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2018-19 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES @RaginCajunsWBB @RaginCajunsWBB @RaginCajunsWBB www.RaginCajuns.com Contact: DAVID COLLINS l Office: 337.482.6329 l Cell: 908.334.5547 l Email: [email protected] Game 18 | Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019 | 2 p.m. LOUISIANA RAGIN’ CAJUNS (5-12, 3-3 SBC) Trojan Arena | Troy, Ala. Head Coach: Garry Brodhead (Louisiana, 1980) • @CoachBrodhead TV: ESPN+ (Doug Amos [PxP]; Hanna Cooper [Analyst]) Record at Louisiana: 114-98 (Seventh season) • Career Record: Same Radio: ESPN1420AM (Steve Peloquin [PxP]) AT Series History: Troy leads 13-10 (24th meeting) | Series Streak: Troy +3 Live Stats: TroyTrojans.com First Meeting: 1/14/06 (W, 81-69) | Last Meeting: 2/22/18 (L, 72-53) 2018-19 SCHEDULE TROY TROJANS (15-3, 6-1 SBC) Head Coach: Chanda Rigby (Southeastern Louisiana, 1990) November (2-4) Record at Troy: 114-93 (Seventh season) • Career Record: 343-192 (17th season) 1 LSU-Shreveport! W, 89-57 6 Lamar L, 77-79 (OT) VISITING TROY: Louisiana wraps up the Alabama swing, with a Saturday afternoon, Jan. 11 at McNeese State W, 70-59 26, visit to the Sun Belt Conference leading Troy Trojans in Troy, Ala., at the Trojan Arena. 14 Dillard^ L, 69-72 HIGH FLYING FRESHMEN: Freshmen guards, Brandi Williams and Andrea Cournoyer 19 Jackson State W, 68-61 have been scoring machines over the first two plus weeks of conference play, each averaging 25 at Auburn L, 59-71 double-figures in Sun Belt play. With Williams averaging 13.5 ppg., and AC averaging 12.3 30 vs. Texas A&M - Corpus Christi# L, 63-64 ppg., making them the top two scoring freshmen in Sun Belt Conference play. DISHING GOODWIN: Sophomore guard Skyler Goodwin has been moving the ball with December (0-5) efficiency during the first six games of conference play, racking up 15 total assists in confer- 1 at UT Rio Grande Valley# L, 60-75 ence play and that gives her an average of 2.5 assists per game. Goodwin opened conference 8 Sam Houston State L, 62-68 play with a career-high six assists at Arkansas State on Jan. 3. 12 at Ole Miss L, 57-79 FALLING IN MOBILE: Louisiana fell to the South Alabama Jaguars on Jan. 24, 83-60, 15 Xavier (La.)! W, 62-52 in a Thursday morning Education Game at the Mitchell Center. Sophomore center Ty’Reona 20 Louisiana State L, 54-76 Doucet led Louisiana with 23 points and she grabbed six rebounds in the process. 30 at No. 8 Mississippi State L, 36-104 AC AND BRANDI LIGHT IT UP: Williams and Cournoyer scored career highs at January (3-3) Arkansas State (Jan. 3) with Williams scoring 25 and Cournoyer adding 21 of her own. It was 3 at Arkansas State* L, 75-87 the first time that Louisiana had two freshmen score at least 20 points in a game since Kia 5 at Little Rock* L, 48-62 Wilridge and Keke Veal each scored 20 points against Florida Atlantic on Feb. 16, 2013. 