Louisiana Faces Wyoming In MGM Resorts Main Event

LARAMIE, Wyo. – The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Men's Basketball team heads out west for a three-game trip beginning on Thursday when it faces Mountain West Conference opponent Wyoming at Arena-Auditorium.

Tipoff is scheduled for 8 p.m. CT. The game, which is part of the MGM Resorts Main Event, will be available on the Mountain West Network and can be heard in the Lafayette area on both KHXT 107.9 FM and ESPN 1420 AM. Live results will be available at RaginCajuns.com.

Louisiana (3-1), which opened the four-game event last Tuesday at TCU, claimed a 73-61 victory over Youngstown State in its last contest on Friday at the Cajundome behind a season-high 23 points and seven rebounds from redshirt freshman Kobe Julien.

After facing Wyoming (2-3), Louisiana will head to Las Vegas, Nev., to complete the MGM Resorts Main Event with games against Detroit Mercy (Nov. 25) and 2019 NCAA Championships participant UC Irvine (Nov. 26).

Wyoming (2-3) snapped a three-game losing skid with a 76-49 victory over Detroit Mercy on Tuesday. TJ Taylor recorded a career-high 22 points to lead the Cowboys, who held the Titans to 28 percent from the floor and outscored the Titans, 43-18, in the second half.

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GAME INFORMATION
LOUISIANA (3-1) at WYOMING (2-3)
Date / Time: November 21, 2019 / 7 p.m. MT
Site: Laramie, Wyo.
Arena: Arena-Auditorium (11,612)

RADIO/TV
Radio: KHXT 107.9 FM / ESPN 1420 AM
Talent: Jay Walker (PxP)
TV: Mountain West Network

LIVE STATS/SOCIAL MEDIA
Live Stats: GoWyo.com / RaginCajuns.com
Twitter Updates: @RaginCajunsMBB | #GeauxCajuns

SERIES HISTORY
Overall: Wyoming leads, 2-0
In Lafayette: Never met
In Laramie: Wyoming leads, 1-0
Neutral: Wyoming leads, 1-0
Streak: Wyoming +2

THE COACHES
LOUISIANA
Head Coach: Bob Marlin (Mississippi State, 1981)
Record at Louisiana: 177-125 (10^th season), Career Record: 525-291 (27th season)

WYOMING
Head Coach: Allen Edwards (Kentucky, 2002)
Record at UW: 53-55 (fourth season), Career Record: Same

STORY LINES
• Louisiana begins a three-game road trip on Thursday against Mountain West opponent Wyoming.
• The game is the second of two on-campus games as part of the MGM Resorts Main Event. The Ragin' Cajuns traveled to face TCU on Nov. 12.
• Louisiana will make its second appearance at Arena-Auditorium, the highest NCAA Division I venue in the country at 7,220 feet above sea level. By contrast, Louisiana's Cajun Field - home of the Ragin' Cajuns football team - is situated at two feet BELOW sea level.
• Louisiana's previous appearance at A-A was on Jan. 7, 1989 with the Cowboys claiming a 104-84 victory.
• The teams last played exactly two years ago in the semifinals of the Cayman Islands Classic, with the Cowboys claiming a 70-61 victory on Nov. 21, 2017.
• Louisiana will wrap up the MGM Resorts Main Event with two games in Las Vegas beginning Monday (Nov. 25) against Detroit Mercy before facing UC Irvine in the finale on Tuesday (Nov. 26.)
• The 73-61 victory over Youngstown State last Friday was the 177th for head coach Bob Marlin at Louisiana, moving him past Marty Fletcher (1987-97) - the current Mountain West Coordinator of Women's Basketball Officials - into sole possession of third place on the school's all-time list.

QUICK HITS
• With his 400th win as a Division I coach on Nov. 5 against Loyola, Marlin became the 35th active NCAA Division I coach - and 224th overall in NCAA Division I history - to reach that mark.
• Louisiana leads the Sun Belt Conference - and is 13th nationally - in free throw percentage at 80.5 percent.
• The Ragin' Cajuns established a new school-record for consecutive free throws made against Youngstown State, converting on all 22 attempts in the second half and breaking the previous mark (21) set against Southeastern Louisiana on Feb. 24, 1968.
• Louisiana returns 26.7 percent of its scoring (700 points) and 15.8 percent of its rebounds (181).
• Louisiana is 3-1 overall for the second time in three years and the third overall since the 1994-95 season.
• Seven newcomers (Dou Gueye, Jalen Johnson, Kobe Julien Javonne Lowery, Chris Spenkuch, Calvin Temple and Mylik Wilson) saw their first action in a Louisiana uniform.
• Junior Dou Gueye is the third player from Senegal in Ragin' Cajuns history - Vieux Kande (2013-15) and Khadim Kandji (2001-03).
• Louisiana's Jalen Johnson became the first Ragin' Cajun to notch three straight 20-point games in the month of November since Shawn Long (vs. Miami, Alabama and Loyola) in 2015.

LIVING FREE ON THE LINE
• Of the top three free throw shooting teams in Ragin' Cajuns history, the second- and third-best overall performances have occurred during the past two seasons.
• The 2017-18 team converted on 76.1 percent (590-of-775) of its attempts from the line to rank second all-time with the 2018-19 squad making 527-of-710 attempts (74.2 percent).
• Louisiana set a school-record during the 1989-90 season after shooting 76.3 percent (476-for-624) from the line.
• In four games this season, Louisiana has converted on 66 of 82 attempts (80.5 percent) from the free throw line to lead the Sun Belt Conference and rank 13^th nationally.

Louisiana Faces Wyoming In MGM Resorts Main Event

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Players Mentioned

Dou Gueye

Jalen Johnson

Kobe Julien

Vieux Kande

Shawn Long

Javonne Lowery

Chris Spenkuch

Calvin Temple

Mylik Wilson

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