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@RaginCajunsMBB To Host Vermilion And White Game On Thursday

LAFAYETTE – Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns men's basketball fans can get their first opportunity to see their team in action on Thursday during the Vermilion-White Scrimmage at the Cajundome.

The scrimmage will start at 4:30 p.m., and will proceed the women's exhibition game against LSU-Shreveport. Admission to both events is free.

Louisiana, which finished 27-7 overall last season and claimed the Sun Belt Conference regular-season title, will play a pair of 20-minutes halves in its final tuneup prior to the 2018-19 season opener against the University of the Virgin Islands on Tuesday, Nov. 6.

Seniors JaKeenan Gant, Malik Marquetti and Marcus Stroman are the top returning players for Louisiana, with juniors Mason Aucoin, Jerekius Davis, P.