MBB Game 11 Preview: at Georgia

LAFAYETTE – The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns men's basketball team looks to extend its eight-game win streak on Wednesday when opens a two-game roadtrip in Athens, Ga., against SEC opponent Georgia in a televised game at Stegeman Coliseum.

Tipoff is scheduled for 5 p.m. CST. The game will be televised on the SEC Network and can be heard in the Lafayette area on KHXT 107.9-FM and ESPN 1420-AM, and on the Radio Pup app.

Louisiana (8-2), off to its best 10-game start since posting an identical 8-2 record in 1993-94, claimed its eighth straight victory last Saturday with an 91-83 win over in-state rival Louisiana Tech at the Cajundome. Bryce Washington posted his eighth double-double of the season with 19 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Ragin' Cajuns.

Frank Bartley added 18 points for Louisiana with Jay Wright and Justin Miller scoring 14 each and P.J. Hardy 11. The Ragin' Cajuns stormed out to a 26-6 lead and never trailed in improving to 6-0 at home.

Bartley leads Louisiana – and is second in the Sun Belt Conference – in scoring at 19.1 points per game with Washington the lone SBC player to average a double-double with 15.3 points and 11.2 rebounds. Wright, a native of Rincon, Ga., averages 14.5 points per game for Louisiana and leads the SBC with 2.4 steals per contest.

GAME 11: Louisiana (8-2) at Georgia (5-3)
Date / Time: December 14, 2016 / 5 p.m. CST
Site: Athens, Ga.
Arena: Stegeman Coliseum (10,523)
TV/Web: SEC Network
Talent: Tom Hart (pxp), Tony Delk (color)

Radio: KHXT 107.9 FM / ESPN 1420 AM
Talent: Ryan Baniewicz (pxp)

Video: RaginCajuns.com
Live Stats: RaginCajuns.com
Twitter Updates: @RaginCajunsMBB

Series: Series tied, 1-1
At Lafayette: Series tied, 1-1
At Athens: First meeting

THE COACHES
LOUISIANA
Head Coach: Bob Marlin (Mississippi State, 1981)
Career Record: 463-260 (24th season), Record at UL: 115-94 (7th season)

GEORGIA
Head Coach: Mark Fox (Eastern New Mexico, 1991)
Career Record: 254-149 (13th season), Record at UGA: 131-106 (8th season)

STORY LINES
• Louisiana is ranked seventh in the nation in scoring offense (90.1), eighth in rebound margin (+10.8), sixth in free throw attempts (295), 18th in field goal percentage (.500) and 17th in free throws made (200).

• Louisiana's current eight-game winning streak is currently tied with Baylor, Duke and South Carolina for the seventh-longest among Division I schools. (Villanova with a 16-game win streak [through Dec. 11] dating back to last season).

• Tonight's game against Georgia is the third meeting overall between the schools (the previous two games were played when Louisiana was formally known as Southwestern Louisiana). The first meeting between the schools was on Nov. 22, 1985 when Georgia earned a 78-75 victory over then-USL in the first-ever game in the Cajundome.

• Louisiana is one of four Sun Belt Conference teams ranked in the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 poll. The Ragin' Cajuns entered the poll last week at No. 20 before moving up one spot to No. 19. UTA (No. 3), Arkansas State (No. 21) and Little Rock (No. 22) join Louisiana as SBC schools ranked in the top 25.

QUICK HITS
• Bryce Washington is one of three players tied for the national lead with eight double-doubles in 2016-17. Washington's career .567 field goal percentage is 17th among active NCAA players.

• Louisiana is off to its best 10-game start of the season since the 1993-94 campaign, when the Ragin' Cajuns posted an identical 8-2 record that eventually led to a 22-8 record and an appearance in the NCAA Championships.

• Washington is 11 rebounds shy of reaching 500 in his career.

Scouting The Bulldogs
• Georgia has posted a 5-3 record during the 2016-17 season with the Bulldogs sporting a 4-1 record at Stegeman Coliseum.
• The Bulldogs have earned wins at home against UNC Asheville, Furman, Gardner-Webb and Morehouse before falling to Marquette, 89-79, in their last contest on Dec. 4.
• Yante Maten, a preseason first-team All-SEC pick, leads UGA in both scoring (20.9) and rebounds (8.3) with J.J. Frazier, also a preseason first-team All-SEC selection, next in scoring at 14.4 points.

Cajuns Set To #PaintNOLARed On Saturday
• Louisiana will close out its two-game road trip on Saturday (Dec. 17) at former Sun Belt Conference rival New Orleans in a 2 p.m. contest at Lakefront Arena. The game is part of a basketball/football doubleheader for Ragin' Cajuns fans with the Louisiana football team competing against Southern Miss in the 2016 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome (8 p.m. kickoff).

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Players Mentioned

Frank Bartley

P.J. Hardy

Justin Miller

Bryce Washington

Jay Wright

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