UL Women Host UALR In Home Finale – Inside The Numbers

UL junior guard Keke Veal

Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajun women’s basketball team is back in action on Thursday, when coach Garry Brodhead’s squad plays host to the UALR Trojans in a Sun Belt Conference affair at the Cajundome.

Tip-off time is scheduled for 5 o’clock, and you can hear all the play-by-play action on ESPN 1420 & espn1420.com, beginning with the pregame show at 4:45 pm.

The game marks the final home game of the year for Louisiana, who is 11-4 in Lafayette this season.

In addition, the contest will be the first game of a women’s/men’s doubleheader, with the UL men taking on UALR about 35 minutes following the completion of the women’s game.

Louisiana, who has won 10 of their last 15, defeated Georgia Southern, 62-35, last Saturday, to improve to 18-9, overall, and 10-8 in league play, while UALR, who beat UT-Arlington, 48-38, last Saturday, is currently 24-4, and 17-2, respectively.

UL is currently in fifth-place in the Sun Belt Conference standings, while UALR leads the way, two games in front of second-place Arkansas St.

The Cajuns are out-scoring the opposition, 61.7/57.9, while being out-shot by foes from the floor, 41.1%/36.1%, and out-rebounded, 38.4/37.2.

Louisiana is paced by sophomore guard Jaylin Gordon, who leads the team in scoring, at 13.8 points-per-game, and junior guard Keke Veal, who is second on the team in scoring, and first in assists, at 13.7 and 3.4, respectively.

The Trojans are out-scoring the opposition, 63.8/49.9, while out-shooting foes from the floor, 43.5%/36.1%, and holding down a 35.2/33.8 rebounding advantage.

UALR is paced senior guard Taylor Gault, who is averaging 14.9 points and 2.9 rebounds-per-game, and junior forward Shanity James, who is averaging 11.6 points and 7.3 rebounds a contest.

The Trojans won the first match-up between the two squads earlier this year, defeating the Cajuns, 67-41, back on December 30 in Little Rock, Arkansas.