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Ragin’ CAJUNS MEN’S BASKETBALL MBB Contact: Matt Sullivan • Office: 337.482.6331 • Cell: 985.981.0009 • Email: [email protected] • Twitter: @MattSulli123 GAME INFORMATION GAME 2 Coral Gables, Fla. (BankUnited Center) Date / Time: Nov. 16, 2015 / 6:00 p.m. CT Site: Coral Gables, Fla. LOUISIANA RAGIN’ CAJUNS (1-0, 0-0 SBC) Arena: BankUnited Center (7,972) TV: RSN Web: WatchESPN Head Coach: Bob Marlin (Mississippi State, 1981) Radio: KHXT 107.9 FM Career Record: 437-243 (23rd season), Record at UL: 89-77 (6th season) Talent: Steve Peloquin (PBP) Video: RaginCajuns.com Live Stats: RaginCajuns.com MIAMI HURRICANES (1-0, 0-0 ACC) Twitter Updates: @Cajunbasketball Head Coach: Jim Larranaga (Providence, 1971) Series: UL leads, 1-0 Career Record: 562-383 (32nd season) Record at UM: 92-49 (5th season) First Meeting: UL 66, UM 60 - 12-20-99 Marlin vs UM: 0-0 STORY LINES SCHEDULE / RESULTS • Louisiana hits the road for the first time this season as it opens a two-game trip beginning tonight against ACC opponent Miami. The Ragin’ Cajuns, opened the season on Friday with a NOVEMBER (0-0) 108-68 win over Division III Louisiana College on Friday, will end the road swing on Friday (Nov. Nov. 13 LOUISIANA COLLEGE W, 108-68 20) when it visits Alabama at Coleman Coliseum. RSN/ESPN3 Nov. 16 at Miami (Fla.) 6 p.m. SEC Digital + Nov. 20 at Alabama 7 p.m. • The game against Miami is the first of three non-conference games this season for the Ragin’ Nov. 25 LOYOLA 7 p.m. Cajuns against schools from the Power 5. Louisiana will also face Alabama (Nov. 20) and UCLA (Dec. 15). DECEMBER (0-0) Dec. 3 at ULM * 7 p.m. THE SERIES Dec. 9 McNEESE STATE 7 p.m. • The schools have played once on the hardwood with Louisiana claiming a 66-60 victory over the ASN Dec. 12 at Louisiana Tech 12 p.m. Hurricanes on Dec. 20, 1999 at the San Juan Shootout in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Dec. 15 at UCLA PAC 12 Network 8 p.m. Dec. 18 at Pepperdine theW.tv 9 p.m. Dec. 21 NEW ORLEANS 7 p.m. THE SEASON PREVIEW • Louisiana returns all five starters and nine letterwinners from the 2014-15 squad that posted a Dec. 30 SPRING HILL COLLEGE (Ex.) 7 p.m. 22-14 overall record and 13-7 mark in the Sun Belt Conference. The Ragin’ Cajuns earned a berth in the CollegeInsider.com Tournament, falling to eventual champion Evansville, in the quarterfinals at JANUARY (0-0) Blackham Coliseum. Jan. 2 APPALACHIAN STATE * 7:15 p.m. Jan. 7 at Little Rock * 7:15 p.m. Jan. 9 at Arkansas State * 7:05 p.m. THE OPPONENT Miami (1-0) opened its season on Friday with an 86-59 win over UT Rio Grande Valley (formerly UT Jan. 14 at Georgia Southern * ESPN3 6:30 p.m. Pan American). Sheldon McClellan (18 points) and Ivan Cruz Uceda (16 points) led five players in Jan. 16 at Georgia State * ESPN3 1:30 p.m. double figures for the Hurricanes. Jan. 21 SOUTH ALABAMA * 