g) 1-12 6-7 1 4 9 1 0 0 38 Courtney Lee (g) 7-17 7-9 3 2 23 3 2 1 33 Elijah Millsap (g) 0-3 3-7 6 2 3 2 0 0 17 Josh Olsen (g) 5-7 2-2 2 2 13 2 0 1 30 Ty Rogers (g) 1-5 0-0 4 1 3 0 0 1 17 Tyren Johnson 0-1 2-3 3 2 2 1 2 1 22 Jordan Swarbrick 0-1 0-0 1 4 0 1 0 2 11 O. Mendez-Valdez 1-3 0-0 0 4 3 1 0 1 13 Brandon Dison 1-2 0-0 0 0 2 0 0 1 8 Matt Komenda 1-2 5-6 6 4 7 1 0 1 21 Boris Siakam 1-1 1-2 1 3 3 0 0 0 18 Corey Bloom 2-4 0-1 0 1 6 1 0 0 10 Jabir Jinna 1-2 0-0 0 0 3 1 0 0 5 Mike Walker 1-1 1-1 1 1 3 0 0 0 13 Willie Lago 2-6 0-3 0 3 5 0 0 0 14 Brian Anderson 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Steff phon Pettigrew 5-9 3-4 6 0 14 1 1 0 20 David Dees 2-4 3-4 3 0 7 0 0 0 16 Kevin Woods 0-1 1-2 1 0 1 0 0 0 10 A.J. Slaughter 3-6 2-2 1 2 9 0 0 1 21 Stephen Dees 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 19-49 16-19 31 23 59 12 0 5 200 Totals 24-57 15-23 34 17 69 11 3 6 200 Maurice Barksdale 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Courtney Wallace 1-3 1-2 6 4 3 1 0 0 19 UL (8-9) FG-A FT-A Reb PF TP Ast Blk Stl Min UL (8-10, 4-3) FG-A FT-A Reb PF TP Ast Blk Stl Min Totals 22-50 13-24 27 26 65 11 2 7 200 Travis Bureau (f) 1-4 0-0 2 0 3 1 0 1 19 La’Ryan Gary (f) 3-5 0-0 2 2 6 0 1 0 26 La’Ryan Gary (f) 3-3 3-4 5 1 9 0 2 0 21 Abray Milson (c) 1-1 2-2 0 3 4 1 1 1 17 NT (12-4, 3-2) FG-A FT-A Reb PF TP Ast Blk Stl Min Abray Milson (c) 1-1 0-0 2 1 2 0 0 0 14 Randell Daigle (g) 1-6 2-2 0 1 4 2 0 1 25 Harold Stewart (f) 1-1 0-0 2 2 2 1 1 1 21 Randell Daigle (g) 1-4 0-0 1 1 3 1 0 2 29 David Dees (g) 3-8 5-7 5 0 11 1 1 0 22 Quincy Williams (f) 7-8 4-6 7 3 18 1 1 1 32 David Dees (g) 6-11 3-8 1 2 20 2 0 1 28 Elijah Millsap (g) 3-6 3-4 1 1 9 2 1 2 25 Ben Bell (g) 3-9 0-0 3 1 7 6 0 3 32 Tyren Johnson 0-3 0-0 6 4 0 3 0 2 20 Tyren Johnson 1-2 2-2 3 3 5 0 1 0 16 Collin Dennis (g) 4-10 8-9 2 3 17 1 0 1 29 Corey Bloom 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Willie Lago 0-2 2-2 1 0 2 0 0 0 9 Josh White (g) 2-7 3-4 5 2 7 2 0 0 33 Willie Lago 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Chris Gradnigo 1-3 0-0 1 3 2 2 0 1 13 Adam McCoy 3-5 0-1 0 0 8 0 0 0 7 Chris Gradnigo 0-2 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 Travis Bureau 4-8 1-1 2 2 11 0 0 0 18 Dez Willingham 0-0 1-2 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 Stephen Dees 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 Maurice Barksdale 1-1 0-0 1 0 3 0 0 1 6 Tristan Thompson 2-3 4-6 5 3 8 0 0 2 15 Elijah Millsap 5-11 4-5 3 2 16 1 0 1 19 Courtney Wallace 4-5 1-1 8 3 9 1 0 0 21 Kedrick Hogans 0-0 1-2 5 3 1 0 1 0 20 Courtney Wallace 5-6 4-7 5 1 14 0 0 1 25 Brandon Dison 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Justin Howerton 1-2 1-2 3 3 3 0 0 0 7 Totals 22-47 14-24 29 14 67 8 2 8 200 Totals 22-47 18-21 25 18 66 9 5 6 200 Totals 23-45 22-32 35 20 72 11 3 8 200 Halftime: UL 33, UV 24. 