10 Georgia State* W, 57-54 12 Georgia Southern* W, 59-48 19 ULM* W, 52-45 24 at South Alabama* L, 60-83 26 at Troy* 2 p.m. 29 UT Arlington* 6:30 p.m. 31 Appalachian State* 6:30 p.m. Andrea Cournoyer Brandi Williams Skyler Goodwin Kristen Daniels Ty’Reona Docuet February (0-0) 10 - G/Fr. 2 - G/Fr. 11 - G/So. 23 - F/R-Fr. 35 - C/So. 2 Coastal Carolina* 2 p.m. 7 at Georgia Southern* 5:30 p.m. LOUISIANA PROBABLE STARTERS (2018-19 Stats) No. Name Pos. Yr. Pts. Reb. Ast. Notes 9 at Georgia State* 1 p.m. 10 Andrea Cournoyer G Fr. 9.6 2.2 2.0 Career-high 21 pts at ASU (1/3/19) 16 at ULM* 2 p.m. 2 Brandi Williams G Fr. 11.4 3.3 0.5 Leading freshman scorer in SBC 23 Texas State* 2 p.m. 11 Skyler Goodwin G So. 7.7 4.8 2.1 Fourth in the SBC in mpg. (33.2) 28 at Coastal Carolina* 5 p.m. CT 23 Kristen Daniels F R-Fr. 1.6 3.9 0.4 1st career start on 12/20/18 35 Ty’Reona Doucet C So. 14.0 9.8 0.8 8 double-doubles on the season March (0-0) LOUISIANA PRIMARY RESERVES (2018-19 Stats) 2 at Appalachian State* 1 p.m. CT No. Name Pos. Yr. Pts. Reb. Ast. Notes 7 Little Rock* 6:30 p.m. 5 Jomyra Mathis G So. 6.6 4.1 1.9 Career-high 14 pts vs. GSU (1/10/19) 9 Arkansas State* 2 p.m. 22 Kendall Bess F Jr. 3.7 2.3 0.8 1st career start on 12/12/18 11-16 SBC Women’s Basketball Championships** TBA 15 Diamond Morrison G Fr. 5.1 1.5 1.6 Career-high 7 assists on 12/12/18 25 Jazmyn Womack F Fr. 3.1 2.4 0.2 1st career start on 11/19/18 All Home Games are in BOLD ! - Exhibition Games; # - Texas Rio Grande Valley: Battle on the Border 4 Caroline Rivera G Jr. 0.6 1.1 0.1 Career-high 19 min. on 11/11/18 ^ - Education Game; * - Sun Belt Conference Games; ** SBC Championships (New Orleans, La.) 3 Jasmine Thomas G Jr. - - - All times listed as Central Dates and times are subject to change GAME 18 | LOUISIANA AT TROY | JAN. 26, 2019 LOUISIANA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES - HEAD COACH GARRY BRODHEAD THE BRODHEAD DOSSIER The Garry Brodhead File Louisiana head coach Garry Brodhead is in his seventh season at his alma mater and since taking control of the Ragin’ Cajuns he has turned the program around, creating a winning culture and an exciting atmosphere. Head Coach Teurlings Catholic HS, 1997-07 PERSONAL 297-78 Career Record (10 Seasons) Hometown Lafayette, La. 2002 Louisiana State Championship August, 1957 Records vs. Sun Belt Conference Birthdate Family Married to the late Andrea Brodhead Overall: 62-57 (H: 33-21; A: 22-32; N: 7-4) Graduate Assistant Louisiana, 1994 One son: Beau Appalachian State: 4-2 (H: 3-0; A: 1-2) Two daughters: Blair and Ashley Arkansas State: 6-9 (H: 4-2; A: 2-6; N: 0-1) Date Hired At Louisiana April, 2012 PLAYING EXPERIENCE Coastal Carolina: 1-1 (H: 1-0; A: 0-1) Louisiana, 