7:15 p.m. Jan. 23 TROY * ESPN3 6:15 p.m. Jan. 28 TEXAS STATE * 7:15 p.m. UP NEXT Jan. 30 UT ARLINGTON * 6:15 p.m. • Louisiana will wrap up its initial road trip on Friday (Nov. 20) when it visits Alabama in a 7 p.m. at Coleman Coliseum. The game will be televised on SEC Network +. FEBRUARY (0-0) Feb. 2 ULM * 7:15 p.m. LOUISIANA PROBABLE STARTERS (2015-16 Stats; *Blocks; #Steals) Feb. 4 at Applachian State * ESPN3 6:30 p.m. No. Name Pos. Yr. Pts. Reb. Ast. Notes Feb. 11 ARKANSAS STATE * 7:15 p.m. 1 Jay Wright G Jr. 7.0 2.0 2.0 3-for-4 from floor vs. LC Feb. 13 LITTLE ROCK * 4:15 p.m. 13 Hayward Register G Jr. 5.0 2.0 0.0 40% from 3-FG in 14-15 Feb. 18 at UT Arlington * 7:15 p.m. 21 Shawn Long* F Sr. 14.0 5.0 2.0 NCAA active leader in DD (52) Feb. 20 at Texas State * 4:30 p.m. 22 Johnathan Stove G So. 12.0 4.0 2.0 5-for-6 from floor vs. LC Feb. 25 at Troy * 7:30 p.m. 32 Bryce Washington F So. 5.0 9.0 1.0 1 block vs. LC in opener Feb. 27 at South Alabama * 4:05 p.m.. LOUISIANA PRIMARY RESERVES (2015-16 Stats; *Blocks; #Steals) MARCH (0-0) No. Name Pos. Yr. Pts. Reb. Ast. Notes March 3 GEORGIA STATE * 7:15 p.m. 0 Devonta Walker F Sr. 17.0 11.0 0.0 2nd car.double-double vs. LC March 5 GEORGIA SOUTHERN * 7:15 p.m. 3 Tyrone Wooten G Jr. 7.0 2.0 2.0 13 minutes in season debut March 9-13 at Sun Belt Tournament TBA 4 Steven Wronkoski G Sr. 5.0 0.0 0.0 18 minutes in season opener (New Orleans, La.) 5 Kasey Shepherd G Sr. 16.0 0.0 2.0 5-10 FG vs. Louisiana College 11 Matt Marlin G Sr. 0.0 0.0 1.0 Son of head coach Bob Marlin * - Sun Belt Conference Game 15 Jay Hedgeman F Jr. 10.0 4.0 2.0 2 steals, 1 block in opener Home games (BOLD) played at the Cajundome (11,550) 23 Tiremone Williams G Sr. 6.0 3.0 0.0 3-for-3 from floor vs. LC All Times Listed are Central 55 Scott Plaisance F R-Fr. 4.0 2.0 0.0 2-for-2 in college debut All dates/times are subject to change /RaginCajunsAthletics @ULRaginCajuns 1 2015-16 LOUISIANA MEN’S BASKETBALL RaginCajuns.com | @ULRaginCajuns QUICK HITS QUICK FACTS • Louisiana’s 108 points against Louisiana College marked the 10th time in school history (since GENERAL INFORMATION 1970-71) the Ragin’ Cajuns eclipsed the 100-point mark in a season opener. Location: Lafayette, La. Founded: 1898 • Shawn Long (1,041 rebounds) needs six rebounds to pass Marcus Stokes for second-place in President: Dr. Joseph Savoie school history. Long is 25 rebounds shy of becoming the school’s all-time leader (Roy Ebron - 1,064 Faculty Representative: Dr. Anita Hazelwood rebounds). Director of Athletics: Scott Farmer Associate AD - Internal Ops: John Dugas • The Ragin’ Cajuns averaged 77.5 points per game in 2014-15 to rank 16th overall among NCAA Associate A.D./SWA: Dr. Jessica Leger Division I schools. Enrollment: 19,033 Nickname: Ragin’ Cajuns • Shawn Long is the NCAA Division I active leader in double-doubles (52) and is second in rebound School Colors: Vermilion & White average (10.3.). Conference: Sun Belt Conference Arena/Capacity: Cajundome (11,550) SERIES vs MIAMI (Fla.) Website: www.RaginCajuns.com Athletics Twitter: @ULRaginCajuns Series vs. MIAMI: UL Lafayette leads,1-0 MBB Twitter: @Cajunbasketball Date Opponent W/L Score Location 1999-2000 MIAMI (Fla.) W 66-60 San Juan, P.R. STAFF Head Coach: Bob Marlin (Mississippi St. ‘81) Last Meeting Record at Louisiana (Yrs): 89-77 (6th yr.) Division I Record (Years): 314-208 (18th yr.) Playing its first game outside of the United States for the first time in school history, the Career Record: 437-243 (23rd yr.) Ragin’ Cajuns make 18 of 23 free throws in a 66-60 victory over the then BIG EAST Hur- Assistant Coaches: Neil Hardin (6th yr.) ricanes in the first round of San Juan Shootout ... three players - Reggie DeGray, Blane Kevin Johnson (6th yr.) Harmon and Lonnie Thomas - all score 15 points to lead Louisiana ... Harmon hits four Gus Hauser (3rd yr.) 3-pointers as the Ragin’ Cajuns rally from a 38-31 deficit at halftime. Dir. of BKB Ops Mike Murphy (3rd yr.) Dir. of Player Personnel Joston Crow (1st yr.) Athletic Trainer: B.J. Duplantis Series Notes HISTORY The Ragin’ Cajuns lead the all-time series vs. Miami, 1-0, with the lone meeting (Dec. 20, First Season: 1911-12 1999) coming in the first round of the 1999 San Juan Shootout. All-Time Record: 1,355-1,030 (103rd Season) NCAA Appearances: Six (1-6 Record) (1982, 1983, 1992, 1993, 2000, 2014) (1972, 1973, 2004, 2005 appearances vacated) 3-5 record in vacated appearances TEAM INFORMATION 2014-15 Overall Record: 22-14 Home Record: 12-4 Away Record: 8-8 Neutral Record: 2-2 2015-16 LOUISIANA BASKETBALL ROSTER Sun Belt Record: 13-7 (4th) Sun Belt Championship: 1-1 No. NAME HT/WT CL/EXP POS HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL Postseason: 2-1 (CollegeInsider.com) 0 Devonta Walker 6-7/220 Sr./1L F Salisbury, Md. / Parkside HS (Western Texas Coll.) Starters Returning/Lost: 5/0 1 Jay Wright 6-1/180 Jr./1L G Rincon, Ga. / Effingham Co. HS (Casper College) Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 9/6 3 Tyrone Wooten 6-4/180 Jr./JC G Memphis, Tenn. / Trezevant HS (Itawamba CC) Newcomers: 8 4 Steven Wronkoski 6-5/190 Sr./3L G Hammond, La./St. Thomas Aquinas HS Roster by Class (Fr./So./Jr./Sr.): 3/2/6/5 5 Kasey Shepherd 6-3/180 Sr./3L G Houston, Texas/Spring Dekaney HS 11 Matt Marlin 6-0/170 Sr./HS G Huntsville, Texas / College Park HS SPORTS INFORMATION 13 Hayward Register 6-2/170 Jr./2L G Lafayette, La./Comeaux HS SID (MBB Contact): Matt Sullivan 15 Jay Hedgeman 6-7/190 Jr./JC F Houston, Texas /Pearland HS (San Jacinto JC) Office Phone: (337) 482-6331 21 Shawn Long 6-9/245 Sr./3L F/C Morgan City, La./Morgan City HS Cell Phone: (985) 981-0009 22 Johnathan Stove 6-4/215 So./1L G Baton Rouge, La./Christian Life Academy Fax: (337) 482-6529 23 Tiremone Williams 6-0/180 Sr./1L G Abbeville, La.