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Home Phone: 225-937-2505 Women’s Basketball: Dunlap’s Triple Propels Cajuns to Win Whitney Dunlap hit the game-winning basket with 5.2 seconds remaining 02/21/2008 courtesy RaginCajuns.com Louisiana�s Ragin� Cajuns lost a lead, but came back in dramatic fashion to earn a 58-56 victory at New Orleans on Thursday evening. Dunlap hit two more triples in the final minutes, but UNO outscored the Cajuns 9-6 to end the half down five points. The Cajuns return home to face UALR on Sunday afternoon at Earl K. Long Gym. Tip is slated for 2pm. Posted Feb. 21, 2008 Courtesy RaginCajuns.com * * * * * * * * * * * * Women’s Basketball: Dunlap fills in perfectly in Cajuns win Originally published Feb. 16, 2007 Sophomore subs for Colbert, hits every field goal in comeback Dan McDonald UL’s women’s basketball team needed a big performance from Whitney Dunlap Wednesday night, and all Dunlap did was respond with the best game of her life. Dunlap had 14 of her points in the second half as the Cajuns (20-7, 11-4 Sun Belt) rallied from a 25-24 halftime deficit. She finished the night 6-for-6 from the field and 3-for-3 outside the three-point arc after entering the game averaging 4.1 points per game as a backup to Colbert, who was suspended for a violation of university policy Wednesday. “It felt amazing,” said Dunlap, who hadn’t touched the court in UL’s 77-61 loss at Arkansas State last Wednesday. “The main thing was taking smart shots. We were getting a lot of good looks.” Dunlap’s 3-pointers in the first 15 seconds was her only basket of the first half, but she had three baskets including two 3-pointers in a 23-6 UL run in the first 13 minutes of the second half. “She bailed us out,” said Cajun coach J. Kelley Hall, whose squad set a school record for conference wins and reached 20 wins for only the third time in school history. “She was perfect just about everywhere on the court.” Perfect could not be used to describe the Warhawks (14-12, 4-11 Sun Belt) in the second half. ULM was 1-for-18 from the field in the first 11:30 of the first half, that shot coming on a spin move from Nedra Winston with 17:26 left just before she picked up her fourth foul. “We just shot it very poorly,” Martin said. “We got a couple of steals and couldn’t finish layups. We had chances and didn’t finish.” Overall, the Warhawks were 5-30 in the second half and shot 29.3 percent for the game, and Winston’s 10 points gave ULM its only twin-digit scorer. Leading scorer LaJeanna Howard was held to give points on 2-of-12 shooting. “We didn’t know if we could hold them down that much,” Hall said, “but this week we went back and re-committed to defense. We got back to straight-up defense, where we’ve had a lot of success.” The 43 points allowed was the lowest total since an 86-23 crushing of Bethune-Cookman back on Nov. 24 in the South Carolina Tournament. UL leading scorer Yolanda Jones was held to nine points on 4-of-14 shooting, but controlled 13 defensive rebounds and had six steals as part of ULM’s 21 turnovers. Sonora Edwards had 11 points and all five UL starters had at least seven points. “They capitalized a lot on our turnovers,” Martin said. “But when we don’t shoot the ball well, we don’t compensate.” ULM led by three points three different times in the final five minutes of the first half, but Alicia McDaniel’s inside basket 10 seconds into the second half gave UL the lead for good at 26-25. After Winston’s basket, ULM went nine minutes without a field goal and the Cajuns went on a 13-1 run. Originally published Feb. 15, 2007 * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dunlap finds her game January 26, 2006 – UL freshman got into scoring rhythm Monday against UNO Bruce Brown That aura around Whitney Dunlap on Monday night was the light bulb clicking on. So when she scored 10 points in UL’s 70-46 thrashing of the New Orleans Privateers, hitting 4-of-9 shots including a pair of 3-pointers, it was a breath of fresh air. “At the beginning of the season,” Dunlap said, “my confidence was not good. My shot wasn’t falling. With that game Monday, I think I showed that I can contribute.” “I was glad to see that on Monday. That’s the kind of kid I thought I would get when we recruited her. I hopes it gets her confidence going.” But there’s more to the game than shooting, especially playing for the defensive-minded Hall. The last thing the Cajuns say in breaking each huddle, in fact, is “defense.” “I had to pick up the defense we run,” Dunlap said. “There was a lot to learn. You have to learn where to be on the floor. “In high school, it was a totally different ball game. I was usually on, not the best player on the other team, but on one of the better players. I just tried not to let them score. But here it’s a totally different game.” Hall’s Cajuns work hard in practice, on defense and everything else, but Dunlap felt prepared to endure the work while learning how UL does things. “My high school coach had us hit the weights a bunch,” Dunlap said, “so I came into it with experience. That part wasn’t as much of a transition for me.” School, however, has been another area of transition. The Cajuns flew to Miami last Friday for a Saturday game at Florida International, then bused to New Orleans on Sunday for the UNO game and it was nearly midnight on Monday before the squad got back to Lafayette. The Cajuns had one day of class on Tuesday, then hit the road again on Wednesday for today’s game at Middle Tennessee. They host Western Kentucky on Saturday, but the Lady Toppers will be in Lafayette before UL will after playing at UNO on Thursday. “It’s rough to keep up with school,” Dunlap said. “Some of my classes, I’ve only been to once. One, not at all. That’s been one of the biggest adjustments. People were telling me about it, but it was a big transition.” “Our kids are tired, mentally and physically, and tired of missing class,” Hall said. “Some of them have a night class that only meets one night a week, and haven’t been allowed to go yet because of our schedule.” Dunlap got some action in the loss at FIU along with Katie Boudreaux, Sherita Anderson, Amber Williams and Jeanenne Colbert, and the same group saw extensive time at UNO. It’s vital that they play well to provide a break for the UL starters. That’s especially true with UL midway through a stretch that includes seven road games in eight dates. “If we’re going to be better in March, we need those kids to get playing time against good teams,” Hall said. “We do go very hard in practice,” Dunlap said. “And, coming off the bench, we work with each other. If we can play well, it helps with the confidence of the team.” If Dunlap keeps improving her defense, and can regain her shooting eye, the Cajuns will be stronger and more confident down the stretch. Originally published January 26, 2006
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