The Raging Cajuns of the Sun Belt Conference come to town as the Aggies return home for their last game for 10 days. On paper this looks like a win for UCD, but they don’t play the games on paper. Still, last season the Cajuns finished 12-21 and 11th in their conference. Louisiana shoots only around 40% from the field (28.5% from 3) which places them near the bottom of all Division 1 schools. This fits right in with the Ags defense which allows just about that percentage. It’s likely that the team is still trying to find an identity. They have nine players who have logged double digit minutes this season and all but two are newcomers, including four of the starters. On top of that they have new head coach. Bottom line is that this is a 1-5 team who most recently was blown out by Santa Clara, 43-80.
Their best player is probably Jamyron Keller, but he has been injured since their second game and did not play in their loss to Santa Clara. The 6’3” Jr. guard was a 3-star prospect out of high school. He was averaging 17 ppg before he was hurt. Their most recent starting lineup has been guards De’Vion Lavergne and Dorian Finister and forwards Joshua Lewis, Jeremiah Evans, and Kyran Ratliff and the only returning starter. Prior to that, however, they tended to play a three guard lineup. Oddly, their top three rebounders are their guards, none averaging over 5 rpg. One of them, Jaxon Olvera is their second leading scorer (15.8 ppg) and I would not be surprised to see him start against UC Davis.
I hope the Ags don't overlook this game. It's a Monday night game during Thanksgiving week so there will probably be a small crowd so, with Louisiana coming in after being blown out by Santa Clara, this may be a hard game to get up for.
Noting that this game completely overlaps with the 49ers on Monday night, I'm going to have to watch it on replay. Tough choice, but the 49ers need the win and the Ags are still early in their season and should win this one. If they don't I don't know if I want to see it.