Ragin' Cajuns Look To Snap Skid Against Troy

LAFAYETTE – The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Men's Basketball team wraps up a four-game homestand on Saturday when it entertains Sun Belt Conference rival Troy at the Cajundome.

Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. The game can be heard in the Lafayette area on KHXT 107.9 FM, ESPN 1420 and the ESPN 1420 app. The game will also be available on ESPN+ with live results available at CajunStats.com.

Fans can "Be A Student Again" and sit in the Ragin' Cajuns Student Section by purchasing tickets for just $6.

Louisiana (5-9, 0-3 Sun Belt) dropped its second consecutive league game by three points after a 60-57 setback to preseason favorite South Alabama on Thursday. Freshman Mylik Wilson scored a career-high 17 points to lead the Ragin' Cajuns with Cedric Russell scoring all 12 of his points in the second half.

Troy (5-9, 1-2 Sun Belt), led by first-year coach and former UT Arlington coach Scott Cross, dropped a 79-63 decision at ULM on Thursday. Ty Gordon came off the bench to score 17 points to lead the Trojans while Tahj Small also came off the bench to add 10.

The game against Troy is the second of five for Louisiana in a nine-day period that includes upcoming games at Appalachian State (Jan. 6), Georgia State (Jan. 9) and Georgia Southern (Jan. 11).

Season tickets for the 2019-20 campaign are currently on sale at the Louisiana Athletics Box Office at the Cajundome, by phone at (337) 265-2357, or on-line at RaginCajuns.com/MBBTix.

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GAME INFORMATION
LOUISIANA (5-8, 0-3 Sun Belt) vs. TROY (5-9, 1-2 Sun Belt)
Date / Time: January 4, 2020 / 7 p.m.
Site: Lafayette, La.
Arena: Cajundome (12,362)

RADIO/TV
Radio: KHXT 107.9 FM / ESPN 1420 AM
Talent: Ian Auzenne (PxP)
TV: ESPN+
Talent: Dan McDonald (PxP); Eric Mouton (color)

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

SERIES HISTORY
Overall: Louisiana leads, 17-6
In Lafayette: Louisiana leads, 9-4
In Troy: Louisiana leads, 7-2
Neutral: Louisiana lead, 1-0
Streak: Louisiana +3

THE COACHES
LOUISIANA
Head Coach: Bob Marlin (Mississippi State, 1981)
Record at Louisiana: 179-133 (10^th season), Career Record: 527-299 (27th season)

TROY
Head Coach: Scott Cross (UT Arlington, 1998)
Record at TROY: 5-9 (first season), Career Record: 230-170 (13th season)

STORY LINES
• Louisiana hosts Troy in the final game of a season-high, four-game homestand.
• The contest against Troy is the 22nd overall for head coach Bob Marlin against a Scott Cross-coached team. Marlin is 14-7 overall during Cross' tenure at UT Arlington, including an 8-4 record in games at Louisiana.
• Louisiana will dress eight scholarship players for Saturday's game after the injury to sophomore point guard Trajan Wesley (concussion) in Thursday's game against South Alabama.
• The Ragin' Cajuns have lost three scholarship players (Kobe Julien, Durey Cadwell and Javonne Lowery) for the season to knee injuries with senior P.J. Hardy (ankle) missing the last three games.
• Louisiana's current six-game losing skid is the longest since dropping seven straight during the 2010-11 season.
• Cedric Russell has made 151 3-pointers in his career and is 10th overall on the Ragin' Cajuns career list.
• Russell needs two 3-pointers to pass Aaron Mitchell (152, 1987-91) for ninth-place on the school's all-time list.

QUICK HITS
• Louisiana returns 26.7 percent of its scoring (700 points) and 15.8 percent of its rebounds (181) from the 2018-19 campaign.
• Bob Marlin's 101 victories in Sun Belt Conference play are the most by any active coach in the league and fifth in league history. He is two wins shy of tying former Arkansas State coach Dickie Nutt for fourth-place in SBC history.
• Mylik Wilson leads all Sun Belt Conference freshmen in steals per game (2.2) and minutes played per game (32.7).
• Louisiana is holding opponents to 31.2 percent (103-for-330) from behind the 3-point line - the second-lowest in the Sun Belt Conference.
• Louisiana's 41 3-point field goal attempts against South Alabama tied the single-game school record that was set on Dec. 1, 1996 at Ohio State.
• The Ragin' Cajuns set a single-game high with 12 3-pointers against South Alabama.
• 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's 98-81 victory over Southeastern Louisiana on Dec. 3 marked the second time this season - and 21st time in Bob Marlin's tenure - that Louisiana has won a game after trailing by double digits.
• The 14-point deficit to SLU marked the second-largest comeback for the Ragin' Cajuns in the Marlin era.
• Junior Dou Gueye is the third player from Senegal in Ragin' Cajuns history - Vieux Kande (2013-15) and Khadim Kandji (2001-03).

Ragin' Cajuns Look To Snap Skid Against Troy

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Players Mentioned

Durey Cadwell

Dou Gueye

P.J. Hardy

Kobe Julien

Vieux Kande

Javonne Lowery

Cedric Russell

Trajan Wesley

Mylik Wilson

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