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Cajuns Face Lady Techsters Saturday At Earl K. Long Gym
11/21/2014 9:08:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Game 3 - Louisiana (2-0, 0-0 SBC) vs. Louisiana Tech (1-1, 0-0 C-USA)
Saturday, November 22, 2014 • 12 p.m. (CT) • Earl K. Long Gym (1,125) – Lafayette, La. • Admission – $5 (General)
Live Stats l Twitter Updates: @RaginCajunWBB
Louisiana Women's Basketball Home Page l Louisiana Tech Women's Basketball Home Page
Louisiana Game Notes l Louisiana Tech Game Notes
LAFAYETTE, La. – The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball team enters this weekend's matchup against Louisiana Tech looking for their first win in program history over the Lady Techsters and their first 3-0 start since the 2004-05 season when the two squads meet Saturday at noon at Earl K. Long Gym.
The first 50 fans to Saturday's game will be offered a free bowl of jambalaya from the Cajun Commander Café food truck. The food truck will also sell gumbo to fans in attendance.
Last Time Out
- The Cajuns recorded a 69-53 victory over Xavier (La.) in the team's home opener Tuesday night at the Cajundome
- Keke Veal led Louisiana with 18 points while also adding eight boards to her stat line
- Simone Fields (13) and Kia Wilridge (12) joined Veal in double figure scoring
- Fields and Adrienne Prejean paced the squad with nine boards apiece as Louisiana recorded a 45-32 advantage on the glass
A Look at the Lady Techsters
- Louisiana Tech is under the direction of first-year head coach Tyler Summitt, the son of Hall of Fame coach Pat Summitt who coached the Tennessee Lady Vols to more than 1,000 wins, 31 NCAA Tournaments and eight NCAA Championships in her 38 seasons
- At 24 years of age, Summitt is the youngest Division I head coach in the country
- Louisiana Tech is coming off a 12-20 season and a 5-11 mark in Conference USA, advancing to the quarterfinals of the C-USA Tournament
- The Lady Techsters enter Saturday's game with a 1-1 record, earning a 76-69 road win over Stephen F. Austin in the season opener before falling 69-57 to Northwestern State in Natchitoches
- Louisiana Tech sports a veteran roster for the 2014-15 season with five seniors on the 10-member roster
- The Lady Techsters are led by sophomore guard JaQuan Jackson, who is averaging 14.0 points through the first two games of the season
- Freshman guard Tiara Davenport is second for Louisiana Tech with 13.5 points per game while redshirt senior guard Kelia Shelton is averaging 10.0 points and a team-best 8.5 rebounds per game
Series History
- Louisiana will look to make history Saturday when the Lady Techsters come to town
- Louisiana Tech leads the all-time series, 39-0, dating back to 1976
- The two programs have met just four times in the 21st century, playing from 2000-02 and 2013
- The 51-44 loss to Louisiana Tech last season in Ruston was the closest the Cajuns have come to beating the Lady Techsters in the series
- Last year, the Cajuns cut into a late 15-point deficit as Sylvana Okde scored 10-straight points to pull Louisiana within five. However, the Lady Techsters were able to maintain their lead in the final 3:30 to record the win
- Saturday's contest will be the first home game in the series against Louisiana Tech since Feb. 8, 2001 when the Cajuns dropped an 83-68 decision
Going for 3-0
- A win over Louisiana Tech on Saturday would make the Cajuns 3-0, their first 3-0 start since 2004-05 season
- In 2004-05, Louisiana defeated UC Davis, Montana State and Alaska Anchorage in neutral site contests to begin the season 3-0
