Two Sun Belt Conference rivals meet on the court Thursday in Monroe, Louisiana at Fant Ewing Coliseum, when the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns (12-4, 2-2 Sun Belt) visit the Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks (7-10, 3-1 Sun Belt). Louisiana defeated Georgia State 78-70 last Saturday in its most recent game and has won two straight. Louisiana-Monroe was defeated by Southern Miss 65-60 last Saturday, which snapped a three-game winning streak for the Warhawks. Both teams do not have any players listed on their injury reports.
Louisiana is scoring an average of 81.0 points per game which is 24th in the nation. The Ragin’ Cajuns have a field goal shooting percentage of 48.6% which is 22nd in the country and a three-point shooting percentage of 38.7% which is 18th. At the other end of the court, Louisiana is allowing an average of 71.6 points per game which is 246th. The Ragin’ Cajuns are allowing a field goal shooting percentage of 43.3% and a three-point shooting percentage of 33.7%.
Jordan Brown is the leading scorer for Louisiana with an average of 18.8 points per game and the forward is shooting 54.4% overall, while hitting 28.6% of his shots from three-point land. Greg Williams Jr is the second leading scorer with an average of 12.7 points per game. Williams is shooting 46.9% overall and 42.7% from long range. Only one other player for Louisiana (Terence Lewis II, 12.5 ppg) averages double figures in scoring. Themus Fulks is the leader in assists with an average of 6.3 dishes per contest. Louisiana averages 15.9 assists and 12.6 turnovers per game. On the boards, the Ragin’ Cajuns are averaging 37.4 rebounds per game led by Terence Lewis II with an average of 8.4 boards per contest. Louisiana averages 7.1 steals and 3.8 blocked shots per game with Williams Jr the leader in steals with an average of 1.3 and Jordan Brown the leaders in blocked shots with an average of 1.4 swats per game.