MBB Game 5 Preview: vs Oral Roberts

Game 5: Louisiana (1-3) vs Oral Roberts (1-2)
MGM Grand Main Event - Middleweight Bracket
Monday, Nov. 25 • 8:00 p.m. (CST) • MGM Grand (16,800)
Game Notes: Louisiana | Oral Roberts
Live Stats
Radio: KHXT 107.9 FM   Video: None
Rosters: Louisiana | Oral Roberts
Statistics: Louisiana | Oral Roberts
Ragin' Cajuns Twitter: @ULRaginCajuns | @Cajunbasketball
Opponents Twitter: @ORUMBB

THE COACHES
Louisiana: Bob Marlin (Mississippi State, 1981)
Career Record: 415-232 (22nd season)   Record at Louisiana: 67-66 (5th season)

Oral Roberts: Scott Sutton (Oklahoma State, 1995)
Career Record: 288-195 (16th season)   Record at Oral Roberts: Same

FOR STARTERS
The Ragin' Cajuns will look to put an end to a three-game losing skid on Tuesday when they take on Oral Roberts in the second game of the MGM Grand Main Event, the final neutral-site game of the season for UL until the Sun Belt Conference Tournament in March.

THE LAST TIME OUT
The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns overcame a 10-point halftime deficit and led by as much as six in the second half, but Milwaukee scored six of the game's final seven points and pulled out a 56-52 win on Monday in the opener of the MGM Grand Main Event at the MGM Grand.

Louisiana shot 42.9 percent from the field in the second half after a sluggish opening period, and missed just two of 15 shots for the game against the Panthers in the first-ever meeting between the teams.

The Cajuns scored just 14 points in the opening period, but went on a 19-5 run in the second half to go up six points at 44-38. But Louisiana committed two of their season-low 16 turnovers in the final minute, the second being a steal by Steve McWhorter who found Matt Tiby for the go-ahead layup with just 43 seconds on the clock. Milwaukee added a pair of foul shots from Justin Jordan later on and the Cajuns missed on a pair of scoring chances in the game's final 30 seconds to allow the Panthers to finish it off.

UP NEXT
The Ragin' Cajuns will return home for just its second game of the season in the Cajundome when they host Jackson State on December 3. That opens a stretch of four of five home games, with only a Dec. 6 game at McNeese State scheduled as a road contest before Louisiana opens up Sun Belt play at UALR on Dec. 30.

QUICK HITS

• The Cajuns are 6-6 in neutral-site games under head coach Bob Marlin, going 4-1 in neutral-site games one season ago.

• UL was +6 in turnover margin on Monday vs Milwaukee, the first time it has had a positive turnover margin this year.

• Devonta Walker's 20 points in the season opener against Louisiana College made him the first Ragin' Cajun to score 20 points in his UL debut since Tiras Wade scored 20 vs Louisiana Tech to open the 2004-05 season.

• The Cajuns got 42 bench points on Friday at Auburn, accounting for 52.5 percent of its scoring.

• The Cajuns were led by Shawn Long's 15 points against the Golden Hurricane, snapping a 17-game streak of having at least one 20-point scorer.

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Players Mentioned

Shawn Long

Devonta Walker

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