Ragin' Cajuns Wrap Up Roadtrip at Troy

TROY, Ala. – After having its 10-game win streak snapped, the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Men's Basketball team looks to get back in the win column on Saturday when it faces Troy in a Sun Belt Conference contest at Trojan Arena.

Tipoff is scheduled for 4 p.m.

The game will be streamed live on ESPN+ with Barry McKnight (pxp) and Jerry Miller (color) providing the commentary. Fans can listen to the game on KPEL-FM (96.5) and the Varsity Network with Jay Walker calling the action. Live results will be available at CajunStats.com.

Louisiana (20-5, 10-3 Sun Belt) dropped its first contest in the 2023 calendar year with an 82-71 setback at Southern Miss on Thursday in a battle of the league's co-leaders. Jordan Brown and Themus Fulks combined for 44 points for Louisiana, who lost for the first time since New Year's Eve at Old Dominion and posted season-lows in both field goal percentage (36.9 percent) and 3-point field goal percentage (13.3 percent).

Brown, second in the SBC in scoring (20.1), posted his 13^th 20-point game of the season for Louisiana and moved to within 104 points of becoming the 50^th player in school history to reach thte 1,000-point mark.

Greg Williams, Jr., who was held to a season-low four points at USM, is next in scoring for Louisiana at 14.3 points per game followed by Terence Lewis II (11.4), Fulks (9.4) and Kentrell Garnett (7.6).

Troy (15-11, 7-6 SBC) rallied for a 61-57 victory over in-state rival South Alabama on Thursday as Nelson Phillips scored 16 points to help the Trojans rally from a nine-point deficit with 10:11 remaining.

Single-game tickets are available by visiting the Louisiana Athletics Box Office at the Cajundome, purchasing by visiting Account Manager. For more information call the Louisiana Athletics Box Office at the Cajundome at (337) 265-2104.

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GAME 26 PREVIEW – Louisiana (20-5, 10-3 SBC) at Troy (15-11, 7-6 SBC)
Date / Time: February 11, 2023 / 4 p.m.
Site: Troy, Ala.
Arena: Trojan Arena (5,200)

RADIO/TV
TV: ESPN+
Talent: Barry McKnight (pxp), Jerry Miller (color)
Radio: KPEL-FM 96.5 / The Varsity Network
Talent: Jay Walker (pxp)

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

SERIES HISTORY
Overall: Louisiana leads, 22-6
In Lafayette: Louisiana leads, 12-4
In Troy: Louisiana leads, 8-2
At Neutral Sites: Louisiana leads, 2-0
Streak: Louisiana +8
Last meeting: Louisiana, 72-57 (1/26/23 in Lafayette)

THE COACHES
LOUISIANA
Head Coach: Bob Marlin (Mississippi State, 1981)
Record at Louisiana: 241-172 (13th season); Division I Record: 466-303 (25th season);
Career Record: 589-338 (30th season)

TROY
Head Coach: Scott Cross (UT Arlington, 1998)
Record at Troy: 55-62 (fourth season), Career Record: 280-223 (16^th season)

STORY LINES
• Louisiana claimed a 72-57 victory over Troy on Jan. 26 at the Cajundome behind a game-high 21 points from Greg Williams, Jr.
• Louisiana played the game without leading scorer Jordan Brown (illness).
• The win for Louisiana was its 300^th overall in Sun Belt Conference play with head coach Bob Marlin earning his 238^th career victory on the Ragin' Cajuns bench, tying him with J.C. "Dutch" Reinhardt for second place on the school's all-time list.

• Louisiana has won the last eight meetings in the series and 18 of the past 21 games dating back to the 2008-09 season.
• The Ragin' Cajuns have won the last four meetings in Troy, including an 81-77 victory at Trojan Arena on Feb. 15, 2020.
• Louisiana's nine wins away from the Cajundome are tied for fifth nationally behind Purdue (11), North Texas (11), Houston (10) and UNC Wilmington (10).

QUICK HITS
• Louisiana reached the 20-win mark for the 24^th time in school history in last Saturday's 77-67 win over Marshall.
• Louisiana's current ranking of No. 3 in the CollegeInsider.com Top-25 Mid-Major Poll is its highest since the poll was introduced.
• Louisiana's Kentrell Garnett leads all active Division I players in career 3-point percentage (.451) with Themus Fulks third among active players in career assists (6.44).
• Louisiana's victory over Georgia Southern on Jan. 28, where it trailed by 19 points at the half (49-30), marked the largest comeback win in the Bob Marlin era and the largest since rallying from 20 points (73-53) down with 12 minutes remaining to defeat South Alabama in overtime, 102-97, on Jan. 26, 1992.
• With the 94-87 win, Marlin moved past J.C. "Dutch" Reinhardt (1932-57) into sole possession for second place on the school's career win list at 239.
• The Ragin' Cajuns 8-0 record in January was the first time since 2017-18 (7-0) the team was unbeaten in the first month of the calendar year.
• Greg Williams, Jr., recorded his fourth straight 20-point game and reached the 1,000-point mark in his career (St. John's/Louisiana) after a 23-point performance last Thursday against Texas State.
• Louisiana has led wire-to-wire in nine games this season.
• Jordan Brown has scored 896 points in a Louisiana uniform and is 104 points away from becoming the 50^th player in school history to reach the 1,000-point mark.
• Brown's 26-point, 20-rebound performance against Marshall was the sixth 20-20 game by a Ragin' Cajun in school history and first since Shawn Long (29 points/20 rebounds) at Troy in 2016.
• Brown is one of five players to average 19 points, seven rebounds, two assists and a block per game, joining Drew Timme (Gonzaga), Trayce Jackson-Davis (Indiana), Jake Stephens (Chattanooga) and Drew Pember (UNC Asheville).
• Louisiana's Themus Fulks is fifth among Division I players in total assists (161) and assists per game (6.4).
• Eight of Louisiana's 14 players on the 2022-23 roster are in-state products.
• Louisiana's four-game, road sweep last month was its first in conference play and its first since going unbeaten on a five-game trip in 1976-77.
• In a 94-88 win over in-state rival Louisiana Tech on Nov. 17, Marlin earned his 450th career win at the Division I level in 25 seasons.
• Marlin was 123-35 in five seasons (1990-95) at Pensacola Junior College, leading the team to the 1993 NJCAA National Championship.
• Marlin is the all-time leader in Sun Belt Conference victories with a 136-94 record.
• The Ragin' Cajuns are 16-8 overall in one-point games under head coach Bob Marlin and 60-53 overall in school history.
• Six of the 14 players on the 2022-23 roster are first-year players.

UP NEXT
• Louisiana returns home to face ULM on Thursday (Feb. 16) at the Cajundome in a 7 p.m. contest.
• The Ragin' Cajuns will then close out the weekend when it travels to face James Madison for the first time as SBC opponents in a 7 p.m. ET contest in Harrisonburg, Va.

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Players Mentioned

Jordan Brown

Themus Fulks

Kentrell Garnett

Terence Lewis II

Greg Williams, Jr.

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