2013–14 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball team

The 2013–14 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball team represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Ragin' Cajuns were led by second-year head coach Gary Broadhead; they played their double-header home games at the Cajundome with other games at the Earl K. Long Gymnasium, which is located on campus. They were members in the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 14–16, 7–11 in Sun Belt play to finish in a two-way tie for seventh place. They were eliminated in the first round of the Sun Belt women's tournament.

2013–14 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball
Sun Belt Tournament, First round (L, Western Kentucky 61-67)
ConferenceSun Belt Conference
Record14–16 (7–11 Sun Belt)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Deacon Jones
  • Sallie Guillory
  • Jennifer Sullivan
Home arenaEarl K. Long Gymnasium
Seasons
2013–14 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Arkansas State 14 4   .778 22 12   .647
Western Kentucky †^ 13 5   .722 24 9   .727
Arkansas–Little Rock 12 6   .667 18 12   .600
Texas State 12 6   .667 16 16   .500
Troy 8 10   .444 12 18   .400
Georgia State 8 10   .444 12 19   .387
Louisiana–Lafayette 7 11   .389 14 16   .467
Louisiana–Monroe 7 11   .389 11 20   .355
South Alabama 6 12   .333 8 20   .286
Texas–Arlington 3 15   .167 4 25   .138
2014 Sun Belt Tournament winner
^ NCAA Tournament invited
As of 10:03, 1 April 2014 (UTC)
Rankings from AP poll[1][2]

Previous season

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The Ragin' Cajuns finished the 2013–14 season 10–21, 3–17 in Sun Belt play to finish in a two-way tie for tenth place in the conference. They made it to the 2013 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball tournament, losing in the quarterfinal game by a score of 57–61 to the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers. They were not invited to any other postseason tournament.[3]

Roster

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2014–15 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 1 Brooklyn Arceneaux 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS So St. Thomas More HS Lafayette, LA
G 3 Robbie Brown 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr St. Thomas More HS Lafayette, LA
G/F 4 Melody Williams 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Thesa Fort Worth, TX
G 5 Braile Fields 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Leesville HS Augusta, GA
G 10 Kia Wilridge 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) So St. Thomas More HS Crowley, LA
G 11 Jaylyn Gordon 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Fr West St. John HS Edgard, LA
G/F 14 Adrienne Prejean 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Lafayette HS Lafayette, LA
F 21 Jasmin Mills 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Assumption HS Belle Rose, LA
F 22 Gabby Alexander 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Bogalusa HS Bogalusa, LA
G 24 Keke Veal 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) So St. Thomas More HS Opelousas, LA
G 25 Sylvana Okde 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) So Westbury Christian School Houston, TX
F 32 Jeremica Edwards 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Warren Easton HS New Orleans, LA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: March 23, 2019

