University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Saturday, January 31
Huntington, W.Va.
12:00 p.m. (CST)
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
at
Marshall
Louisiana Makes Stop at Marshall Before Returning Home
1/30/2026 4:03:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Ragin’ Cajuns round out the January portion of the 2025-26 season schedule
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Women's Basketball team wraps up a two-game stint in the eastern time zone on Saturday, January 31 with a stop in Huntington, West Virigina to meet Marshall in a 12:00 p.m. (CST) contest from the Cam Henderson Center.
Louisiana plays the fourth different opponent in a series of five straight games against eastern-based SBC teams. Live coverage is available on ESPN+ and on The GOAT 103.3 FM and 1420 AM and Varsity Network.
The Ragin' Cajuns (2-19, 1-10 SBC) make their second-ever appearance in Huntington, last visiting in February 2024. For the first time in the young series, UL and Marshall aren't meeting in a new location.
The matchup with the Thundering Herd (17-6, 8-3 SBC) marks the final contest in January. Louisiana starts the final month of the regular season at home on February 4 vs. Old Dominion.
Louisiana and Marshall meet in SBC play for just the third time since the Thundering Herd joined the league in 2022-23. The home team won the previous two instances, the Ragin' Cajuns capturing a thrilling 92-88 overtime win last February at the Cajundome.
The Ragin' Cajuns returned to their full complement of players available for competition when freshman Imani Daniel took the court on Thursday at JMU. Daniel scored 10 points and posted a team-high seven rebounds in her first action after missing three straight games following an injury sustained on January 15 at Arkansas State.
Daniel, along with fellow freshman Amijah Price, are two of the SBC's top scoring freshmen this season. The duo has both eclipsed 200 points with Daniel crossing the threshold on Thursday.
Mikaylah Manley has scored 20-plus in three of the last four games including 21 points at JMU to take over as UL's leading scorer, her 12.1 points per game ranking Top 25 within the SBC.
Marshall owns the SBC's best team 3-point field goal percentage (37%). Senior Meredith Maier leads the team with 53 made triples while Peyton Ilderton adds 50 triples and is tops in percentage (40%) from beyond the arc.
GAME INFORMATION
LOUISIANA (2-19, 1-10 SBC) at MARSHALL (17-6, 8-3 SBC)
Date/Time: Saturday, January 31, 2026 / 12:00 p.m. (CST)
Site: Huntington, W.Va.
Arena: Cam Henderson Center (5,711)
Radio: The GOAT 103.3 FM/1420 AM
Talent: Dawson Eiserloh
TV: ESPN+
Talent: Bobby Iddings (pxp), Ben Westfall (analyst)
Live Stats: CajunStats.StatBroadcast.com
Social Updates: @RaginCajunsWBB | #GeauxCajuns
Series Record: Marshall leads, 3-1
In Huntington: Marshall leads, 1-0
Streak: MAR +1
Last Meeting: MAR 48-46, 3/6/25 (Pensacola, Fla.)
BOUNCE PASSES
FOLLOW THE RAGIN' CAJUNS
Follow the Ragin' Cajuns on Twitter (@RaginCajunsWBB), Facebook (/RaginCajunsWBB) or Instagram (@RaginCajunsWBB) to stay up-to-date on all that is happening with Louisiana Women's Basketball.
Fans are also encouraged to stay engaged with the Ragin' Cajuns by downloading the #GeauxCajuns app. Click here for iOS/Apple platforms and here for Android platforms.
Fans can support the women's basketball student-athletes, and invest in the program's future, through The Cajuns Edge Fund (click here) to contribute directly to the Louisiana Athletics and Ragin' Cajuns Athletic Foundation's revenue-sharing initiative or by joining the Assist Club (click here).
Louisiana plays the fourth different opponent in a series of five straight games against eastern-based SBC teams. Live coverage is available on ESPN+ and on The GOAT 103.3 FM and 1420 AM and Varsity Network.
The Ragin' Cajuns (2-19, 1-10 SBC) make their second-ever appearance in Huntington, last visiting in February 2024. For the first time in the young series, UL and Marshall aren't meeting in a new location.
The matchup with the Thundering Herd (17-6, 8-3 SBC) marks the final contest in January. Louisiana starts the final month of the regular season at home on February 4 vs. Old Dominion.
Louisiana and Marshall meet in SBC play for just the third time since the Thundering Herd joined the league in 2022-23. The home team won the previous two instances, the Ragin' Cajuns capturing a thrilling 92-88 overtime win last February at the Cajundome.
The Ragin' Cajuns returned to their full complement of players available for competition when freshman Imani Daniel took the court on Thursday at JMU. Daniel scored 10 points and posted a team-high seven rebounds in her first action after missing three straight games following an injury sustained on January 15 at Arkansas State.
Daniel, along with fellow freshman Amijah Price, are two of the SBC's top scoring freshmen this season. The duo has both eclipsed 200 points with Daniel crossing the threshold on Thursday.
