Denver 63, Louisiana-Lafayette 44

2/10/2008 6:16 PM

By PAT GRAHAM
AP Sports Writer

DENVER (AP) -Rob Lewis scored 12 points, Joe Jackson added 11 and Denver beat Louisiana-Lafayette 63-44 on Sunday to give coach Joe Scott his 100th career win.

Denver (11-12, 7-5 Sun Belt) has now won eight straight at Magness Arena. The team also earned a share of the lead with Arkansas-Little Rock in the league's West Division.

Scott was hired by the Pioneers last March and the team has quickly adapted to his motion offense. He was 38-45 in three seasons with Princeton and 51-63 during a four-year stint at Air Force.

Louisiana-Lafayette coach Robert Lee used 13 different players in an effort to find a spark on offense. He couldn't find the right combination as the Ragin' Cajuns (10-13, 6-6) were held to a season-low offensive output. Their previous low was 51 points against Middle Tennessee on Jan. 31. They shot just 35 percent for the game.

The Cajuns were led in scoring by La'Ryan Gary and Travis Bureau, who each finished with eight points. Elijah Millsap added seven.

Adam Tanner, Nate Rohnert and Xander McNally each scored 10 points for Denver. Tanner and McNally also had five assists each.

The Pioneers led by as many as 24 on a 3-pointer by Kyle Lewis with 8:34 remaining, and cruised from there to their second straight win.

Denver executed Scott's offense to near perfection in the first half, running time off the clock on every possession and then getting easy shots in building a 27-17 lead at halftime. The Cajuns' 17 points was their lowest first-half output of the season.

Louisiana-Lafayette had won three straight over the Pioneers entering the game, but still leads the overall series0 14-5.