Louisiana Basketball Preview: vs. Southeastern

LAFAYETTE – The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Men's Basketball team opens its 2025-26 home schedule on Friday when it hosts in-state opponent Southeastern Louisiana at the Cajundome.

Tipoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. The game will be televised on ESPN+ with fans in the Lafayette area able to listen to the game on 103.3-FM The Goat/1420 AM or worldwide on the Varsity Network app.

Tickets are available on-line at RaginCajuns.com/tickets.

Louisiana (0-1) officially tipped off the Quannas White era on Monday at Ball State in the MAC-SBC Challenge with the Cardinals pulling away in the final four minutes in claiming a 75-64 victory. Jamyron Keller scored a game-high 21 points in his Ragin' Cajuns debut – one off his career-best (22) set at Oklahoma State – with Jaxon Olvera adding 13 and De'Vion Lavergne 10.

Olvera, a Pepperdine transfer, pulled down six rebounds to lead the Ragin' Cajuns with Keller and Lavergne dishing out a team-best four assists each.

SLU (0-1), in the midst of a season-opening, four-game road trip, dropped an 88-58 decision at Ole Miss on Monday. Jaiden Lawrence scored a team-high 15 points to lead the Lions with UAB transfer Makhi Myles coming off the bench to add 10.

Louisiana wraps up its two-game home stand on Tuesday (November 11) against Tulane in a 7 p.m. game before traveling to face McNeese on Friday (November 14) in a 6 p.m. battle.

Season tickets for the 2025-26 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Men's Basketball season are available now at RaginCajuns.com/tickets or by calling the Louisiana Athletics Ticket Office at (337) 482-GoUL (4685).

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For the latest on Louisiana Men's Basketball, stay tuned to RaginCajuns.com and follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (RaginCajunsMBB).

GAME 2 PREVIEW – Louisiana (0-1) vs. Southeastern (0-1)
Date/Time: November 7, 2025 / 7:30 p.m.
Site: Lafayette, La.
Arena: Cajundome (12,362)

RADIO/TV
TV: ESPN+
Talent: Dan McDonald (pxp), Eric Mouton (color)
Radio: 103.3 FM the Goat/ESPN1420 AM/ The Varsity Network
Talent: Jay Walker (pxp)

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

SERIES HISTORY
Overall: Louisiana leads, 40-20
In Lafayette: Louisiana leads, 24-8
In Hammond: Louisiana leads, 13-11
Last 10 Meetings: Louisiana, 9-1
Streak: Louisiana +4

STORY LINES
• Louisiana opens its 15-game home schedule on Friday in the Cajundome, facing in-state opponent and Southland Conference member Southeastern Louisiana.
• Louisiana has won nine of the last 10 meetings with SLU in the 60-game series, including all four contests since the series resumed in 2017-18 after a 33-year hiatus.
• During the four-game win streak against the Lions, Louisiana has won by an average of 8.2 points.
• The game with SLU marks the first of three straight contests against in-state opposition for the Ragin' Cajuns, who will host Tulane on Tuesday before traveling to Lake Charles for their annual battle with McNeese.
• Louisiana has won 13 of its last 15 home openers and has not lost two straight since dropping contests in both the 2009 and 2010 seasons.

QUICK HITS
• Louisiana has 13 new players on the roster.
• Nine players hail from the state of Louisiana, including three (Todd Jones Jr., Dorian Finister, Kyran Ratliff) from the New Orleans metro area.
• Jamyron Keller's 21-point effort at Ball State was one point off his career best set at Oklahoma State in a 93-83 win over BYU on Feb. 17, 2024.
• The Ragin' Cajuns are 60-55 overall in one-point games in school history.
• Louisiana is 298-193 all-time against the current membership of the Southland Conference.
• The Ragin' Cajuns have won 40-plus games all time against SLC members McNeese (63), New Orleans (45), Lamar (42), and SLU (40).
• Louisiana scored a school-record 140 points against SLU at Blackham Coliseum on December 15, 1969.
• SLU's last win in the series was an 83-80 decision on December 15, 1984 at Blackham.
• Since the 2020-21 season, Louisiana is 27-8 overall (including a 19-4 mark in the Cajundome) against schools from the Pelican State.

Louisiana Basketball Preview: vs. Southeastern

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Players Mentioned

Dorian Finister

Todd Jones Jr.

Jamyron Keller

De'Vion Lavergne

Jaxon Olvera

Kyran Ratliff

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