The Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns (10-2, 0-0 Sun Belt) are on the road Thursday visiting Conway, South Carolina and the HTC Center to play the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (6-5, 0-0 Sun Belt) in the opening game of the Sun Belt Conference schedule for both. Louisiana was defeated by the Texas Longhorns 100-72 Last Wednesday for only their second loss of the season. Coastal Carolina was defeated by Charleston 83-69 a week ago this past Monday, which snapped a two-game winning streak for the Chanticleers. Louisiana and Coastal Carolina's do not have any players on their respective injury reports.
Louisiana is scoring an average of 83.4 points per game which is 22nd in the nation. The Ragin’ Cajuns have a field goal shooting percentage of 50.1% which is 15th and a 3-point shooting percentage of 40.3% which is 11th best. Jordan Brown is scoring an average of 19.7 points per game to lead Louisiana. The forward is shooting 57.5% overall and 30.8% from three-point territory. Greg Williams Jr and Terence Lewis II are each scoring an average of 13.2 points per game which is second on the team. Williams is shooting 49.5% overall and Lewis is shooting 66.7% overall. Themus Fulks is the leader in assists with an average of 5.8 dishes per contest. The Ragin’ Cajuns are averaging 13.2 turnovers per game.
Louisiana's defense is giving up too much as the Ragin’ Cajuns are allowing an average of 72.3 po ints per game. Louisiana is allowing a field goal shooting percentage of 43.6% and a three-point shooting percentage of 31.8%. The leading rebounder for Louisiana is Lewis II with an average of 8.8 boards per game. Louisiana is averaging 37.7 rebounds per game while allowing an average 28.7 rebounds per game. Lewis II is the leader in steals with an average of 1.3 steals per game and Brown is the leader in blocks shots with an average of 1.5 swats per contest.