Saturday, December 24, 2011

ASU?Football Inks Junior College Standout Cayou

JONESBORO ? A 2011 All-Jayhawk Conference selection and former standout defensive end at Highland Community College in Kansas, Lawrence Cayou has signed a National Letter of Intent to play for the Arkansas State football team next season.

The 6-4, 260-pound Cayou will have two years of eligibility remaining with the Red Wolves and, as a mid-term junior college transfer, will be able to practice with the team during its spring camp.

Cayou most recently completed his sophomore season at Highland, recording 42 tackles, a team-high four sacks, 3.5 tackles for loss and three forced fumbles to earn recognition on the all-conference squad.

Cayou originally signed with Texas Tech before transferring to Copiah-Lincoln Community College in Mississippi for his freshman campaign. He recorded 10 tackles and one sack in four games played with the Wolfpack.

The New Orleans, La., native was named Class 4A All-State honorable mention and first team all-district as a senior at McDonogh 35 High School. He posted 17 sacks during his senior campaign and also returned a fumble for a touchdown in the state playoffs.

A three-year letterman at McDonogh, Cayou?s career high school stats included 115 tackles, 20 sacks, three interceptions and three touchdowns.

Arkansas State Falls at Saint Louis

ST. LOUIS ? The Arkansas State men?s basketball team dropped a 70-46 decision to the Billikens of Saint Louis University in the squads? final matchup before the holiday break.

A-State fell to 6-7 while the Billikens improved to 11-1 on the season.

Junior guard Trey Finn led the Red Wolves, scoring all 12 of his points during the second half. Senior forward Malcoln Kirkland was second on the team and the only other A-State player to break double-figures, scoring 10.

Finn also led the Red Wolves with five boards, followed by four from Kirkland. A-State led by two after scoring the first basket of the game, but a three-pointer by Dwayne Evans put the Billikens up, 3-2, and they never trailed the rest of the way. Evans led all players with 18 points in the contest.

The Red Wolves trailed 36-20 at the break. Junior guard Marcus Hooten led ASU at the half with seven, on 3-5 shooting and was 1-2 from three-point range.

Saint Louis steadily built a commanding lead over the Red Wolves taking a 27-point advantage just four minutes into the second half, when Rob Loe hit a three which capped a 9-0 run for the Billikens to start the second period.

Finn scored eight of the Red Wolves first 12 points of the second-half, but A-State would get within 17 just once in the half, when Finn hit his second three of the half, to move ASU within the lead 49-32.

?The key to the game to me was their field goal stat,? said ASU head coach John Brady. ?They are shooting about 49% from the floor as a team and we weren?t able to create any resistance for any length of time to slow them down and get their field goal stat down to the low 40?s for us to have an opportunity to keep the game workable. We only had about 11 turnovers against their team and I thought we missed some shots around the goal and missed some jump shots which we have to make to beat a team this good on the road. They seemed to make every big basket when they needed it and I thought their defense was solid, they?re good.?

The Red Wolves were outrebounded in the game 33-27 but won the battle on the offensive glass 12-11. The Billikens were able to score 43 of its 70 points in the paint while A-State was able to notch 19 down low.

ASU gets a week off before returning home to face Kent State on Dec. 29 and opens conference play at ULM on Dec. 31. Tip off at the Convocation Center against the Golden Flashes is set for 7:35 p.m. Thursday.


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