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LAFAYETTE, La. -- A three-pointer by Phil Collins tied
the game with 13 minutes to play but the University of North Alabama
Lions went cold from that point on and dropped a 79-67 exhibition
game at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette.
UNA trailed
32-31 at the half and stayed close until Collins tied the game at
43-43 with 13:39 left in the game. North Alabama wouldn't score
again until the 10:44 mark when the Lions had fallen behind by seven
and UNA never got closer than four down the stretch.
It was UNA's
third exhibition game against an NCAA Division I opponent this
season, with the Lions having played at Indiana, at Alabama and at
Louisiana.
Quinn Beckwith
led UNA with 15 points, while Casey Holt and Thomas Fraise added 14
each.
Elijah Milsap
led the Ragin Cajuns with 21 points and Chris Gradnigo added 15.
UNA was
26-of-65 from the floor for 40 percent and the Lions made 6-of-17
three-point attempts. Louisiana- Lafayette was 31-of-65 from the
floor and made five three-pointers. UNA was outrebounded 49 to 33
and the Lions had 17 turnovers.
UNA head coach
Bobby Champagne is a native of Lafayette and was an assistant coach
with the Ragin Cajuns for five years and helped lead the school to
its last Sun Belt Conference championship in 2000.
North Alabama
hosts the Marriott Shoals Hoops Classic this Saturday and Sunday,
facing Nova Southeastern at 2:30 Saturday and Miles at 2:30 Sunday.
Alabama-Huntsville will play Miles at 12:30 Saturday and will meet
Nova Southeastern at 12:30 Sunday.
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