After one of the most successful non-conference performances in school history, the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns men's basketball team will open their 18-game Sun Belt Conference slate at ULM on Saturday, Jan. 4 beginning at 4:00 p.m. in Fant-Ewing Coliseum. _Louisiana (9-4) routed Central Methodist, 90-58, on Monday night in the Cajundome to match the 1982-83 and 1990-91 teams by winning nine games before the new year.