LOUISIANA 2008-09 Men’s Basketball ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Game 19 | Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns (6-12, 3-4 Sun Belt) vs. South Alabama Jaguars (11-8, 4-4 Sun Belt) Saturday, Jan. 24, 2009 ● 7:15 p.m. ● CAJUNDOME (11,550) ● Lafayette, La. TV: None ● Radio: KPEL 1420 AM/KRKA 107.9 FM ● Live Stats/Video: www.RaginCajuns.com 2008-09 Schedule LOUISIANA SOUTH ALABAMA Date Opponent Time (CT) 08-09 Record _______________________ 6-12 08-09 Record_______________________ 11-8 N4 MILLSAPS (Exhibition) W, 87-57 08-09 Sun Belt Record ________________ 3-4 08-09 Sun Belt Record________________ 4-4 N11 TEXAS-TYLER (Exhibition) W, 84-55 Last Game __________________Jan. 22, 2009 Last Game__________________ Jan. 22, 2009 N15 LOUISIANA TECH L, 59-61 at WKU L, 68-73 vs. UALR L, 59-61 Head Coach ___________________ Robert Lee Head Coach ________________ Ronnie Arrow N18 LAMAR L, 68-78 UL Record_____________ 46-67 (5th Season) USA Record ________ 151-108 (10th Season) N22 at Utah Valley L, 41-71 Career Record ___________________ Same Career Record ______ 285-199 (18th Season) N25 ORAL ROBERTS W, 79-75 (OT) Lee vs. USA _______________________ 3-3 Arrow vs. UL ______________________ 4-7 D2 MCNEESE STATE (DH) W, 73-64 Web Site____________ www.RaginCajuns.com Web Site ____________ www.USAjaguars.com D7 at Alabama L, 44-61 D13 LOUISIANA COLLEGE W, 85-58 D15 ULM* W, 86-58 Game Night Story Lines D18 NORTH TEXAS* (DH) L, 64-78 ● Louisiana makes a brief stop in its hometown for a meeting with South Alabama on D21 SAM HOUSTON STATE (DH) L, 54-56 Saturday, Jan. 24 in the CAJUNDOME. It’s the last home game in January and a buffer D29 at #14 Tennessee L, 62-89 before a road trip to Middle Tennessee and Florida Atlantic next week. D31 at LSU {CST} L, 79-81 J3 DENVER* (DH) {CST} W, 63-62 (2OT) ● Tonight’s game marks the 42nd meeting in the Cajuns-Jaguars series. It’s the 33rd J8 at New Orleans* L, 58-61 Sun Belt regular season meeting and 19th overall in the CAJUNDOME (UL leads 10-8). J10 at Troy* (DH) W, 83-81 J15 UALR* L, 71-79 (OT) ● Saturday Success: The Ragin’ Cajuns have been victorious in their last three J19 at UAB L, 62-97 Saturday contests (Louisiana College, Denver and Troy). J22 at WKU* L, 68-73 J24 SOUTH ALABAMA* (DH) 7:15 p.m. ● Welcome Back Ronnie: South Alabama coach Ronnie Arrow, in his second tour of J29 at Middle Tennessee* 7 p.m. duty with the school, returns to the CAJUNDOME as the Jaguars’ head coach for the J31 at Florida Atlantic* (DH) 6 p.m. first time since Feb. 10, 1994 (then-USL won 86-77). F5 FIU* 7:05 p.m. F7 at North Texas* (DH) 7 p.m. ● It’s a pivotal contest for both teams. As the Sun Belt schedule nears the midway F12 at ULM* 7 p.m. mark, UL sits a half game behind USA and Arkansas State for sixth place in the league F14 ARKANSAS STATE* (DH) 7:15 p.m. standings. South Alabama is trying to keep pace with the league’s top five teams. F19 at Denver* 8 p.m. F22 NEW ORLEANS* (DH) 7:15 p.m. ● The Cajuns are playing the second of five straight against Sun Belt East teams. F26 TROY* 7:05 p.m. Louisiana is 1-1 this season vs. the SBC East (W, 83-81 at Troy; L, 68-73 at WKU). F28 at UALR* (DH) 7 p.m. M4 SBC Tourn. 1st Round (Campus Sites) ● The Cajuns’ perimeter game has heated up since the return of Randell Daigle. M8-10 SBC Tournament (Hot Springs, Ark.) Louisiana has made 75 triples over eight games (9.4 per game). Prior to his return, the * Denotes Sun Belt Conference Game Cajuns had made 58 triples in the season’s first 10 games (5.8 per game). Home games (BOLD) played at the CAJUNDOME All Times are CENTRAL & SUBJECT TO CHANGE Tonight’s Tentative Starters No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl.-Exp. PPG RPG APG FG% Louisiana Media Relations 1 Tyren Johnson F 6-8 195 Jr.-2L 7.9 5.7 1.6 46.4% MBB Contact______________________ Matt Hebert 33 Chris Gradnigo F 6-7 215 So.-1L 13.4 3.1 0.4 47.1% [email protected] 0 Colby Batiste C 6-9 220 So.-TR 2.2 3.2 0.2 43.2% Office Phone ___________________ (337) 482-6330 2 Randell Daigle G 5-10 177 Jr.-1L 12.5 2.0 2.0 43.9% Cell Phone_____________________ (337) 288-6023 55 Ryan McCoy G 6-0 175 Jr.-TR 8.8 2.2 2.4 45.3% Office Fax _____________________ (337) 482-6529 Off the Bench SOUTH ALABAMA Media Relations No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl.-Exp. PPG RPG APG FG% MBB Contact____________________Brian Fremund 11 Corey Bloom G 6-6 199 Jr.-1L 2.6 1.4 0.5 25.6% [email protected] 12 Willie Lago G 6-1 182 Jr.-2L 2.6 0.9 1.6 31.5% Office Phone ___________________ (251) 414-8032 21 Emmanuel Adeife F 6-10 235 Sr.