The countdown for Louisiana women’s basketball’s highly anticipated 2024-25 season is almost over as the Ragin’ Cajuns’ first game of the season is just days away.
Last season me a sour end when UL lost in the semifinals of the Sun Belt Conference tournament to James Madison. That capped a 17-14 season along with a 10-8 SBC record. The 64-54 loss to JMU marked the Cajuns’ fourth semifinal appearance in the SBC tournament in the past five years and this year the Cajuns are aiming to make a return with new faces leading the way.
“We might be the oldest team in America because we’ve got nine seniors and a lot of grad transfers, so it’s a different team compared to 13 years ago when we started five freshmen,” UL women’s basketball coach Gary Brodhead said. “I like what I see. They’re very talented. It’s just a matter of if we can kind of put this thing together — the chemistry of them — and trying to build that.”
Among the Cajuns’ newcomers is graduate transfer Erica Lafayette, a guard from Rutgers who will be a perimeter threat this season. She produced two back-to-back seasons scoring over 100 points and was the second-best 3-point shooter for the Scarlet Knights last season.
Lafayette will be a great complement to pick up the offensive slack after UL lost its top three scorers from last season due to graduation and transfers. The Cajuns’ fourth-best scorer, junior guard Jaylyn James, will be back after averaging 8.3 points per game last year. James was the lone Cajun player to be named to the 2024-25 preseason All-Sun Belt conference second team.
With James, Lafayette and a host of other weapons, the Cajuns are optimistic as they kick off the season at 5 p.m. Wednesday with an exhibition game against Centenary at the Cajundome. Here is the UL women’s basketball schedule for the 2024-25 season.
Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns women’s basketball 2024-25 schedule
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Oct. 30: Centenary College (Exhibition)
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Nov. 4: at Northern Illinois (MAC-SBC Challenge)
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Nov. 8: Loyola (New Orleans)
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Nov. 19: Mobile
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Nov. 22: Nicholls
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Nov. 26: New Orleans
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Nov. 29: Cleveland State (Big Easy Classic in Westwego, LA)
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Nov. 30: Minnesota (Big Easy Classic in Westwego, LA)
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Dec. 7: Rice
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Dec. 15: at LSU
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Dec. 18: Auburn
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Dec. 27: Dillard
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Dec. 29: at Georgia Southern
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Jan. 2: James Madison
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Jan. 4: Georgia State
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Jan. 9: at South Alabama
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Jan. 11: Southern Miss
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Jan. 15: at Arkansas State
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Jan. 18: at Troy
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Jan. 23: Arkansas State
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Jan. 25: Troy
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Jan. 30: at App State
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Feb. 1: at Coastal Carolina
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Feb. 5: Marshall
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Feb. 8: MAC-SBC Challenge
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Feb. 12: Texas State
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Feb. 15: ULM
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Feb. 19: at Texas State
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Feb. 22: at ULM
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Feb. 26: South Alabama
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Feb. 28: at Southern Miss
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Shannon Belt covers high school sports and the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns for The Daily Advertiser as part of the USA TODAY Network. Follow her high school and Cajuns coverage on Twitter: @ShannonBelt3. Got questions regarding HS/UL athletics? Send them to Shannon Belt at sbelt@gannett.com.
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