No. 23 ULL beats Warhawks to go unbeaten in Sun Belt play

LAFAYETTE, La. -- , Emani Bailey scored on a 2-yard run to give No. 23 Louisiana-Lafayette a double-digit lead in the third quarter, and the Ragin’ Cajuns held off Louisiana-Monroe for a 21-16 victory Saturday. The Ragin’ Cajuns (11-1, 8-0) won their school-record 11th straight game after a season-opening loss at Texas and went unbeaten in Sun Belt Conference play for the first time. ULL will host Appalachian State in the conference championship game next Saturday. The Ragin’ Cajuns also extended their win streak against Sun Belt West Division opponents to 16 games under fourth-year coach Billy Napier, who said it was far from a perfect performance by his squad. “It was not a very good day at all from a conversion down standpoint on offense, back to where we were earlier in the year,” he said. “We were 4 of 17 (on third and fourth downs) and that’s about as ugly as it can get.