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
10/30/2013*
7:00 pm
Loyola-New Orleans W 77-65 
 16  Okde   9  Benjamin   6  Gordon  Earl K. Long Gymnasium (456)
Lafayette, LA
11/04/2013*
5:00 pm
Centenary W 103-27 
 21  Mills   15  Mills   5  Veal  Cajundome (402)
Lafayette, LA
Non-conference regular season
11/08/2013*
7:00 pm
Nebraska-Omaha W 80-68  1–0
 20  Mills   14  Benjamin   4  Gordon  Cajundome (879)
Lafayette, LA
11/11/2013*
7:00 pm
Southern-New Orleans W 72-62  2-0
 16  Mills   11  Mills   4  Gordon  Cajundome (361)
Lafayette, LA
11/15/2013*
11:30 am
at Sam Houston State L 73-86  2-1
 17  Veal   6  Mills   5  Veal  Bernard Johnson Coliseum (756)
Huntsville, TX
11/20/2013*
7:00 pm
Lamar L 60-68  2-2
 14  Veal   9  Benjamin   4  Gordon  Cajundome (364)
Lafayette, LA
11/25/2013*
7:00 pm
at Jackson State W 81-64  3-2
 18  Veal   6  Tied   4  Veal  Williams Assembly Center (195)
Jackson, MS
12/01/2013*
2:00 pm
Xavier (LA) W 62-54  4-2
 19  Okde   11  Prejean   4  Gordon  Cajundome (508)
Lafayette, LA
12/04/2013*
7:00 pm
at Mississippi State L 51-78  4-3
 10  Gordon   9  Prejean   2  Veal  Humphrey Coliseum (2,516)
Starkville, MS
12/07/2013*
5:00 pm
at Louisiana Tech L 44-51  4-4
 11  Gordon   8  Tied   3  Brown  Thomas Assembly Center 
Ruston, LA
12/14/2013*
4:00 pm
at New Orleans W 71-42  5-4
 11  Gordon   8  Edwards   4  Gordon  Lakefront Arena (339)
New Orleans, LA
12/19/2013*
7:00 pm
Alcorn State W 63-50  6-4
 13  Okde   11  Mills   2  Okde  Earl K. Long Gymnasium (269)
Lafayette, LA
12/29/2013*
5:00 pm
Southeastern Louisiana W 66-53  7-4
 18  Veal   9  Mills   3  Veal  Cajundome (287)
Lafayette, LA
Sun Belt regular season
01/04/2014
2:00 pm
at Louisiana–Monroe W 68-49  8-4 (1-0)
 23  Okde   7  Arceneaux   3  Veal  Fant-Ewing Coliseum 
Monroe, LA
01/08/2014
7:00 pm
Texas State L 53-65  8-5 (1-1)
 15  Okde   5  Arceneaux   3  Veal  Cajundome (312)
Lafayette, LA
01/11/2014
7:00 pm
Texas–Arlington W 66-64  9-5 (2-1)
 20  Okde   10  Brown   5  Wilridge  Cajundome (269)
Lafayette, LA
01/15/2014
7:05 pm
at South Alabama W 65-60  10-5 (3-1)
 19  Arceneaux   11  Wilridge   3  Gordon  Mitchell Center (521)
Mobile, AL
01/18/2014
5:15 pm
at Troy L 75-87  10-6 (3-2)
 22  Okde   11  Arceneaux   6  Wilridge  Trojan Arena (369)
Troy, AL
01/23/2014
5:00 pm
Georgia State L 67-72  10-7 (3-3)
 16  Arceneaux   9  Arceneaux   6  Brown  Cajundome (469)
Lafayette, LA
01/25/2014
5:00 pm
Western Kentucky L 63-68  10-8 (3-4)
 16  Okde   6  Mills   2  Brown  Cajundome (511)
Lafayette, LA
01/29/2014
7:00 pm
at Arkansas–Little Rock L 60-74  10-9 (3-5)
 19  Arceneaux   7  Arceneaux   2  Wilridge  Jack Stephens Center (2,039)
Little Rock, AR
02/01/2014
5:00 pm
Louisiana-Monroe L 59-66  10-10 (3-6)
 15  Wilridge   8  Arceneaux   1  Arceneaux  Cajundome (715)
Lafayette, LA
02/06/2014
12:00 pm
at UT Arlington L 54-73  10-11 (3-7)
 13  Gordon   6  Arceneaux   4  Gordon  College Park Center (1,896)
Arlington, TX
02/08/2014
2:00 pm
at Texas State L 64-70  10-12 (3-8)
 15  Gordon   8  Arceneaux   1  Gordon  Strahan Coliseum 
San Marcos, TX
02/12/2014
7:00 pm
Arkansas–Little Rock L 57-63  10-13 (3–9)
 17  Okde   6  Wilridge   4  Wilridge  Cajundome (269)
Lafayette, LA
02/15/2014
5:00 pm
Arkansas State
Think Pink Game
W 77-76  11-13 (4-9)
 22  Alexander   5  Brown   2  Alexander  Cajundome (369)
Lafayette, LA
02/19/2014
7:00 pm
Troy W 62-57  12-13 (5-9)
 17  Arceneaux   8  Gordon   7  Wilridge  Cajundome (284)
Lafayette, LA
02/22/2014
5:00 pm
at Georgia State W 67-63  13-13 (6-9)
 19  Arceneaux   5  Arceneaux   3  Arceneaux  GSU Sports Arena 
Atlanta, GA
03/02/2014
5:15 pm, ESPN3
South Alabama W 68-61 OT 14-13 (7-9)
 17  Wilridge   9  Alexander   5  Wilridge  Cajundome (396)
Lafayette, LA
03/05/2014
7:00 pm
at Western Kentucky L 71-80  14-14 (7-10)
 21  Wilridge   5  Arceneaux   3  Gordon  E. A. Diddle Arena (1,322)
Bowling Green, KY
03/08/2014
3:05 pm
at Arkansas State L 49-90  14-15 (7-11)
 25  Gordon   9  Arceneaux   4  Wilridge  First National Bank Arena (1,533)
Jonesboro, AR
Sun Belt Women's Tournament (0-1)
03/12/2014
6:00 pm
(7) vs. (2) Western Kentucky
First Round
L 61-67  14-16
 21  Okde   5  Arceneaux   5  Gordon  Lakefront Arena 
New Orleans, LA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Standings - 2013-14". ESPN. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
  2. ^ "2014 NCAA Women's Basketball Rankings - AP Top 25 Postseason (Mar. 17)". ESPN. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
  3. ^ "Ragincajuns.com". Retrieved March 23, 2019.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "2013-14 Women's Basketball Schedule". Ragin' Cajuns Athletics. Retrieved March 26, 2019.