- The Cajuns finished the season 22-9, claiming the Sun Belt West Division and finishing as the Sun Belt Tournament runner-up
Up Next
- Louisiana returns to the road next Saturday when the Cajuns travel to Hammond to face Southeastern Louisiana in a 2 p.m. contest at the University Center
Returning for the Cajuns
- Louisiana returns eight letterwinners and four starters from the 2013-14 season
- Redshirt junior guard/forward Brooklyn Arceneaux returns this season as the Cajuns' leading scorer, earning All-Sun Belt Third Team honors after averaging 10.5 points and a team-high 5.2 boards a season ago. Arceneaux will sit out the first half of the season to recover from ACL surgery
- The return of junior guards Keke Veal and Kia Wilridge will also help Louisiana on the offensive and defensive end
- Veal led the Cajuns with 11.9 points, 3.1 steals and 2.5 assists per game through the first 13 games of the season before she suffered a season-ending injury
- In 2013-14, Wilridge led the Cajuns with 29.0 minutes per game in 22 appearances and 17 starts. In her time on the floor, Wilridge averaged 9.0 points, a team-high 2.4 assists and 1.5 steals per game, which ranked eighth in the SBC
- Also returning for the Cajuns are senior Robbie Brown (4.2 ppg, 3.6 rpg), juniors Jasmin Mills (4.0 ppg, 5.0 rpg) Adrienne Prejean (3.3 ppg, 3.5 rpg) and sophomores Gabby Alexander (5.4 ppg, 3.0 rpg) and Jaylyn Gordon (9.0 ppg, 2.0 apg)
Welcome to Cajun Country
- With the addition to its eight returners, Louisiana also brings in a talented group of seven newcomers to the 2014-15 roster
- Joining the Cajuns this season are Jodi Quinn (St. Martinville), T'Erika Bell (Monroe), Simone Fields (San Antonio, Texas), Alexis Nezianya (Carrollton, Texas), Cienna Rodriguez (Cypress, Texas), Angel Sidney (Fort Worth, Texas) and D'Rae Tullock (Middleton, Idaho)
Cajuns Picked Sixth in the Sun Belt
- After tying for seventh in the Sun Belt Conference a season ago, the league's 11 head coaches tabbed the Cajuns sixth with 64 points in the SBC Preseason Poll
- Arkansas State was picked first with 118 points, receiving nine of the 11 first-place votes, while UALR was a close second with 112 points and two first-place votes
- Texas State (93), Georgia State (82) and Troy (70) rounded out the top five in the poll
Veal, Wilridge Named All-SBC Preseason
- Junior guards Keke Veal and Kia Wilridge were selected to the All-Sun Belt Conference Preseason Team, voted on by the league's head coaches
- Veal was named to the second team while Wilridge earned a spot on the third team
- Louisiana was joined by Arkansas State, Georgia State, South Alabama, Texas State and UALR in placing a league-high two players on the preseason team
Saturday, November 22, 2014 • 12 p.m. (CT) • Earl K. Long Gym (1,125) – Lafayette, La. • Admission – $5 (General)
Live Stats l Twitter Updates: @RaginCajunWBB
Louisiana Women's Basketball Home Page l Louisiana Tech Women's Basketball Home Page
Louisiana Game Notes l Louisiana Tech Game Notes
LAFAYETTE, La. – The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball team enters this weekend's matchup against Louisiana Tech looking for their first win in program history over the Lady Techsters and their first 3-0 start since the 2004-05 season when the two squads meet Saturday at noon at Earl K. Long Gym.
The first 50 fans to Saturday's game will be offered a free bowl of jambalaya from the Cajun Commander Café food truck. The food truck will also sell gumbo to fans in attendance.
