The Tulane Green Wave extend the lead on Saturday against the Louisiana Ragin Cajuns with a huge kickoff return touchdown to begin the second half.
The momentum continued to lean in favor of the Green Wave as the third quarter began against the Lousiana Ragin Cajuns with a 95 yard kickoff return for a touchdown by Rayshawn Pleasant to extend the lead to 24-13 with only 13 seconds off the clock for in the second half.
Pleasant is replacing the normal kickoff returner Shaadie Clayton-Johnson who has averaged 25 yards per return and is unavailable for the Green Wave. The redshirt sophomore has made a solid case for the starting job after taking it to the house on Saturday. The play comes only a few minutes after the Green Wave defense took a pick-six to the house by redshirt freshman Jack Tchienchoutook to extend the lead just before the half with his first collegiate interception.The team’s special teams unit is having a great week after struggling with multiple missed field goals last week when they faced top 25 ranked Oklahoma Sooners.
The kickoff return from Pleasant gives allows the offense a little more time on the sidelines as they not only battle Louisiana, they also take on the heat. It is a hot one at Cajun Field as the on-field temperature was 97 degrees at kickoff for the 30th meeting between these two programs. The Green Waves is looking to move to 2-2 in non conference games before heading into their AAC schedule next week beginning with South Flordia next Saturday.
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