Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns (20-5) vs. Troy Trojans (15-11)
February 11, 2023 5:00 pm EDT
The Line: Troy Trojans +1 / Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns -1 ; Over/Under: 146.5
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The Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns and the Troy Trojans meet Saturday in college basketball action from Trojan Arena. Louisiana is coming off a Thursday matchup versus Southern Miss. In that one the Cajuns fell by 11 points. As for Troy, they played South Alabama in their Thursday game. The Trojans would go on to power out a four-point victory. Check back all season long for free college basketball picks at Sports Chat Place.
Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns
Louisiana managed a pretty solid 12-4 run over their first 16 games of the year. The Cajuns kept it going with wins over LA-Monroe, South Alabama, Arkansas State, Texas State, Troy, Georgia Southern, Texas State and Marshall in the next eight outings.
On Thursday versus Southern Miss, the Cajuns were ahead 38-33 at the break. Louisiana was outscored 49-33 in the second half however and lost 82-71. Jordan Brown led the team in scoring with 25 points and eight rebounds in the defeat.
Troy Trojans
Over on the Troy side, they managed to go 12-6 over their first 18 outings. The Trojans hit a 2-5 stretch after that however, falling to Appalachian State, James Madison, Louisiana, South Alabama and Southern Miss in that time.
In the South Alabama rematch on Thursday, Troy was down 34-27 as the second half began. The Trojans regrouped for a 34-23 run and took the comeback win 61-57. Nelson Phillips put up 16 points with three rebounds along the way.
ANDREW’S FREE PICK
I’ll probably stay with Louisiana. The Cajuns had a bad second half in their last game versus a pretty talented Southern Miss squad, snapping their 10-game win streak. Louisiana’s offense has been great along the way however, posting 71 or more points in 10 of their last 11 outings. The Cajuns didn’t have any trouble the last time these teams met up on January 26 at the Cajundome, powering out a 72-57 win after a dominant 41-17 first half. I suspect Troy will be more prepared at home this time, but I still like Louisiana better cover/win-wise.
