Hattiesburg, Miss. – The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball team fell to the Southern Miss Golden Eagles, 71-49 in the championship game of the Lady Eagle Thanksgiving Classic on Saturday.
Louisiana (2-2) opened the game with a layup from senior guard Jaylyn Gordon and a jumper from junior forward Simone Fields to give the Cajuns an early 4-0 lead.
Southern Miss (5-1) played a back-and-forth game with Louisiana for much of the first quarter. The Cajuns led 14-12 at the end of the first period.
The Lady Eagles took their first lead of the game at 15-14 with 7:55 left in the second quarter on a jumper by Keri Jewett-Giles.