Louisiana-Lafayette vs Coastal Carolina Basketball Picks 3-7-24
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (9-21) vs. Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns (18-13)
March 7, 2024 3:00 pm EDT
The Line: Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns -10.5; Over/Under: +148.5
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The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers and the Louisiana Ragin Cajuns meet in college basketball action from the Pensacola Bay Center on Thursday night. Who comes out on top in Thursday’s Sun Belt Tournament Second Round matchup? Let’s dive in and find out with our Coastal Carolina vs. Louisiana Prediction.
Coastal Carolina Team Preview
The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers come into this one looking to build on their 75-71 win over Louisiana-Monroe last time out. Jacob Meyer led the Chanticleers in scoring and assists with 32 points on 9 of 15 shooting with 4 threes and a perfect 10 of 10 mark from the foul line along with 6 rebounds and a team-high 5 assists. Ian Granja also had 9 points with 3 threes while Braeden MacVicar and Ginika Ojiako each had a team-high 7 rebounds as well in the winning effort.
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Louisiana Team Preview
The Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns come into the tournament as the 5-seed after finishing the year 18-13 overall including a 10-8 record in conference play following a 77-61 win over Southern Miss to close out the regular season. Kobe Julien leads the Cajuns in scoring with 17.2 PPG along with 4.8 RPG while Joe Charles has 11.8 PPG with a team-high 9.7 RPG to lead the Cajuns on the glass this season. Themus Fulks has 10.6 PPG with 2.8 RPG and a team-high 4.4 APG to lead the Cajuns in assists and Hosana Kitenge has 11.7 PPG and 6.6 RPG to cap off the group of double-digit scorers for Louisiana up to this point in the year. As a team, Louisiana is averaging 76.2 PPG on 45.4% shooting from the field, 34.2% from three and 73.1% from the foul line this season.
Coastal Carolina vs. Louisiana Prediction
I’m on Coastal Carolina and the points here as I just think it’s too many points to be laying with the Cajuns here. Louisiana wasn’t playing all that well down the stretch to close out the year and Coastal’s already had a chance to shake off the rust. The Chanticleers are solid enough on the offensive end to keep this one close, so give me the Chanticleers and the points.
