Louisiana Women's Basketball 2017 Postseason Capsule

 

Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns

Sun Belt (20-11, 11-7)

 
 
Big Wins: 12/22 Louisiana Tech (80-72), 2/11 Troy (80-72), 3/11 vs Arkansas-Little Rock (79-71)
Bad Losses: 1/21 at Texas State (40-62), 2/2 at Georgia Southern (60-63), 2/25 at Coastal Carolina (68-71)
Coach: Garry Brodhead
 
Probable Starters:
Jaylyn Gordon, Senior, Guard, 17.9 ppg, 3.4 apg, 3.8 rpg
Jasmine Thomas, Freshman, Guard, 8.9 ppg, 2.7 apg
Gabby Alexander, Senior, Forward, 5.7 ppg, 4.3 rpg
Nekia Jones, Junior, Forward, 7.7 ppg, 4.2 rpg
Kimberly Burton, Freshman, Forward, 2.9 ppg, 3.6 rpg
 
Key Role Players:
Simone Fields, Junior, Forward, 14.5 ppg, 7.2 rpg
Tori Swain, Junior, Guard, 10.0 ppg, 2.2 apg, 3.7 rpg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 68.7 (101st in nation, 3rd in conference)
Scoring Defense: 65.4 (209, 8)
Field-Goal Percentage: 41.7 (101, 3)             
Field-Goal Defense: 42.3 (295, 10)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 5.7 (177, 5)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 33.6 (94, 2)
Free-Throw Percentage: 65.6 (276, 10)
Rebound Margin: -1.4 (217, 7)
Assists Per Game: 12.7 (201, 4)
Turnovers Per Game: 13.8 (48, 1)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2015    WBI    First Round win over Texas-Pan American
2015    WBI    Quarterfinal win over McNeese State
2015    WBI    Semifinal win over Oral Roberts
2015    WBI    Final win over Siena
2007    NCAA            Round of 64 loss to Marquette
 
*all team stats through 3/2