Mikaylah Manley has scored 20-plus in three of the last four games including 21 points at JMU to take over as UL's leading scorer, her 12.1 points per game ranking Top 25 within the SBC.
Marshall owns the SBC's best team 3-point field goal percentage (37%). Senior Meredith Maier leads the team with 53 made triples while Peyton Ilderton adds 50 triples and is tops in percentage (40%) from beyond the arc.
GAME INFORMATION
LOUISIANA (2-19, 1-10 SBC) at MARSHALL (17-6, 8-3 SBC)
Date/Time: Saturday, January 31, 2026 / 12:00 p.m. (CST)
Site: Huntington, W.Va.
Arena: Cam Henderson Center (5,711)
Radio: The GOAT 103.3 FM/1420 AM
Talent: Dawson Eiserloh
TV: ESPN+
Talent: Bobby Iddings (pxp), Ben Westfall (analyst)
Live Stats: CajunStats.StatBroadcast.com
Social Updates: @RaginCajunsWBB | #GeauxCajuns
Series Record: Marshall leads, 3-1
In Huntington: Marshall leads, 1-0
Streak: MAR +1
Last Meeting: MAR 48-46, 3/6/25 (Pensacola, Fla.)
BOUNCE PASSES
- Louisiana completes a two-game road trip on Saturday (Jan. 31) at Marshall.
- This week's trip marked the first games of the season in the eastern time zone.
- The Ragin' Cajuns are continuing a stretch of five of six games on the road through February 14.
- The Marshall game is the fourth in a series of five straight vs. eastern-based SBC foes.
- UL is 1-2 in the current stretch with SBC eastern squads, dropping two straight after the win over Coastal.
- This is Louisiana's second appearance in Huntington in the past three seasons.
- The first four UL-Marshall series meetings were held in a different location.
- The home team won the previous two SBC regular season matchups.
- Louisiana posted a 92-88 overtime win in the 2024-25 meeting, but Marshall gained revenge with a 48-46 win at the SBC Tournament.
- Mikaylah Manley's team-high 21 point at JMU marked her third 20-plus outing in the past week.
- Imani Daniel returned to play on Thursday at JMU, ending a three-game absence (from injury at ASU).
- Southern Miss transfer Mikaylah Manley has steadily put together a team-leading 14 double-digit games and averages 12.1 points.
- Mikaylah Manley set a career-high with 25 points in the win over Coastal Carolina last week.
- Mikaylah Manley averaged 18.7 points to lead the way during the absence of Imani Daniel.
- Two of the SBC's top scoring freshmen are Ragin' Cajuns: Imani Daniel (11.3) and Amijah Price (11.2).
- Kahlen Norris generated a season-high tying (14, CCU) and season-high (15, APP) points total last week.
- Marina Artero and Lily Ba provided 12 points vs. App State – their highest combined output in SBC play and since November.
- Bianca Silva has handed out multiple assists all but two of the 17 games since taking over at point guard on November 25.
- Bianca Silva has handed out five or more assists six times. She's Top 15 in the SBC with 61 assists.
- A staple of Garry Brodhead's defense, the Cajuns are near Top 100 nationally in turnovers forced (18.3), having forced 20-plus miscues nine times.
- UL totaled its SBC play high of 47 rebounds at ASU paced by season-highs from Amijah Price (11), Marina Artero (9) and Kahlen Norris (7).
- The Ragin' Cajuns group navigating the 2025-26 season is entirely new to the program – the 11-member roster consisting of eight transfers and three freshmen.
- The 2025-26 season marks the arrival of a highly touted freshman class, all products from the state of Louisiana. Imani Daniel (John Curtis), Amijah Price (Woodlawn) and Arionna Patterson (Walker) were ranked Top 10 prospects in the State of Louisiana.
- Garry Brodhead also has a change of the guard within his coaching staff. All-American collegiate standout and WNBA legend Temeka Johnson now serves as associate head coach while Kacie Cryer, chief of staff the previous three seasons, was elevated to assistant coach and recruiting coordinator.
- Freshman Imani Daniel led the way averaging 20.5 point per game in exhibition action highlighted by a 19-point, 15-rebound double-double vs. LSU-A.
- Garry Brodhead is the program's all-time winningest head coach and the only head coach to reach both 100 and 200 victories. His career record entering Thursday's game stands at 217-200.
FOLLOW THE RAGIN' CAJUNS
Follow the Ragin' Cajuns on Twitter (@RaginCajunsWBB), Facebook (/RaginCajunsWBB) or Instagram (@RaginCajunsWBB) to stay up-to-date on all that is happening with Louisiana Women's Basketball.
Fans are also encouraged to stay engaged with the Ragin' Cajuns by downloading the #GeauxCajuns app. Click here for iOS/Apple platforms and here for Android platforms.
Fans can support the women's basketball student-athletes, and invest in the program's future, through The Cajuns Edge Fund (click here) to contribute directly to the Louisiana Athletics and Ragin' Cajuns Athletic Foundation's revenue-sharing initiative or by joining the Assist Club (click here).
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