Louisiana travels to Denton, Texas to continue conference play against North Texas on Saturday, Dec. 1 at 5 p.m. The Ragin’ Cajuns are coming off a 71-49 victory over Southern-New Orleans which snapped a three-game losing streak. Freshman Sylvana Okde led the Cajuns with 20 points as three others turned in double-digit efforts: Kia Wilridge (15 points, 6 steals), Jasmin Mills (14 points, 10 rebounds), and Robbie Brown (10 points, 6 rebounds). Middle Tennessee handed Louisiana their first Sun Belt Conference loss on Nov. 24, defeating the Cajuns 72-45. North Texas is coming off a 71-66 loss at home to Arizona. Prior to the Arizona game, the Mean Green played a grueling four-game road swing, which saw a triple and double overtime finish. The squad suffered setbacks to SMU (67-63), Alabama (88-83), and New Mexico (81-59). NT picked up its first win of the season in double overtime against St. Bonaventure (72-71). UL returns just four players from a year ago, opening the season with seven newcomers (five freshmen and two junior college transfers). Four Cajuns average double digits in scoring and leading the way is freshman guard Sylvana Okde’s 13.5 points per game. Kia Wilridge is second on the team in scoring averaging 12.2 points and 4.2 steals. Keke Veal and Ashley Benjamin contribute 11.2 and 10.2 points per game, respectively. Byronesha Santiago leads the squad in rebounding, posting a 7.8 average to go along with 9.6 points. This will be the 35th overall meeting between Louisiana and North Texas, the Mean Green own a 18-16 advantage.