Appalachian State will look to rebound on Monday night against the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. inside the Holmes Center.
Monday's contest can be heard live locally on WATA 1450 AM in Boone and Blowing Rock. It will also be carried on Appalachian State's flagship station, WKBC 97.3 FM, as well as, WZGV 730 AM, WCOG 1320 AM, and online/worldwide on appstatesports.com and via the TuneIn app.
The game is also available on ESPN3 via the WatchESPN app.
SETTING THE SCENE
• Appalachian State will look to rebound tonight against Louisiana after dropping its first contest of the weekend on Saturday to ULM.
• The Mountaineers are 0-4 all-time against the Ragin' Cajuns. All four matchups have occurred since the 2014-15 campaign when App State joined the Sun Belt.
• Tonight marks the first and only time both teams meet during the regular season. The Apps fell to the Cajuns in their last meeting on Feb. 4, 2016 by a score of 87-76.
• Last time out, Ronshad Shabazz tallied a team-high 20 points for his 13th 20-point game of his career.
• Shabazz is now just 185 points away from becoming the 32nd player in program history to score 1,000 career points.
• For the 11th time this season, Isaac Johnson led the Mountaineers in rebounding with a team-high 10 against ULM.
• Johnson is averaging a team-best 6.7 rebounds per game and can become the first freshman to do so since Mel Hubbard in 1975-76 (7.7 per game).
• Johnson is also one of two freshmen in the entire country to lead his team in rebounds and steals.
• Patrick Good is third in the Sun Belt Conference in 3-point percentage (.430), and could finish with the highest percentage to lead a Mountaineer squad with at least 100 attempts since current Murray State head coach Matt McMahon shot 45.5 percent in 1998-99.
• According to Ken Pomeroy, the Mountaineers are the 15th-youngest team in the country (336/351).
SCOUTING THE RAGIN' CAJUNS
• Louisiana enters tonight's contest with a 17-11 overall record and a 7-8 mark in league play.
• The Ragin' Cajuns recently pulled off a two-point road victory at Coastal Carolina on Saturday, 79-77.
• With the win at Coastal, the Cajuns are riding a three-game win streak into tonight's contest.
• The Cajuns have four players who average double-figures and are led by Frank Bartley (15.7 ppg).
• Bryce Washington leads the Cajuns and the Sun Belt with 11.3 rebounds per game. Of his 316 total rebounds, 112 have come on the offensive glass.
• As a team, Louisiana posts a +5.8 scoring maring, +6.3 rebound margin and a +1.8 turnover margin.