-TR 2.4 4.5 0.1 33.3% Cell Phone_____________________ (251) 623-3191 22 Travis Bureau F 6-7 180 So.-1L 14.7 3.7 0.9 47.2% 23 La’Ryan Gary G/F 6-7 207 Jr.-1L 6.3 3.8 0.6 33.3% Office Fax _____________________ (251) 460-7297 Notes and Trends 08-09 Louisiana Trends GRADNIGO IN A GROOVE Leading at the half: ______________________5-4 ● In the last six games Chris Gradnigo is shooting 40-of-75 (53 percent) and has made Trailing at the half: ______________________1-8 at least six field goals in five of the games. He is averaging 17.2 points per game during Tied at half: ____________________________0-0 the stretch. Leading with 5:00 left: ____________________4-3 ● On the UNO-Troy road trip, he averaged 16 points per game in only 20.5 minutes Trailing with 5:00 left: ____________________2-8 played per game. Gradnigo shot 12-of-21 from the floor (57 percent) and 6-of-7 (86 Tied with 5:00 left: _______________________0-1 percent) from three-point range. In Overtime: ___________________________2-1 Double Overtime: _______________________1-0 ● Against UALR, Gradnigo scored 16 in the first half en route to establishing his season- high of 20. He also made a season-high eight field goals (8-of-15). Better FG% than opponent ________________5-1 Worse FG% than opponent _______________1-11 ● At WKU he topped his season-highs in points (23) and field goals made (10). Gradnigo scored 15 by halftime and ended the game 10-of-15 from the field. Shooting better than 40% _________________5-6 Shooting less than 40%___________________1-6 WILL WE HAVE FREE BASKETBALL? Opponent shoots better than 40%___________3-9 ● The last two games at the CAJUNDOME (2OT vs. Denver and OT vs. UALR) have Opponent shoots less than 40% ____________3-3 gone into overtime. Combined, fans were treated to three extra periods of basketball. Shooting 70% FT or higher ________________1-3 Shooting 60-69% FT _____________________4-1 THREE IS BETTER THAN ONE Shooting less than 60% FT ________________1-8 ● Louisiana has had at least three players score in double figures in each of the last five Opponent shoots 70% FT or higher__________5-6 games. Opponent shoots 60-69% FT_______________0-3 Opponent shoots less than 60% FT _________1-3 BLOCK PARTY ● Tonight’s game features the Sun Belt’s top shot blocking teams. USA leads the league UL has more rebounds ___________________5-3 with a 5.32 average, while UL is a close second with a 5.28 average. Opponent has more rebounds______________1-9 Rebounds are equal _____________________0-0 ● Ronald Douglas (USA) ranks third and Tyren Johnson (UL) ranks seventh in the SBC. UL has more turnovers ___________________3-7 THE TRIPLE THREAT Opponent has more turnovers______________3-5 Turnovers are equal______________________0-0 ● The combination of Travis Bureau, Randell Daigle and Chris Gradnigo fuel the Louisiana offense. Scoring less than 60 _____________________0-5 ● They combine to average 40.6 points of the Cajuns’ 66.6 average (61%). Scoring 60-69 __________________________1-5 ● They combine for 89 three-point field goals made out of UL’s 133 (67%). Scoring 70-79 __________________________2-2 ● Overall shooting percentages: Bureau (47.2%), Gradnigo (47.1%), Daigle (43.9%). Scoring 80-89 __________________________3-0 Scoring 90-99 __________________________0-0 THE SHARPSHOOTERS Scoring 100+ ___________________________0-0 ● The Ragin’ Cajuns have three players shooting above 40 percent from three-point range – Ryan McCoy (48%), Randell Daigle (45%) and Travis Bureau (43%) Allowing less than 60_____________________2-1 Allowing 60-69 __________________________2-3 “RADAR” DIALS ‘EM HOME Allowing 70-79 __________________________1-5 Allowing 80-89 __________________________1-2 ● Randell Daigle is shooting 24-of-53 from three-point range (45.3%) in eight games Allowing 90-99 __________________________0-1 since returning from injury. Allowing 100+ __________________________0-0 ● Daigle is averaging 3.0 triples per game and has made at least four in four games. UL bench outscores opponent______________3-8 EXTRA BASKETBALL Opponent bench outscores UL _____________2-4 ● UL played its third overtime affair of the season last Thursday vs. UALR. 3 score in double figures: _________________0-4 4 score in double figures: _________________3-3 ● The last time the Cajuns had three OT games – 2005-06. 5+ in double figures: _____________________0-1 ● The Cajuns have played 10 OT games under Robert Lee (5-5 record). ● When’s the last time a Cajuns team had four OT games in a season? 1991-92.