BOONE, N.C. — After thrilling fans with one of the most exciting games in Holmes Convocation Center history in its last home game, a week-and-a-half back in a 101-100 loss against Georgia Southern, Appalachian State was looking for an appropriate encore and win on Thursday night.
Instead, almost non-existent offensive execution and huge matchup problems on defense in the first half doomed the Mountaineers to an 87-76 loss to Louisiana-Lafayette in Sun Belt Conference men’s basketball play.
Led by 19 points and 10 rebounds from 6-foot-11, 246-pound postman Shawn Long, the Ragin’ Cajuns (13-8 overall, 9-3 in the Sun Belt) cut App State apart for their eighth straight victory, though things got scary in the final five minutes for ULL.