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Ms. Jeanenne "Jay" Colbert
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Home Phone: 202-627-9651 Colbert starts to shine January 28, 2006 – Bruce Brown This is something Ragin’ Cajun women’s basketball fans have been waiting to see. It’s a long way from the horrific preseason auto accident that sidelined Colbert with a damaged eye socket. As she proved in a breakout 22-point performance Thursday night on the road against Middle Tennessee, the junior point guard is now ready for the stretch run. “I think she’s back to where she needs to be.” It was a 3-point basket from Colbert that put the Cajuns ahead 68-67 with 27 seconds left at MT. Her pass in the final second to Blanche set up a jumper that hit nothing but twine but came a fraction of a second too late to win for UL. “Jeanenne has played her way into the lineup,” Hall said. “She started the second half for us. She’s put together three good games in a row now. I’ve been saying all she needed was practice and experience. “We knew what kind of player she was before the season started, but then that car wreck set her out for 2 1/2 months.” Colbert played 31 minutes at Middle Tennessee, giving UL a quick combination to combat MTSU’s active backcourt. “It’s tough to go against two point guards as quick as they are,” Hall said of MT. “The more we played that combination (Blanche and Colbert), the better we got. I put Jeanenne in at the 11-minute mark of the first half and kept her in there. She’s one who broke their pressure, and is someone on the team who will take charges.” The Cajuns had to arise at 4 a.m. on Friday for the flight back to Lafayette, and practiced last evening for today’s 7 p.m. home game against Western Kentucky at Earl K. Long Gym. It’s a game that matches two 14-5 Sun Belt Conference powerhouses, and it is likely to feature plenty of Blanche and Colbert. “Jeanenne deserves to start,” Hall said. “I think somebody will lose a spot come Saturday.” The Cajuns began the week with a 70-46 thrashing of UNO in New Orleans on Monday, and are finally back home for their only home game in a stretch of eight contests. WKU was a 59-49 winner at UNO on Thursday, with Crystal Kelly pumping in 29 points and nabbing 11 rebounds to power a 56-35 advantage on the boards. That helped offset an anemic 19-of-63 shooting night, including a stunning 7-of-37 in the second half. Minus Kelly’s numbers, the Lady Toppers were a combined 9-of-45. UL’s Yolanda Jones and frontline mates Sonora Edwards and Sherita Anderson will be tested by Kelly and Sun Belt Player of the Year Tiffany Porter-Talbert tonight, but Jones, Blanche and Colbert led UL’s best overall effort of the year on Thursday and they’re eager to be home in Long Gym. Originally published January 28, 2006 Colbert touches Lady Cajuns November 02, 2005 – Bruce Brown Elaine McCants is still in the hospital, and Jeanenne Colbert was less than a day removed from one. So when Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns hosted Everyone’s Internet on Tuesday, the sight of a bruised and battered Colbert gingerly making her way into Earl K. Long Gym to support them was an inspirational moment. “It was real uplifting to see her,” said senior point guard Ashley Blanche. “She was kind of hiding at first, and then when we saw her it got us really pumped up. We tried to play hard for her.” McCants and Colbert were both injured in a late-night weekend auto accident on Interstate 10, and their plight has had their teammates on emotional edge since early Sunday morning. “I’m tired of crying,” said Yolanda Jones. “I don’t want to cry no more. You try not to think about it.” McCants underwent surgery to repair severe damage to an elbow and remains hospitalized, while Colbert had a plate inserted around her right eye socket after her orbital bone was broken. Although Colbert was told she needed rest and quiet, she attended Tuesday’s game and stayed for most of the contest before leaving. “Jeanenne gave us a lift,” coach J. Kelley Hall said. “She looked like a prize fighter who had just gone 15 rounds. Her arm’s in a sling and her eye has a plate in it. “It’s been tough, one of the toughest things I’ve ever had to go through as a coach. And, we have a very young, inexperienced team that’s had to deal with this.” “It touched my heart to see ‘J’ here,” Jones said. “She’s a little soldier. When we told her the game was at 7, she said she’d be here at 5.” Jones, who opted out of the party that took her teammates to Baton Rouge Saturday night, fought back tears when recalling McCants at the scene of the accident. “When I see her on that ambulance, it’s hard to get it out of my mind,” Jones said. “She wants to play so bad. It hurt my soul.” The Cajuns will resume their emotional healing today and focus on correcting mistakes from Tuesday’s 82-54 defeat as they prepare to host the Jackson Babes on Saturday in their second exhibition contest. “We’re sticking together,” Blanche said, “and we’re praying for them.” Originally published November 2, 2005 UL women’s basketball players injured October 31, 2005 – Eric Narcisse Early Sunday morning, two members of the University of Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns women’s basketball team were involved in a vehicle accident that has left both players hospitalized. Junior point guard Elaine McCants was traveling west on Interstate 10 as she and her three passengers returned home from Baton Rouge when they were struck by a truck, which was traveling east on I-10 in the westbound lane around 3 a.m. McCants suffered a severe injury to her left elbow, while fellow junior point guard Jeanenne Colbert sustained a fracture of the orbital bone around her right eye, according to Cajuns head coach J. Kelley Hall. Both McCants and Colbert underwent surgery Sunday morning. Kianna Simmons of Mandeville and Annishka Mitchell of Marrero, who are both students at UL, were passengers in the car. It is not known what injuries Simmons sustained, but she also underwent surgery Sunday, according to Hall. Mitchell came away from the accident with only soreness on her left side and bruises to her feet. “Right now my No. 1 priority is the health of these kids,” Hall said. “I’m praying for these kids’ good health. And I’m not just talking about my two, but all four of them.” According to Mitchell, everyone in McCants’ car was wearing their seat belts. “I realize that things could have been a lot worse,” Hall said. McCants, who transferred to the Cajuns from Chipola Junior College, was taken to Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center in Lafayette, while Colbert a Gulf Coast Community College transfer was transported to Lafayette General Medical Center. Originally published October 31, 2005
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