1976-80 EDUCATION Pole Vaulter on Track and Field Team Georgia Southern: 8-1 (H: 4-0; A: 3-1; N: 1-0) Louisiana 1980 Three-year letter winner (1976, 1978, 1980) B.S. in Business Administration Georgia State: 9-1 (H: 4-1; A: 5-0) HONORS AND AWARDS Little Rock: 2-12 (H: 1-5; A: 0-6; N: 1-1) COACHING EXPERIENCE Winningest Coach in Louisiana History (114 Wins) Head Coach Louisiana, 2012-Present South Alabama: 6-6 (H: 2-2; A: 3-3; N: 2-3) 114-98 Overall Record (Seventh Season) Texas State: 6-5 (H: 2-2; A: 3-2; N: 1-1) 2015 Women’s Basketball Inviational Champions 2016 Women’s Basketball Inviational Champions Troy: 5-8 (H: 4-2; A: 0-5; N: 1-1) ULM: 10-4 (H: 4-3; A: 5-1; N: 1-0) Assoc. Head Coach McNeese State, 2010-12 2011 NCAA Tournament Apperance UT Arlington: 5-8 (H: 2-3; A: 1-5; N: 2-0) 2012 NCAA Tournament Apperance Assistant Coach McNeese State, 2007-10 Vs. Louisiana Schools Overall: 35-12 (H: 24-6; A: 11-6; N: 1-0) Dillard: 1-2 (H: 1-2) Louisiana Tech: 2-2 (H: 2-0; A: 0-2) BRODHEAD’S YEAR-BY-YEAR IN THE COLLEGIATE RANKS Louisiana State: 0-2 (H: 0-1; A: 0-1) Year Position School Rec. Pct. Conf. Rec. Postseason LSU-Shreveport: 1-0 (H: 1-0) 2007-08 Assistant Coach McNeese State 10-21 .323 8-8 McNeese State: 3-1 (H: 2-0; A: 1-1) 2008-09 Assistant Coach McNeese State 14-16 .467 6-10 New Orleans: 3-0 (H: 2-0; A: 1-0) 2009-10 Assistant Coach McNeese State 7-22 .241 3-13 Nicholls: 0-1 (A: 0-1) 2010-11 Assoc. Head Coach McNeese State 26-7 .788 15-1 NCAA Tournament Northwestern State: 1-0 (H: 1-0) 2011-12 Assoc. Head Coach McNeese State 26-8 .765 13-3 NCAA Tournement Southeastern Louisiana: 4-0 (H: 2-0; A: 2-0) 2012-13 Head Coach Louisiana 10-21 .323 3-17 Southern: 2-0 (H: 1-0; A: 1-0) 2013-14 Head Coach Louisiana 14-16 .467 7-11 Southern-New Orleans: 4-0 (H: 4-0) 2014-15 Head Coach Louisiana 23-12 .657 10-10 WBI Champions Tulane: 1-0 (A: 1-0) 2015-16 Head Coach Louisiana 25-10 .714 13-7 WBI Champions ULM: 10-4 (H: 4-3; A: 5-1; N: 1-0) 2016-17 Head Coach Louisiana 20-11 .645 11-7 Xavier (La.): 3-0 (H: 3-0) 2017-18 Head Coach Louisiana 17-16 .515 10-8 2018-19 Head Coach Louisiana 5-12 .294 3-3 Vs. Power Five Schools Overall: 2-11 (H: 0-3; A: 1-6; N: 1-2) Arkansas: 1-0 (N: 1-0) Auburn: 0-2 (H: 0-1; A: 0-1) Louisiana State: 0-2 (H: 0-1; A: 0-1) Mississippi State: 0-4 (H: 0-1; A: 0-2; N: 0-1) Notre Dame: 0-1 (N: 0-1) Ole Miss: 1-1 (A: 1-1) Texas A&M: 0-1 (A: 0-1) 2 @RAGINCAJUNSWBB 2 WBI CHAMPIONSHIPS | 1 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCE | 30 ALL-CONFERENCE SELECTIONS LOUISIANA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES - TALE OF THE TAPE SCOUTING THE TROJANS - Troy, who enters the game against Louisiana as the leaders in the conference, has won nine out of its previous 10 games, with the lone loss coming the past weekend at Georgia State on Jan.