Lousiana Rides Hot-Shooting Second Half to 91-79 Win Over Dukes
Dec. 22, 2012
LAFAYETTE, LA. - Bryant Mbamalu scored all 22 of his points in the second half to lead Louisiana (5-8) to a 91-79 win over Duquesne (7-6) at the Cajundome. The Ragin Cajuns shot 71.4 percent in the second half in erasing a 38-33 Duquesne halftime lead. Derrick Colter led the Dukes with 25 points on 8-of-12 shooting. Sean Johnson added 16 points for the Dukes who dropped to 1-4 on the road. Six-nine, 243-pound Shawn Long had 23 points and 14 rebounds for UL. There were seven ties and five lead changes before Kadeem Pantophlet, who finished with a career high eight rebounds, converted a three-point play and Johnson followed with a 3-pointer in the final 1:14 to give Duquesne a 38-33 lead at the half. Mbamalu, who missed his only two field goal attempts in the first half, scored 18 in the first 11:36 minutes of the second to give Louisiana a 69-59 lead. He hit his third 3-pointer to make it 66-58 with nine minutes left and his fourth made it a 10-point game 30 seconds later. The Dukes cut it to seven before Long hit one of his career high-tying three 3-pointers to push the lead back to 10. DU got no closer than eight as the UL lead reached as high as 16 in the final two minutes. Mbamalu was 7-of-8 from the field in the second half. Louisiana, which finished at 55.7 percent for the game, outscored Duquesne 58-41 in the second half. Duquesne shot 47.4 percent including 11-of-23 from the 3-point arc. UL outrebounded the Dukes 33-26 and outscored DU 40-30 in the paint. Duquesne breaks for Christmas before returning to action to complete the non-conference portion of the schedule at Penn State on Saturday, Dec. 29 at 4:00 (ET). The PSU game will air on ESPN3 (accessible on the WatchESPN platform). NOTES • The win dropped Duquesne's road record to 1-4 ... this was DU's first game in the state of Louisiana in program history. • Derrick Colter went 8-of-12 from the field in scoring a career-high 25 points for the second consecutive game (he had 25 on Wednesday night against Western Michigan ... Colter went 3-of-4 from the 3-point arc. • With his 16 points, Sean Johnson passed former teammate Eric Evans (1,055 from 2009-12) to move into the No. 32 spot on DU's all-time scoring list with 1,068 points ... next on the list for Johnson is No. 31 Jim Tucker (1,091 from 1952-54). • Kadeem Pantophlet finished with a career-high eight rebounds ... Pantophlet, who had five boards in the first 4:27, had seven at the half ... his previous career best was seven, done three times this season (last vs. New Orleans on Dec. 8). • The Dukes will be on the road for their next two games: Dec. 29 at Penn State (ESPN3) and Jan. 9 at Fordham in the Atlantic 10 opener (YES Network) ... Duquesne's next home game is Saturday, Jan. 12 vs. Saint Joseph's.
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