Last Time Out
- The Cajuns recorded a 69-53 victory over Xavier (La.) in the team's home opener Tuesday night at the Cajundome
- Keke Veal led Louisiana with 18 points while also adding eight boards to her stat line
- Simone Fields (13) and Kia Wilridge (12) joined Veal in double figure scoring
- Fields and Adrienne Prejean paced the squad with nine boards apiece as Louisiana recorded a 45-32 advantage on the glass
A Look at the Lady Techsters
- Louisiana Tech is under the direction of first-year head coach Tyler Summitt, the son of Hall of Fame coach Pat Summitt who coached the Tennessee Lady Vols to more than 1,000 wins, 31 NCAA Tournaments and eight NCAA Championships in her 38 seasons
- At 24 years of age, Summitt is the youngest Division I head coach in the country
- Louisiana Tech is coming off a 12-20 season and a 5-11 mark in Conference USA, advancing to the quarterfinals of the C-USA Tournament
- The Lady Techsters enter Saturday's game with a 1-1 record, earning a 76-69 road win over Stephen F. Austin in the season opener before falling 69-57 to Northwestern State in Natchitoches
- Louisiana Tech sports a veteran roster for the 2014-15 season with five seniors on the 10-member roster
- The Lady Techsters are led by sophomore guard JaQuan Jackson, who is averaging 14.0 points through the first two games of the season
- Freshman guard Tiara Davenport is second for Louisiana Tech with 13.5 points per game while redshirt senior guard Kelia Shelton is averaging 10.0 points and a team-best 8.5 rebounds per game
Series History
- Louisiana will look to make history Saturday when the Lady Techsters come to town
- Louisiana Tech leads the all-time series, 39-0, dating back to 1976
- The two programs have met just four times in the 21st century, playing from 2000-02 and 2013
- The 51-44 loss to Louisiana Tech last season in Ruston was the closest the Cajuns have come to beating the Lady Techsters in the series
- Last year, the Cajuns cut into a late 15-point deficit as Sylvana Okde scored 10-straight points to pull Louisiana within five. However, the Lady Techsters were able to maintain their lead in the final 3:30 to record the win
- Saturday's contest will be the first home game in the series against Louisiana Tech since Feb. 8, 2001 when the Cajuns dropped an 83-68 decision
Going for 3-0
- A win over Louisiana Tech on Saturday would make the Cajuns 3-0, their first 3-0 start since 2004-05 season
- In 2004-05, Louisiana defeated UC Davis, Montana State and Alaska Anchorage in neutral site contests to begin the season 3-0
- The Cajuns finished the season 22-9, claiming the Sun Belt West Division and finishing as the Sun Belt Tournament runner-up
Up Next
- Louisiana returns to the road next Saturday when the Cajuns travel to Hammond to face Southeastern Louisiana in a 2 p.m. contest at the University Center
Returning for the Cajuns
- Louisiana returns eight letterwinners and four starters from the 2013-14 season
- Redshirt junior guard/forward Brooklyn Arceneaux returns this season as the Cajuns' leading scorer, earning All-Sun Belt Third Team honors after averaging 10.5 points and a team-high 5.2 boards a season ago. Arceneaux will sit out the first half of the season to recover from ACL surgery
- The return of junior guards Keke Veal and Kia Wilridge will also help Louisiana on the offensive and defensive end
- Veal led the Cajuns with 11.9 points, 3.1 steals and 2.5 assists per game through the first 13 games of the season before she suffered a season-ending injury
- In 2013-14, Wilridge led the Cajuns with 29.0 minutes per game in 22 appearances and 17 starts. In her time on the floor, Wilridge averaged 9.0 points, a team-high 2.4 assists and 1.5 steals per game, which ranked eighth in the SBC
- Also returning for the Cajuns are senior Robbie Brown (4.2 ppg, 3.6 rpg), juniors Jasmin Mills (4.0 ppg, 5.0 rpg) Adrienne Prejean (3.3 ppg, 3.5 rpg) and sophomores Gabby Alexander (5.4 ppg, 3.0 rpg) and Jaylyn Gordon (9.0 ppg, 2.0 apg)
Welcome to Cajun Country
- With the addition to its eight returners, Louisiana also brings in a talented group of seven newcomers to the 2014-15 roster
- Joining the Cajuns this season are Jodi Quinn (St. Martinville), T'Erika Bell (Monroe), Simone Fields (San Antonio, Texas), Alexis Nezianya (Carrollton, Texas), Cienna Rodriguez (Cypress, Texas), Angel Sidney (Fort Worth, Texas) and D'Rae Tullock (Middleton, Idaho)
Cajuns Picked Sixth in the Sun Belt
- After tying for seventh in the Sun Belt Conference a season ago, the league's 11 head coaches tabbed the Cajuns sixth with 64 points in the SBC Preseason Poll
- Arkansas State was picked first with 118 points, receiving nine of the 11 first-place votes, while UALR was a close second with 112 points and two first-place votes
- Texas State (93), Georgia State (82) and Troy (70) rounded out the top five in the poll
Veal, Wilridge Named All-SBC Preseason
- Junior guards Keke Veal and Kia Wilridge were selected to the All-Sun Belt Conference Preseason Team, voted on by the league's head coaches
- Veal was named to the second team while Wilridge earned a spot on the third team
- Louisiana was joined by Arkansas State, Georgia State, South Alabama, Texas State and UALR in placing a league-high two players on the preseason team
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