Louisiana-Monroe 79, at Louisiana-Lafayette 85

LAFAYETTE, La. (Interstat) — In a Sun Belt Conference clash between two teams desperate to escape the league’s cellar, Joshua Lewis delivered a career performance to lift Louisiana-Lafayette to a narrow victory over in-state rival Louisiana-Monroe on Thursday night. Lewis, a 6-foot-7 sophomore from Tampa, Florida, scored a career-high 26 points to propel the Ragin’ Cajuns to an 85-79 win over the Warhawks before 2,341 fans at the Cajundome. The win improved Louisiana-Lafayette to 4-13 overall, while Louisiana-Monroe fell to 3-14. The game, a rematch of a Dec. 20 contest won by the Ragin’ Cajuns 76-62, was a back-and-forth affair… Read more...