TIP-OFF    
• The ULM women's basketball team continues its conference slate and hits the road on Thursday (Jan. 18) at the Ragin' Cajuns. The Warhawks and Ragin' Cajuns will battle inside the Cajundome at 6 p.m. on Thursday night.

• The Warhawks won consecutive home SBC contests for the first time since 2016 when ULM defeated South Alabama and Texas State last week inside Fant-Ewing Coliseum.

• Jakayla Johnson earned her third 20-point game in a ULM uniform and Katlyn Manuel recorded her second double-double in ULM's 73-63 victory over Texas State on Saturday. Johnson was two rebounds shy of a double-double and dished out seven assists to go along with one steal. Manuel came off the bench and delivered 18 points and 10 rebounds and added a pair of blocks. Lauren Gross extended her streak of hitting multiple three-point baskets to four games and drilled five shots from long distance for 15 points. Daisha Bradford accounted for seven of the Warhawks' 19 assists and registered nine points, six boards and one steal. Brianna Harris scored seven points and added eight boards and two steals, assists and blocks apiece.

THURSDAY'S GAME BASICS    
ULM and the Ragin' Cajuns will meet for the 69th time in history Thursday night at the Cajundome in Lafayette, Louisiana. The Warhawks lead the all-time series 43-25, but the Ragin' Cajuns have won each of the previous 18 meetings dating back to 2015.

Thursday's game will be broadcast on ESPN+. The game also will air on KMLB 105.7 FM/540 AM and the TuneIn app on the Warhawk Radio Network from Learfield with Ben Milam on the play-by-play.

PREVIEWING RAGIN' CAJUNS
The Ragin' Cajuns snapped a two-game SBC losing streak with a one-point road victory at Arkansas State on Saturday, 64-63. Jaylyn James made her first start of the season and helped lead the Ragin' Cajuns to victory and finished with a career-high 25 points to help her team rally from a 12-point deficit in the first half for the win.

Leading the Ragin' Cajuns in scoring is Lafayette native Tamera Johnson, who has scored an average of 12.8 points per game. 2021 Second Team All-SBC senior guard Brandi Williams joins Johnson in double-figure scoring with 11.4 points per game and has buried 28 3-point buckets this season.

The Ragin' Cajuns are led by Garry Brodhead, who is in his 12th season at the helm of the Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball program. Brodhead was previously the associate head coach at McNeese State before returning to his alma mater and assuming the head coaching duties in Lafayette.

UP NEXT
The Warhawks will conclude their road trip at Southern Miss on Saturday (Jan. 20) at noon versus the Golden Eagles.