Game Information
Date / Time: Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019 / 2:00 p.m. (ET)
Site: Conway, S.C. /  HTC Center (3,212)
Audio Broadcast: Chanticleer Sports Network
Radio: WRNN 99.5 "Hot Talk"
Online Audio Link: http://portal.stretchinternet.com/coastal/
Talent: Chris Burgin (play-by-play) 
Online: ESPN+
Talent:  Jeff McCarragher (play-by-play); Nate Ross (analyst)
Live Stats: GoCCUsports.com
Twitter Updates: @GoCCUSports, @CoastalMBB

Opening Tip
• Coastal Carolina is looking to build on its season-long four-game winning streak.
• While this series is only three games old, the Chants have never defeated the Ragin' Cajuns with Louisiana holding a 3-0 lead.
• This will be the fourth time these two teams have met on the hardcourt.
• This will be the third time the two teams have met in Conway, with Louisiana winning both of the earlier games in Conway.
• This will be a game between Louisiana's second-leading scoring Sun Belt team (83.4 ppg) and the Chanticleers' second-leading Sun Belt defensive scoring team (70.0).
• After Zac Cuthbertson's monster 29-point performance against ULM, he continues to build on an impressive season ... The senior is sixth in the conference in scoring (19.0), third in rebounding (8.4), eighth in field goal percentage (.496) and is even 15th in assists (56).
• Even though CCU's defense saw ULM score 81 points in the Chants' victory, the defense continues to shine as its 70.0 points per game scoring defense is second in the conference ... Their .414 field goal percentage defense is also second ... Plus they are only allowing their opponents a .315 three-point shooting percentage, third in the Sun Belt.
• Saturday is the final game of the present two-game home-stand ... CCU will hit the road for its next three games, first heading to Texas State and UTA, and then Appalachian State.

About Louisiana
• Louisiana was picked in a tie for second in the preseason rankings poll.
• The Ragin' Cajuns enter the game at 13-8 overall and 4-4 in conference action.
• Louisiana is coming off its largest margin of defeat on the season, a 104-77 setback at Appalachian State.
• ULL is led by one of the best players in the conference in senior JaKeenan Gant ... He is fourth in the league in scoring averaging 20.6 points per game ... He is also second in the conference in rebounding averaging 8.5 per game ... He is shooting 55 percent from the field (2nd in SBC) and is also an 81 percent free throw shooter (4th in SBC) ... He is even better in conference games where he is averaging 27.1 points and 9.8 rebounds per game ... He has a season-high Sun Belt points scored game when he exploded for 45 points against Little Rock.
• Gant gets plenty of help scoring the basketball as ULL is averaging 83.4 points per game ... Malik Marquetti averages 15.1 points per game, shooting over 46 percent from the field, 45 percent on his three;s and 87 percent at the free throw line.
• Marcus Stroman is the person who makes ULL's offense go ... On top of his 11.7 points per game scoring, he is one of the top assists-man in the conference ... He has 138 assists on the season and his a 6.6 assists per game average which leads the Sun Belt by a large margin as the second player is averaging 4.9 ... He also has a team-leading 48 steals which is second in the conference.
• ULL shoots 45 percent from the field and hits 35 percent of its three-point attempts ... They are second in the conference in free throw shooting at 76 percent.
• ULL has struggled on the defensive end of the court, surrendering 81.5 points per game.
• The Ragin' Cajuns opponents are shooting 46 percent from the field and out-rebounding ULL 38.7 to 36.1.
• ULL has allowed 13 opponents to score 80 or more points including the past five.
• Even though they have allowed over 80 points in their past five games, they are 3-2 in those contests.

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