3-point goals: UV 5-17 (Troyer 2-5; Jinna 1-1; Olsen Halftime: Tied at 27. 3-point goals: WKU 6-20 (Lee 2-6; Pettigrew 1-1; Halftime: Tied at 35. 3-point goals: UL 8-20 (Daigle 5-10; Bloom 2-4; Lago 1-2; Toolson 1-6; Swarbrick 0-1; Brady 0-2), UL 9-18 (Dees 5-6; Millsap 2-3’ Mendez-Valdez 1-2; Rogers 1-3; Slaughter 1-3; Brazleton 0-5), UL 4-15 1-3; Gradnigo 0-3), NT 4-9 (McCoy 2-3; Bell 1-2; Dennis 1-3; White 0-2). Bureau 1-3; Daigle 1-4; Johnson 0-1; Bloom 1-2).Turnovers: UL 16, UV 14. (Bureau 2-4; Barksdale 1-1; Johnson 1-1; Gary 0-1; Millsap 0-1; Dees 0-3; Turnovers: NT 17, UL 14. Offi cials: R-Andy Brooks, U1-Mike Litzefelner, U2- Offi cials: R-Hal Lusk, U1-Troy Raymond, U2-Gregory White. A: 3,523. Daigle 0-4).Turnovers: UL 13, WKU 11. Offi cials: R-Mike Ashurst, U1-Buddy Quinton Reese. A: 3,453. Daughdrill, U2-Gary Vaughn. A: 6,190.

2007-08 Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns Men’s Basketball Game Day Notebook The Middle Tennessee Game • 25 2007-08 Box Scores GAME 19 GAME 20 South Alabama Troy Louisiana 60 Louisiana 87 South Alabama 66 Troy 66 January 24, 2008 • Mitchell Center January 27, 2008 • Trojan Arena Mobile, Ala. • Attendance: 5,832 Troy, Ala. • Attendance: 2,156 MOBILE, Ala. - For the third time in its last fi ve games, TROY, Ala. - After a diffi cult loss at South Alabama Louisiana relinquished a double-digit fi rst-half lead as the earlier in the week, Louisiana snapped its four-game Sun South Alabama Jaguars erased a 13-point defi cit to defeat Belt Conference losing streak in convincing fashion as the the Ragin’ Cajuns 66-60 Thursday night at the Mitchell Ragin’ Cajuns easily defeated the Troy Trojans 87-66 Sunday Center. afternoon at the Trojan Arena. The six-point defeat extended Louisiana’s (8-11, 4-4 Sun A season-high-tying four Ragin’ Cajuns (9-11, 5-4 Sun Belt) Belt) Sun Belt Conference losing streak to four games. The scored in double fi gures. Sophomore Elijah Millap led the Cajuns have now lost four of their last fi ve since a 4-0 start way with a game-high 21 points on 8-of-13 shooting. Travis to the league slate. Bureau added a career-high 16 points, while La’Ryan Gary Overshadowed in the loss was the outstanding all-around chipped in 15. Chris Gradnigo scored 10 fi rst-half points, play of freshman forward Chris Gradnigo, who entered the but was held scoreless in the second stanza. game having missed his last 12 three-point attempts and More importantly, for the fi rst time this season, the had yet to make a triple in 2008. Gradnigo scored a game- Cajuns fi nished the game shooting better than 50 percent high 19 points on 8-of-12 shooting, including 3-of-3 from as a team. Louisiana