LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — Travis Bureau made two free throws with 1 second remaining to lift Louisiana-Lafayette over Arkansas-Little Rock 67-66 on Saturday night.
The Ragin’ Cajuns led 65-62 with 1:07 to play, but a layup by Eric Kibi and two free throws by Solomon Bozeman gave the Trojans a 66-65 lead with 9 seconds to go.
Bureau had a double-double with 23 points and 11 rebounds, and went 13 of 17 from the free-throw line for Louisiana-Lafayette (8-14, 5-5 Sun Belt conference), which won its fifth straight game.
J.J. Thomas added 16 points for the Ragin’ Cajuns, who made 30 of 38 free-throw attempts and won despite shooting 34 percent (17 of 50) from the field.
Bozeman scored 19 points — 15 coming from the foul line — and Marlon Louzeiro and Kibi each added 10 for the Trojans (13-12, 5-5), who lost for the third time in four games.
