Louisiana Faces Texas State In Saturday Sun Belt Matinee

SAN MARCOS, Texas – Coming off an emotional 66-65 win over UT Arlington on Thursday, the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Men's Basketball team returns to action on Saturday when it travels down I-35 to face Texas State in a Sun Belt Conference game on Saturday at Strahan Arena.

Tipoff is slated for 4:30 p.m. The game can be heard in the Lafayette area on KHXT 107.9 FM, ESPN 1420 AM and the ESPN 1420 app with Jay Walker on the call. The game will also be available on ESPN+ with Brant Freeman (PxP) and Suzanne Fox (Color) providing commentary. Live results will available at CajunStats.com.

Louisiana (9-13, 4-7 Sun Belt) won its second straight game after Dou Gueye's turnaround 3-pointer at the buzzer helped the Ragin' Cajuns claim their third straight contest at UTA's College Park Center. Jalen Johnson recorded a double-double with 15 points and a season-high 13 rebounds, while Cedric Russell and P.J. Hardy scored 13 points each.

Texas State (13-9, 6-5 Sun Belt) rallied from a six-point halftime deficit to defeat ULM, 71-51, on Thursday. The Bobcats used a 29-9 run in the second half to pull away from the Warhawks as Alonzo Sule led the team with 15 points and eight rebounds.

The Bobcats claimed the previous meeting against Louisiana, 68-59, two weeks ago at the Cajundome. The win was the first in Lafayette for Texas State in seven games and its third overall in the 15-game series.

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GAME INFORMATION
LOUISIANA (9-13, 4-7 Sun Belt) at Texas State (13-9, 6-5 Sun Belt)
Date / Time: February 1, 2020 / 4:30 p.m.
Site: San Marcos, Texas
Arena: Strahan Arena (10,000)

RADIO/TV
Radio: KHXT FM 107.9 / ESPN 1420 AM
Talent: Jay Walker (PxP)
TV: ESPN+
Talent: Brant Freeman (PxP), Suzanne Fox (Color)

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

SERIES HISTORY
Overall: Louisiana leads, 12-3
In Lafayette: Louisiana leads, 6-1
In San Marcos: Louisiana leads, 4-2
Neutral: Louisiana leads, 2-0
Streak: Texas State +2

THE COACHES
LOUISIANA
Head Coach: Bob Marlin (Mississippi State, 1981)
Record at Louisiana: 183-137 (10th season), Career Record: 531-303 (27th season)

TEXAS STATE
Head Coach: Danny Kaspar (North Texas, 1978)
Record at TXST: 111-107 (seventh season), Career Record: 575-300 (29th season)

STORY LINES
• Louisiana closes out its trip to the Lone Star State when it faces Texas State at Strahan Arena.
• Louisiana will look for its first three-game win streak of the season.
• The meeting between Louisiana head coach Bob Marlin and Texas State's Danny Kaspar will be the 36th overall between the coaches with Marlin holding a 25-10 lead.
• On the season, injuries have cost players on the 2019-20 roster a combined total of 62 games.
• Louisiana's injury-riddled roster has used 10 different starting lineups in its first 22 games of the 2019-20 season.
• Louisiana's injury list against Texas State on Jan. 18 saw the absence of a combined 49.9 points from its 2019-20 scoring output.
• With 105 career wins in Sun Belt Conference play, head coach Bob Marlin is fourth in league history and is six wins shy of tying former UAB coach Gene Bartow for third place.
• During Bob Marlin's tenure at Louisiana, the Ragin' Cajuns are 43-21 overall in the month of February.

QUICK HITS
• Louisiana is 8-1 overall when scoring 70 points or more this season.
• Dou Gueye's buzzer-beater at UTA on Thursday was the first for the Ragin' Cajuns since Johnathan Stove's halfcourt shot at ULM on Feb. 18, 2017.
• Louisiana's 66-65 victory over UT Arlington was its first one-point victory since defeating Southeastern Louisiana (73-72) on Dec. 29, 2018.
• Louisiana has lost three scholarship players (Kobe Julien, Durey Cadwell and Javonne Lowery) for the season to knee injuries.
• Mylik Wilson is the only freshman at the Division I level averaging 11 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals per game.
• Louisiana's 17 second-chance points against UTA equaled the most in a game since facing UC Irvine on Nov. 25. The Ragin' Cajuns had 21 second-chance points in their first two games of the season against Loyola and McNeese.
• Louisiana is ranked 44th among Division I schools in free throws made (331) and 53rd nationally in free throw attempts (457).
• Louisiana returns 26.7 percent of its scoring (700 points) and 15.8 percent of its rebounds (181) from the 2018-19 campaign.
• Louisiana is 9-2 overall on the season when shooting above 41 percent from the floor.
• Louisiana has earned wins this season over McNeese (11/9), Southeastern Louisiana (12/3), Troy (1/4) and Appalachian State (1/6) after trailing by double-digits.
• 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.

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Players Mentioned

Durey Cadwell

Dou Gueye

P.J. Hardy

Jalen Johnson

Kobe Julien

Javonne Lowery

Cedric Russell

Mylik Wilson

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