shot 51.5 percent from the fl oor, while three-point land. holding Troy to just 35.7 percent. Gradnigo was Louisiana’s only double-digit scorer. David The 21-point defeat for Troy (9-11, 2-7 Sun Belt) was the Dees fi nished with points, while Elijah Millsap chipped in Trojans’ largest home loss this season and the fi rst 20-point seven. home loss since Jan. 2, 1999 (Samford defeated then-Troy South Alabama (16-3, 8-0 Sun Belt) had three guys in State 105-75). Justin Jonus paced the Trojans off ensively double fi gures, including Daon Merritt and Demetric with a team-high 15. Brandon Hazzard and Jarvis Acker Bennett, who each led South Alabama with 16. each added 12 points. Louisiana scored the fi rst points of the second half on a After Troy closed the gap to one before the half, Louisiana perfectly-executed back-door cut by Millsap, giving the quickly silenced the Trojan Arena crowd as the Cajuns visitors a 36-27 advantage. After the Cajuns took an 11-point opened the second period on a 15-5 run. The burst gave lead, the Jaguars cut it to fi ve, 38-33, with 17:27 remaining the Cajuns a commanding 56-45 lead with 15:18 remaining in regulation on successive three-point fi eld goals. in regulation. It marked the eighth time in nine Sun Belt La’Ryan Gary later successfully converted a three-point contests that Louisiana has led by 10 or more points this play for a 41-33 cushion at the 15:42 mark. season. An 11-3 South Alabama run allowed the Jaguars to tie the Six straight points by Millsap gave the Cajuns a 13-point game at 44 all with 11:37 remaining in regulation. lead, 60-47. Baskets by Acker and Mario Telfair trimmed Three minutes later, the Jaguars took their fi rst lead since the defi cit to eight points, 60-52, before the Cajuns’ lead mid-way through the fi rst half, 50-48, at the 8:18 mark of the returned to double digits. second half. Randell Daigle answered with his signature A tough inside lay-in from Courtney Wallace extended 23-foot triple from the top of the key, regaining a one-point the Louisiana advantage to 14 points, 69-55, with less than lead for the Cajuns, 51-50. eight minutes to play. USA responded with another run, reeling off eight straight The Cajuns salted the victory away late in the second half points for a 58-51 lead. The Cajuns would pull to within four, as the visitors held an insurmountable 77-61 lead at the 3:59 61-57, following a Gradnigo runner in the lane. mark. The dagger that dashed Troy’s hopes of a possible However, a crucial turnover by Corey Bloom with less upset was the emphatic dunk by Tyren Johnson following than 60 seconds remaining in the game allowed the Jaguars a Gary miss. The Cajuns closed the game on a 10-4 run to to clinch the win at the free throw line. seal the win.

