LAFAYETTE, La. - Louisiana women's basketball held off Georgia Southern for a 59-48 Sun Belt Conference victory on Saturday afternoon at the Cajundome

The Ragin' Cajuns improved to 4-11 overall and 2-2 in the Sun Belt with the win, while Georgia Southern fell to 5-10 overall and 0-4 in the league with the loss.

A high-scoring first quarter had the Eagles up by two, 18-16, but Louisiana held Georgia Southern to just 10 points in the second quarter, building an 34-28 advantage at the break. The Eagles were within four points, 46-42, midway through the fourth quarter but the Ragin' Cajuns hit 6-of-6 from the free throw line in the final minute to clinch the victory.

Alexis Brown led the Eagles with 12 points - 10 in the first half - while Tatum Barber scored all 11 of her points before the break. Brandi Williams led Louisiana with a game-high 25 points.

Eagle of the Game
Hailey Dias-Allen set a career-high on the glass for a second straight night, grabbing 14 rebounds, to go with eight points. She is averaging 10.3 rebounds per game through the Eagles' four Sun Belt Conference games.

Key moment
Georgia Southern began the third quarter on a 10-4 run to tie the game up at 38-all, but the Eagles made just one field goal over the next nine minutes, allowing Louisiana to take charge of the contest, 

Stat of the Game
Georgia Southern hit 5-of-13 three-pointers in the first half, but went 0-for-9 from long range in the second half and did not shoot a free throw after intermission.

QUOTABLES
Head coach Kip Drown about the game
"I was pleased with the effort tonight, our kids played hard. I think that showed up in the rebounding total. That's one of the better offensive rebounding teams they've had and we outrebounded them (37 to 31 overall, 9-6 offensive). But we turned it over 22 times, and normally we don't do that. That was a little disappointing. We also didn't shoot the ball overall. We struggled in the paint, missed some opportunities to score at the rim. But I think we played hard the whole trip. We were right there tonight, just couldn't get a couple of buckets. We're gonna get better, we're playing some of our best basketball."

Next up
The Eagles return to action on Thursday, hosting Troy for a 6:30 p.m. Sun Belt Conference matchup at Hanner Fieldhouse.