Louisiana vs McNeese State Prediction 11/14/2025 Today’s College Basketball Picks
Chris Ruffolo
Mar 22, 2025; Providence, RI, USA; McNeese State Cowboys cheerleaders performs during a second round men’s NCAA Tournament game against the Purdue Boilermakers at Amica Mutual Pavilion. Mandatory Credit: Brian Fluharty-Imagn Images
MATCHUP
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
McNeese State Cowboys
Team Records
1-3
3-1
Where
Townsley Law Arena, Lake Charles, LA
When
Friday, November 14, 2025
Time
07:00 PM EST
TV
ESPN+
The Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns and the McNeese Cowboys meet Friday in college basketball action from the Townsley Law Arena. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns vs. McNeese Cowboys prediction.
Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns Recap
The Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns come into this game looking to bounce back from a 66-62 loss at the hands of Tulane last time out to sit at 1-2 this season. After this game, Louisiana will head on the road for a game against Stanford.
Louisiana Looking For Early Season Consistency
Jaxon Olvera leads Louisiana in scoring with 17.3 PPG and 5 RPG while Jamyron Keller has 17 PPG with a team-high 3 APG to lead Louisiana in assists as the only other double-digit scorer for the Cajuns up to this point in the year. De’Vion Lavergne has 9.3 PPG with team-highs of 5.7 RPG and 3 APG to lead the Cajuns in rebounding and to share the team lead in assists while Dorian Finister has 7.3 PPG and 4 RPG. As a team, Louisiana is averaging 61.3 PPG on 42.9% shooting from the field, 31.9% from three and 54.8% from the foul line this season.
McNeese Cowboys Recap
The McNeese Cowboys come into this game looking to build on a 132-50 win over the subdivision College of Biblical Studies last time out. After this game, McNeese will take on George Washington.
Cowboys Looking To Pick Up First D-I Win
Larry Johnson leads the Cowboys in scoring with 24.3 PPG along with 4.3 RPG while Tyshawn Archie has 14 PPG with 2.7 RPG and 4 APG along with 2.3 SPG. DJ Richards Jr. has 12.3 PPG to cap off the trio of double-digit scorers for McNeese so far this season. Javohn Garcia has 9.7 PPG with 3 RPG and 2 APG with a team-high 2.7 SPG while Carl Cherenfant has 9.3 PPG with 5 RPG. Jacolb Fredson-Cole has a team-high 8.3 RPG and 5.3 APG to lead the Cowboys in rebounding and assists while Garwey Dual also has 5.3 APG as well this season. As a team, McNeese is averaging 108.7 PPG on 58.2% shooting from the field, 33.3% from three and 80.8% from the foul line this season.
Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns @ McNeese State Cowboys Betting Trends: November 14, 2025
Why the McNeese State Cowboys will win
McNeese State has won each of its last 15 home games.
Louisiana has lost 12 of its last 15 games against non-Conference opponents.
McNeese State has won the first half in 27 of its last 29 games at Townsley Law Arena.
Why the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns will win
Louisiana has won each of its last 21 night games against the Southland Conference.
McNeese State has lost eight of its last nine night games against the Sun Belt Conference.
Louisiana has won the first half in each of its last four road games against McNeese State.
Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns vs. McNeese Cowboys Prediction
I’m on the under in this one. I don’t love what I’ve seen from Louisiana offensively, but I also think that McNeese’s numbers offensively this season have to be taken with a grain of salt as they’ve logged two blowouts over nobodies and scored just 67 points against Santa Clara in their lone real matchup. I think this is going to be a low-scoring in-state rivalry game so give me the under.