Box Score Box Score UL (8-11, 4-4) FG-A FT-A Reb PF TP Ast Blk Stl Min UL (9-11, 5-4) FG-A FT-A Reb PF TP Ast Blk Stl Min La’Ryan Gary (f) 2-3 1-1 0 3 5 1 0 0 17 La’Ryan Gary (f) 6-10 3-3 6 3 15 1 2 3 28 Abray Milson (c) 1-2 0-0 1 4 2 0 0 0 18 Abray Milson (c) 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 Randell Daigle (g) 1-4 3-3 0 1 6 3 0 1 25 Randell Daigle (g) 3-6 0-0 4 2 8 6 0 1 32 Elijah Millsap (g) 2-5 3-6 2 3 7 1 0 4 23 Elijah Millsap (g) 8-13 3-4 6 2 21 4 0 2 25 David Dees (g) 3-7 2-2 3 1 8 2 0 0 24 David Dees (g) 0-6 2-2 1 1 2 1 0 1 16 Tyren Johnson 0-3 0-0 0 5 0 0 1 0 15 Tyren Johnson 2-2 0-0 7 3 4 3 2 2 21 Brandon Dison 3-4 0-0 3 4 6 1 0 0 18 Brandon Dison 2-4 0-0 3 1 4 0 0 0 8 Corey Bloom 1-3 0-0 1 0 3 0 0 0 4 Corey Bloom 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Chris Gradnigo 8-12 0-0 3 1 19 1 0 1 22 Willie Lago 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Travis Bureau 0-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Chris Gradnigo 4-4 1-2 3 1 10 1 1 0 10 Maurice Barksdale 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 4 0 1 14 Travis Bureau 7-13 0-0 3 2 16 3 2 0 29 Courtney Wallace 2-4 0-0 1 3 4 0 0 0 21 Stephen Dees 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 23-51 9-12 18 26 60 13 1 7 200 Maurice Barksdale 0-2 0-0 1 2 0 0 0 0 5 Courtney Wallace 3-6 1-2 3 1 7 0 0 0 15 Totals 35-68 10-13 43 18 87 20 7 9 200 USA (16-3, 8-0) FG-A FT-A Reb PF TP Ast Blk Stl Min DeAndre Coleman (f) 5-8 4-11 12 3 15 2 0 1 36 TROY (9-11, 2-7) FG-A FT-A Reb PF TP Ast Blk Stl Min Brandon Davis (f) 2-4 2-2 6 3 6 3 0 0 23 Trayce Macon (f) 0-2 1-4 2 1 1 1 0 0 18 Daon Merritt (g) 4-8 7-10 1 2 16 3 0 0 37 Jarvis Acker (f) 5-10 0-0 3 3 12 0 0 0 31 Demetric Bennett (g) 5-10 5-5 7 2 16 2 0 0 38 Justin Jonus (f) 3-6 7-9 4 0 15 1 0 1 26 B.J. Ford (g) 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 Jerome Odem (g) 2-5 0-0 4 1 6 4 0 0 20 Daniel Hayles 0-1 0-0 2 0 0 1 0 0 16 O’Darien Bassett (g) 2-10 4-4 4 3 9 0 0 1 26 Domonic Tilford 2-5 3-4 1 2 9 1 0 1 26 Josh Williams 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 3 0 2 8 Philip Tabet 1-1 0-0 1 0 2 0 0 0 5 Mario Telfair 4-6 1-2 3 2 9 0 0 0 22 Ronald Douglas 1-2 0-2 0 2 2 0 2 0 15 Kenny Ware 0-2 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 Totals 20-40 21-34 34 14 66 13 2 2 200 Tom Jervis 0-2 0-0 1 1 0 0 2 0 5 Brandon Hazzard 4-9 2-2 1 2 12 2 0 0 16 Halftime: UL 34, USA 27. 3-point goals: UL 5-18 (Gradnigo 3-3; Bloom 1-3; Bernard Toombs 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 Daigle 1-3; Barksdale 0-1; Millsap 0-1; Dees 0-2; Johnson 0-2; Bureau 0-3), Michael Vogler 0-3 2-2 3 1 2 5 0 2 16 USA 5-15 (Tilford 2-4; Coleman 1-1; Bennett 1-4; Tilford 1-4; Ford 0-1; Hayles Totals 20-56 17-23 31 14 66 16 3 6 200 0-1). Turnovers: USA 14, UL 11. Oﬃ cials: R-Gary Pollard, U1-Clay Wren, U2- Josh Hampton. A: 5,832. Halftime: UL 41, USA 40. 3-point goals: UL 7-25 (Daigle 2-5; Millsap 2-5; Bureau 2-8; Gradnigo 1-1; Dees 0-5; Barksdale 0-1), UL 9-22 (Acker 2-3; Odem 2-3; Hazzard 2-4; Jonus 2-4; Bassett 1-6; Macon 0-1; Vogler 0-1). Turnovers: Troy 14, UL 9. Oﬃ cials: R-Kevin Mathis, U1-Mike Thibodeaux, U2-Duke Edsall. A: 2,156.

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